Jeremy Velazquez joined the MIT coaching staff in 2022 and enters his fourth season as an assistant coach. No stranger to Rockwell Cage, he was a four-year member of the men’s volleyball team which was under the direction of head coach Paul Dill. A defensive specialist/libero, Velazquez played in 473 sets and amassed 805 digs. He was named the team’s Defensive Player of the Year as both a junior and a senior.
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Velazquez has been playing and coaching volleyball since a young age under the tutelage of his mother, Karyn Altman ‘78, a former player and head coach of MIT’s men’s and women’s volleyball programs. He follows in the footsteps of his younger brother, Jarred, who was an assistant coach for the women’s team for three seasons (2017-19) as well as the men’s program for the 2017 season.
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Velazquez graduated from MIT in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in materials science and engineering. He went on to earn his PhD in cellular and molecular pathology from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2022.
