He was teammates with Olympic gold medalist Kent Steffes and led his high school team to an undefeated 36-0 record during his senior year.
[2] After high school, he played men's volleyball at both Pepperdine from 1986–88 and Hawai'i from 1989–90 before graduating from Cal State Northridge in 1991 with a degree in kinesiology.
[3] As an assistant coach on the men's volleyball team, Elliott helped the Matadors reach the NCAA national championship, where they fell to UCLA.
As an assistant at USC, Elliott helped guide the Women of Troy to finish in the top 15 nationally all four years.
[4] As interim head coach, Elliot led the team to its first NCAA Final Four appearance in 15 seasons as well as a share of the Pac-10 volleyball title.
His first wife was Washington State University two-time All-American volleyball player Sarah Silvernail, whom he married in 2004.