He played college baseball at Nebraska for coach Dave Van Horn from 1999 to 2002.
He then enrolled at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, to play college baseball for the Cornhuskers.
Bolt then was hired as the head coach of Texarkana College.
[4] In the fall of 2014, Bolt joined Rob Childress' staff at Texas A&M.
On June 14, 2019, Bolt was named the head coach of the Cornhuskers.