Tolbert Nance enters his first year in Blacksburg, with being hired in spring 2025. He spent the last two seasons in the scouting department at West Virginia, first as the assistant director of scouting before being promoted to associate director of scouting.
Nance assisted in the evaluation of the WVU roster as well as opponent rosters to identify strengths and weaknesses for each game. He created weekly advance scouting reports and helped create gameplans. Nance also scouted the transfer portal to identify potential roster additions, helping to maintain scouting services and database.
Nance spent the 2021 and 2022 football seasons as a recruiting assistant at South Carolina. With the Gamecocks, he worked in advance scouting, all areas of recruiting and served as a special assistant to the defensive coordinator.
He also spent time as an intern for the Kansas City Chiefs, scouted for the Scout 33rd Team website, and worked as an intern for the Mid-American Conference.
Nance graduated from South Carolina in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in sport and entertainment management along with a minor in business administration. As an undergraduate at South Carolina, Nance spent time as a student intern defensive coach.
