Staff Directory
- Title:
- Associate Director of Scouting
- Email:
- Phone:
- (304) 293-4194
Tolbert Nance joined the Mountaineer football program as an assistant director of scouting in June 2023 and was promoted to associate director of scouting in July 2024.
Nance assists in the evaluation of the WVU roster as well as Big 12 opponent rosters to identify strengths and weaknesses for each game. He is involved in the creation of weekly advance scouting reports on each opponent and assists in the game plan creation.
His job also entails complex scouting of the transfer portal to identify potential roster additions, helping to maintain WVU’s scouting services and database, while working with the student assistant scouting interns.
Nance came to West Virginia from South Carolina where he spent the 2021 and 2022 football seasons as a recruiting assistant. 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.
