Coach West is from Hawthorne, NV. He played basketball and baseball in high school. He was able to help lead his team to the State Championship game his Senior year in basketball and was the Co-MVP in baseball. After high school, Coach West attended Southern Utah University and had a lot of opportunities to help out with athletics there. He worked with the women’s basketball team on their scout team and on the men’s side as a team manager. Coach West graduated from Southern Utah with a Bachelors Degree in Physical Education and Human Performance, with a minor in Coaching. After graduation, Coach West taught Physical Education and Health at the high school level. He was able to coach in various positions, which included coaching Sophomore boys basketball, JV girls basketball, and he was able to start and develop the high school baseball team. During the time Coach West spent coaching, he realized that he had some very good student-athletes that he felt could play at the next level. He decided to start focusing on why these kids weren’t getting recruited and how he could help them get exposure and connect with college coaches. That's when Coach West Recruiting started.