Talladega College

Hardee spent five years as the head coach at North Dakota, completing a 122-63 record and capturing three regular-season conference championships and three conference tournament titles. Hardee twice was named the conference coach of the year while at North Dakota.
 
Hardee was the 2010 Associated Press North Dakota Coach of the Year after leading his team to a 25-5 mark and a sweep of the Great West Conference regular-season and tournament titles.
 
After his successful run at North Dakota, Hardee moved to UAB, serving as an assistant coach then the associate head coach for the 2014-16 seasons. 

He also spent the 2016-17 season as the interim head beach volleyball coach for the Blazers, leading UAB to a berth in the CCSA Championships.
 
Hardee began his collegiate coaching career at New Mexico State, working his way from volunteer assistant to associate head coach in an eight-year run from 2001-08. While in Las Cruces, Hardee showed his mettle as a recruiter, bringing three All-Americans to play for the Aggies.
 
His coaching acumen showed as five of his teams reached the NCAA Tournament.
 
Hardee has extensive coaching experience in club volleyball and with USA Volleyball, including coaching the 2006 High-Performance National Select champions. He founded the East Carolina Juniors Volleyball Club in Greenville, North Carolina, and twice led the Diamondback Volleyball Club of Las Cruces to the Junior Olympic Nationals.