USC Volleyball
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| Year founded: 1975 | |||
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| City | Los Angeles, California | ||
| Team Mascot | Trojan | ||
| Team Colors | Cardinal and Gold | ||
| Head Coach | Mick Haley (2001-present) | ||
| Home Stadium | Galen Center | ||
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Conference History:
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All-Time Record (under Haley)
Conference Record (under Haley)
Pac-10 Championships (under Haley) (2)
NCAA Tournament Appearances (under Haley) (6)
NCAA Final Four Appearances (8)
NCAA National Championships (3)
AIAW National Championships (under Erbe) (3)
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USC has a long tradition with Volleyball, with both the Men's and Women's programs winning 6 national titles each for a total of 12 national championships.
[edit] Women's Volleyball Program
The women's volleyball is currently coached by Mick Haley, who began in 2001. Under Haley, USC became the first repeat NCAA Volleyball National Champion in 2002-03 since Stanford in 1996-97. They finished off the 2003 season undefeated, going 35-0 whilst becoming the first school in NCAA history to stay at number one in the coaches poll every week. The former coach, Chuck Erbe, led the team to four national championships, 1 NCAA (1981) and three AIAW (1976-77, 1980)
Women's volleyball also has 8 final four appearances (1981, 1982, 1985, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007), finishing as the National runner-up in 1982.
[edit] Men's volleyball program
The Men's program has won 6 national championships, 4 in NCAA (1977, 1980, 1988, 1990) and 2 on other sponsorships.
[edit] Head Coach Mick Haley
Haley was born on Aug. 18, 1943. He and his wife, Carrie, have a daughter, Halie, 17, and a son, Hunter, 19, and a current member of the USC men's volleyball team. He also has a son, Heath, 30, and a daughter, Heather, 35, from a previous marriage, and three grandchildren, Taylor, 17, Harrison, 7, and Hayley, 5.
Before entering the international spotlight, Haley spent 17 successful seasons (1980-96) at Texas, where he was 522-137-1 overall, won two national championships, 13 Southwest Conference titles and earned 15 NCAA tournament berths.
Haley accepted the USC coaching position in June of 1999, replacing Lisa Love, who guided the Women of Troy for 10 seasons, but he did not assume the position until fulfilling his responsibilities with the USA Women's National Volleyball Team.
In his sixth year at USC, Haley has posted an overall record of 131-22 (.856) while going 76-13 (.854)in Pac-10 Conference play. In 2003, Haley led the Women of Troy to a second-consecutive NCAA Championship - the program's sixth title overall and third NCAA title.
He guided the 2003 squad to a perfect 35-0 record (only the fourth team to ever accomplish the feat). For these accomplishments, he earned the most prestigious honor among collegiate coaches and something that had eluded him in previous years of his collegiate coaching career as he was honored AVCA Division I Coach of the Year.
In the process, Haley put together an NCAA-record 52-match winning streak, dating from Nov. 8, 2002, to Sept. 11, 2004. During the impressive streak, the Women of Troy compiled a 156-14 single game record (91.8%).
Under Haley's first season as the USC head coach, the 2001 Women of Troy, who were looking for that return trip to the Final Four, fell one match short, falling 3-2 to Arizona in the NCAA Regional Final. USC finished the season with a 25-4 overall record, a second-place finish in the Pac-10 (16-2) and a No. 5 AVCA final ranking.
In the 2002 season, the team continued and swept its first four NCAA opponents before beating Florida in the semifinals, 3-1. In the finals, USC beat Stanford, 3-1, to win the program's fifth national title and first since 1981. With the win, Haley became just the second head coach in NCAA history to win a national championship at two universities.
The experiences and success gained in 2002 were only improved upon in 2003. In addition to the NCAA Championship and a second-straight Pac-10 conference title, the Women of Troy received a program-first four All-American honors (including three first teamers) and seven All-Pac-10 selections (including five first teamers). With the accolades, Haley added four players (April Ross, Emily Adams, Bibiana Candelas and Keao Burdine) to his list of more than 30 All-Americans. Ross was also named Pac-10 Player of the Year (Haley's 13th) and was honored with the Honda Award as the nation's top volleyball player.
