Olympic Volleyball vs College Volleyball By: Sheyla Ramirez So you heard about volleyball right? Volleyball was first played in 1895, Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. The year it was presence to the olympics was 1964. William G. Morgan invented volleyball in 1895. The original name was mintonette. The name changed to volleyball because of the way the players hit the ball into the air and over the net. Soon the sport Volleyball with men and women. Ever wondered how Volleyball is actually played? Volleyball is where you use your hands and arms and a group of people of six and which a net is between them and each tries to score points by grounding a ball into the court under organized rules. Where volleyball is played …show more content…
How do they communicate, or how do they do work together? First, Stanford University, John Dunning has lead Stanford’s team for 145 years, is a four-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year and is in the AVCA Hall of Fame. “In his 30 years coaching the game, he has won four national titles and coached in nine Division I title matches. Stanford ranks #4 among all colleges in the nation and graduates students on time at a 76% rate with an average starting salary of $54,000” (https://www.college.usatoday.com/,2018). John Dunning is a 32-year veteran off the women's volleyball coaching ranks and five-time national champion head coach, has announced his retirement. Dunning directed Stanford to three national championships (2001, 2004, 2016) and eight conference titles during his 16-year tenure on The Farm. He boasts five national titles overall (1985 and 1986 at Pacific) – which ranks as the second-most in NCAA Division I history – and was inducted into the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Hall of Fame in 2011. In 32 seasons as a head coach, Dunning’s teams never missed the postseason. He led 12 teams to the Final Four, including eight of his 16 Stanford squads. “Dunning joins current Penn State head coach Russ Rose as the only coaches in the history of the sport to guide 10 teams to the national championship match. Dunning finishes his career with an 888-185 overall record” (https://news.stanford.edu, 2018). Next, University of Texas-austin is a public research university and the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. Since being hired in 2001, head coach Jerritt Elliott has won 349 of 434 games and collected the National Title in 2013. “The Longhorns have ranked in the Top 10 in each of the last 9 years. With almost 40,000 students, Texas delivers a big city/big university experience with high racial diversity. Graduates earn an average of $44,000 to start their careers”