Mary WiseUSA Volleyball bestowed the prestigious honor of "All-Time Great Coach" upon Florida head coach Mary Wise in 2006 – an honor that is well deserved. Coach Wise's 17-year tenure at Florida features unparalleled success. There hasn't been a single coach in the history of NCAA Division I men and women's basketball, football and baseball with at least 10 seasons of coaching who can claim a better winning percentage than Wise has at Florida (.910). In 2009, Wise guided the Gators to their 18th-straight SEC regular-season title, breaking an NCAA Division I women's volleyball record for most consecutive conference championships won. In addition, the Gators' 27 victories extended the nation's longest streak of 25-win seasons to 18 in a row. Wise is the only female coach to appear in more than one national semifinal, and she reached the 500-win plateau faster than any other Division I female coach. An 11-time winner of the SEC Coach of the Year award, Wise has also been named the national coach of the year twice (1992, 1996). Under Wise, a Florida player has earned the SEC Player of the Year award in each of the last 13 seasons, and 21 different players have earned a sum of 49 All-America honors. In April of 2009, Wise helped blaze another trail for the women's volleyball community, as she played an integral role in the organization of inaugural SEC Coaches Beach Volleyball Championships, which marked the first beach volleyball tournament held by an NCAA Division I conference. Later that month, the Birmingham News named her one of the 10 most influential women's sports coaches or administrators in conference history.
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John KesselSince 1985, Kessel has been working for the National Governing Body of the sport, USA Volleyball. He has been coaching since 1971 at the collegiate level or above, including Women's U.S. Open titles in 1986 & '87. Kessel was Team Leader for the 2000 USA Olympic Beach Volleyball Teams in Sydney, which brought home one gold medal, and for the 2004 USA Paralympic Women's Sitting Volleyball Team in Athens, which came home with the bronze medal. He also served as head coach/team leader for the 1999 and 2003 USA Pan Am Games Beach teams, with a silver medal, and 4th and 5th place finishes in the four events. In 1995, Volleyball Magazine named him one of the 50 most important people in the sport in the past 100 years. A sought after international lecturer, Kessel has conducted seminars in all 50 states and in over 30 nations. He has received many awards, including the Harry Wilson Distinguished International Service in 2004, the George Fisher Leader in Volleyball in 2006 and in 2007 was named a Sport Ethics Fellow by the Institute for International Sport.
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Sharon DingmanIn her first year at Iowa, Coach Dingman led the Hawkeyes to their most successful campaign since 2000. Dingman and the Hawkeyes set or snapped many streaks in her successful first season. Iowa won seven-straight matches, tying the fourth-longest winning streak in school history. The Hawkeyes also swept every opponent during the winning streak and won 15-straight sets - the longest set-winning streak since 1990. The Hawkeyes also had a winning record inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena for the first time since 1998. Dingman set a personal milestone at Northwestern Nov. 14 when she recorded her 350th career win. Dingman comes to Iowa after serving as head coach at Illinois State from 2000-07. In 2007, Dingman led the Redbirds to their first at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament since 1997. Illinois State produced winning seasons in seven of the eight seasons under Dingman and never finished lower than fifth in the Missouri Valley Conference. Dingman produced 21 all-Missouri Valley Conference selections, including Player of the Year, Libero of the Year and two Freshman of the Year honorees.
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Anne KordesIn just four seasons on the job, Coach Kordes has already taken the Billiken program to new heights with its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 2006, and followed that up with 23 victories in 2007 - the most successful season of Kordes' head-coaching career. She also coached a program-record three All-Conference first team players, that included Whitney Roth, the A-10 Setter of the Year. Last winter, USA Volleyball chose her to be an assistant coach for the Girls' Youth National Team, which competed at the 2007 FIVB Girls' Youth National Championships. A standout athlete, Kordes was a three-time All-Conference USA selection.
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Tom SonnichsenCoach Sonnichsen has coached volleyball at all levels, from junior clubs and high school teams to collegiate Division I and USA Volleyball Open competition. He joined Grinnell's coaching staff in 1997, and a year later led the Pioneer volleyball team to their most successful season in program history, posting a 23-9 record and placing second at the Midwest Conference tournament. Prior to his coming to Grinnell, Sonnichsen developed a national caliber team at Baylor University in Texas. He was selected the Southwest Conference Coach of the Year in 1991. In 1993 he guided the Bears to a runner-up finish in the program's first post-season tournament, the National Invitational Volleyball Championships.
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Gwen EgbertIt didn't take long for Coach Egbert to get back to her winning ways. A regular at the Nebraska State Volleyball tournament while Papillion- LaVista, Egbert left to start a new program at Papillion-LaVista South. Six years later she led the Titans to a runner-up finish in their first appearance at state. Prior to moving to Papillion-LaVista South, Egbert spent 16 season as Head Coach at Papillion-LaVista. While there she led her squad to 14 state tournament appearances, winning three consecutive state championships, and finishing as runner-up five times. She owns over 500 career victories. Egbert also coaches for the Nebraska Juniors Volleyball club, taking the 18 and under team to two third place and three top 5 finishes at USAV nationals in the open division. Egbert is a 1984 graduate of University of Nebraska-Lincoln. While at Nebraska she was an all conference volleyball player winning two Big 8 championships.
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