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Post by NittanyLions on Oct 23, 2019 6:00:01 GMT -5
Coach Rose on the passing of longtime Big Ten volleyball coach Mike Hebert: “Forty years of memories — from when I first came to Penn State in 1979 and he was working with the men’s and women’s teams at Pitt. I’ve had a lot of interactions with Mike over the years. I consider him a good friend. He was a great mentor for coaches — young coaches and veteran coaches. The young people that he coached and interacted with are very, very bright, very articulate, very caring. It’s a terrible loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.” www.dignittanyvolleyball.com/october-22nd-quotes-coach-rose-kaitlyn-hord-keeton-holcomb/
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Post by sptimes2 on Oct 23, 2019 7:30:20 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 8:00:02 GMT -5
Steffi Sooter front and center in the Libero jersey? Can it be Tori Dixon in the bottom left? I think it's Dixon. Maybe Megan Wilson next to her? Although that would be 2009 and Dixon wasn't on the team. I think #1 is Jess Menden and it's not a libero jersey, although that's what I thought at first, too. Is that Love next to Wittman? I forget what she looked like. I think it is. 2010 maybe?
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Post by JT on Oct 23, 2019 8:34:52 GMT -5
It has to be 2010, because Ashley and Mike are there together.
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Post by lovebugsm on Oct 23, 2019 8:46:43 GMT -5
This one is tough. Ashley Wittman to his left, Jess Menden is #1?, Mia Tabberson to his right. Cowles next to Wittman I believe the picture is from 2010 it’s Wittman, Filhio, Stephanie Nucci (UCLA transfer), Gibby, Dixon, Sooter, Menden, Haugen, Cowles and Tabberson.
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Post by ironhammer on Oct 23, 2019 8:52:01 GMT -5
Depressing to hear. My thoughts and prayers to Mike's family and friends at this time. RIP.
So tell me Gopher fans, what do you remember most about Mike Hebert?
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Post by sptimes2 on Oct 23, 2019 9:46:00 GMT -5
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Post by ilikecorn on Oct 23, 2019 9:46:33 GMT -5
RIP
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Post by dc on Oct 23, 2019 10:04:20 GMT -5
Long after Mike Hebert retired as Gophers volleyball coach, former player Cassie Busse still kept in touch with him. Busse knew she always could count on Hebert, who died Monday at age 75, for advice, support or just a good conversation.
“I played pro volleyball for five or six years, and Mike was my go-to to just talk through things,” she said. “He was always available. He wasn’t just a coach. To everyone, he was a mentor, a friend and a teacher.”
fr StarTribune
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Oct 23, 2019 10:46:10 GMT -5
Scott Richey of the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette wrote a column in this morning's newspaper. Here are some excerpts from his column:
Mike Hebert inherited an Illinois volleyball program coming off six consecutive losing seasons. His first team in 1983 wasn't much better, but by the end of his 13-year stint in Champaign he had built the Illini into a national power with 323 wins, four Big Ten titles and consecutive Final Four appearances in 1987 and 1988. Then Hebert did it all over again at Minnesota. He won 381 more times in 15 seasons in Minneapolis, claimed another Big Ten title and led the Gophers to three Final Four appearances and a national runner-up finish in 2004. "(Hebert) really revolutionized the sport both here and then moving forward to Minnesota and definitely left a legacy on the game," Illinois coach Chris Tamas said Tuesday. "A real pioneer of the game and kind of led the way for coaching as a profession. Really fought for the sport, fought for it to be recognized." Tamas first met Hebert following the longtime coach's retirement at Minnesota in 2010. Tamas served as an assistant for the Gophers in 2011 during Illinois alum Laura Bush's season as interim coach and then in 2012 for Hugh McCutcheon. Illinois volunteer assistant coach Jen Tamas played for Hebert when he coached Team USA at the 2003 U. S. Women's Pan American Games. "We knew him fairly well," Chris Tamas said. "Great man and great for the sport as well. We were in contact over the last several years and with his wife, Sherry, as well. We sent him a gift package, care package, and did whatever we could from here. Sent him a video, too, about what he meant at Illinois and the legacy he left here at Illinois. We were definitely in contact about Illinois volleyball." Hebert graduated from UC Santa Barbara, where he played volleyball. After a stint in the Peace Corps, including time in Nigeria, he returned to the U.S. and earned his doctorate in philosophy of education at Indiana. Then came a 35-year coaching career that began with four years at Pittsburgh and three at New Mexico before he took the Illinois job. Building both the Illinois and Minnesota volleyball programs -- regularly two of the top teams in the Big Ten and the country -- put Hebert in rarefied company. Just like his 952 career victories. "I was fortunate enough to coach alongside alum Laura Bush, who played for Mike, and just had a lot of great stories to say about him and what his passion and drive were for getting volleyball at the forefront of athletic departments and being able to just make it more visible," Tamas said. "Make Big Ten volleyball what it is today. Really fortunate we had people like that that were able to elevate the sport to what it is now where you've got thousands of people in the stands." Multiple current and former college volleyball coaches took to social media Tuesday to express what Hebert meant to them personally and to the sport.
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 23, 2019 11:48:51 GMT -5
Long after Mike Hebert retired as Gophers volleyball coach, former player Cassie Busse still kept in touch with him. Busse knew she always could count on Hebert, who died Monday at age 75, for advice, support or just a good conversation. “I played pro volleyball for five or six years, and Mike was my go-to to just talk through things,” she said. “He was always available. He wasn’t just a coach. To everyone, he was a mentor, a friend and a teacher.” fr StarTribuneIt's probably not important at all but whenever I read a quote about how someone talks to so-and-so, I always like to know whether it's by phone, Skype/Facetime, or in person.
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Post by ugopher on Oct 23, 2019 11:49:52 GMT -5
Thought it appropriate that MN and Illinois played each other Saturday night.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 12:08:43 GMT -5
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 23, 2019 12:17:24 GMT -5
In many photos, Hebert looks like Robert Goulet.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 12:30:08 GMT -5
"When u ended up “with me” at The U & my life improved a tremendous amount. EVERYTHING u did made me the teacher & coach I am today. I switched majors to have the same impact on students/athletes! Your legacy and spirit will always ALWAYS be with me. R.I.P. Becky (Bauer) Egan" Many, many great photos on Twitter and Facebook from former players. I like this one because it was his first Minnesota team. Small, but they sure played their hearts out. DeDecker, Baynes (speaking of concussions), S. Shudlick, Baker, H. Hebert, McDonnell, Fiamengo, Passer, Bauer, Miller. I didn't even have to look those up. 1996 and 2004 were my two favorite Gopher teams. That's also my favorite Mike sweater.
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