Post by My2Sense on Jun 2, 2004 14:37:55 GMT -5
Congrats to Alan. I thought it would come down to him and Al Scates for improving the Bruins so dramatically from the depths of one of their least successful teams in history, to being #3 and a top contender with virtually the same players plus one true freshman, in only one year's time. The 49ers were formidable this year and it is well deserved.
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Long Beach State University Head Coach Alan Knipe Selected 2004 Tachikara/AVCA Division I-II Menís National Coach of the Year
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 2, 2004) - The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA), in conjunction with Tachikara USA, Inc., is pleased to announce that Long Beach State University Head Menís Volleyball Coach Alan Knipe has been selected the 2004 Tachikara/AVCA Division I-II Men's National Coach of the Year.
Knipe, in his fourth season at the helm of the 49ers, guided his team to a 28-7 record and a runner-up finish at the 2004 NCAA National Collegiate Menís Volleyball Championship. The 49ers ranked second for nine consecutive weeks in the 2004 USA Today/AVCA Division I-II Menís Coaches Top 15 Poll, while being listed among the top five for 14 straight weeks. The Beach finished second in both the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation regular season and tournament, and owned win streaks of seven matches twice during the season. LBSU won 14 of 15 matches in February and March.
Long Beach State lost to BYU in five games during the NCAA title match. The national champion Cougars handed the 49ers four of their seven losses in 2004, and three of those contests lasted the full five games. LBSU won 18 matches against teams ranked in the final USA Today/AVCA Division I-II Menís Coaches Top 15 Poll. The 49ers did not lose to a single unranked opponent in 2004 with the lowest defeat to 10th-ranked UC Santa Barbara. Scott Touzinsky and David Lee, members of Knipeís 2000 recruiting class, earned AVCA All-America First-Team honors. Tyler Hildebrand also earned AVCA All-America First Team honors as a sophomore setter.
Knipe surpassed his personal-high victory total by 10 wins set during the 2000 season. He has compiled a .628 winning percentage 76-45 record as head coach. Knipe was attempting to become the third individual in menís volleyball history to win a national championship as a player and coach. He was a two-time AVCA All-American, earning first-team honors as a senior middle blocker in 1992 after a second-team selection in 1991. He helped the 49ers to a NCAA national championship in 1991 as a junior.
Knipe will serve as the 2004 USA Volleyball Boysí Youth National Team head coach and has been a five-time director of the USA Development Camp. He was the United States Volleyball Player of the Year in 1993 and a member of the U.S. National Team after graduation from LBSU. He played two years professionally in Europe and participated on five USAV national championship teams.
Knipe, Ron Larsen (UC San Diego), Tom Peterson (Brigham Young) and Al Scates (UCLA) all advanced to the final Tachikara/AVCA Division I-II Menís National Coach of the Year ballot as they accumulated the top four point totals on the preliminary ballot of all AVCA-member Division I-II menís coaches.
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www.longbeachstate.com/vol/mvol/REL04/rel060204.html
Long Beach State University Head Coach Alan Knipe Selected 2004 Tachikara/AVCA Division I-II Menís National Coach of the Year
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 2, 2004) - The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA), in conjunction with Tachikara USA, Inc., is pleased to announce that Long Beach State University Head Menís Volleyball Coach Alan Knipe has been selected the 2004 Tachikara/AVCA Division I-II Men's National Coach of the Year.
Knipe, in his fourth season at the helm of the 49ers, guided his team to a 28-7 record and a runner-up finish at the 2004 NCAA National Collegiate Menís Volleyball Championship. The 49ers ranked second for nine consecutive weeks in the 2004 USA Today/AVCA Division I-II Menís Coaches Top 15 Poll, while being listed among the top five for 14 straight weeks. The Beach finished second in both the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation regular season and tournament, and owned win streaks of seven matches twice during the season. LBSU won 14 of 15 matches in February and March.
Long Beach State lost to BYU in five games during the NCAA title match. The national champion Cougars handed the 49ers four of their seven losses in 2004, and three of those contests lasted the full five games. LBSU won 18 matches against teams ranked in the final USA Today/AVCA Division I-II Menís Coaches Top 15 Poll. The 49ers did not lose to a single unranked opponent in 2004 with the lowest defeat to 10th-ranked UC Santa Barbara. Scott Touzinsky and David Lee, members of Knipeís 2000 recruiting class, earned AVCA All-America First-Team honors. Tyler Hildebrand also earned AVCA All-America First Team honors as a sophomore setter.
Knipe surpassed his personal-high victory total by 10 wins set during the 2000 season. He has compiled a .628 winning percentage 76-45 record as head coach. Knipe was attempting to become the third individual in menís volleyball history to win a national championship as a player and coach. He was a two-time AVCA All-American, earning first-team honors as a senior middle blocker in 1992 after a second-team selection in 1991. He helped the 49ers to a NCAA national championship in 1991 as a junior.
Knipe will serve as the 2004 USA Volleyball Boysí Youth National Team head coach and has been a five-time director of the USA Development Camp. He was the United States Volleyball Player of the Year in 1993 and a member of the U.S. National Team after graduation from LBSU. He played two years professionally in Europe and participated on five USAV national championship teams.
Knipe, Ron Larsen (UC San Diego), Tom Peterson (Brigham Young) and Al Scates (UCLA) all advanced to the final Tachikara/AVCA Division I-II Menís National Coach of the Year ballot as they accumulated the top four point totals on the preliminary ballot of all AVCA-member Division I-II menís coaches.
