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Coaching Staff Head Coach John Dunning The Dunning File Career Records Overall: 645-135 (.827) At Stanford: 208-33 (.863) In The NCAA Tournament: 63-19 (.768) Coaching Awards: 2007 Pac-10 Coach of the Year 2001 AVCA National Coach of the Year 2001 Regional Coach of the Year 2001 Pac-10 Coach of the Year 2000 Regional Coach of the Year 2000 Big West Coach of the Year 1999 Big West Coach of the Year 1996 Big West Coach of the Year 1986 PCAA Coach of the Year 1985 Volleyball Monthly National Coach of the Year John Dunning is no stranger to success. Few in At Stanford the AVCA National Player of the Year. Outside hitter the history of the sport can compete with the accom- Dunning took the reins of the Cardinal program Ogonna Nnamani was also honored as an Academic plishments of the Cardinal’s decorated head coach. In in July 2001 and, in his very first year, coached Stanford All-American. 2008, Dunning, the reigning Pac-10 Coach of the Year, to an unprecedented fifth NCAA Championship and In 2003, Dunning led the Cardinal to a 25-7 enters his eighth season at the helm of the Cardinal. In ninth Pac-10 Conference title. The Cardinal’s 33-2 overall record and its 23rd consecutive appearance his time on The Farm, he has helped Stanford further overall mark tied the school record for most wins in a in the NCAA tournament. Ogonna Nnamani was strengthen its hold as one of the premier collegiate vol- single season on The Farm. Dunning also became the honored as an AVCA first-team All-American while leyball programs in the United States. first Division I head coach to win a national cham- teammate Jennifer Harvey was a second-team selec- Dunning has been in the spotlight of NCAA vol- pionship in his first season at two different schools tion. Kristin Richards was tabbed Pac-10 Freshman leyball since he began his coaching career 23 years ago (Pacific and Stanford). For his efforts, he was honored of the Year as well as Volleyball Magazine’s National at Pacific. Since then, he has collected four national as the Pac-10 Coach of the Year as well as the AVCA Freshman of the Year. titles, matching former Cardinal coach Don Shaw National Coach of the Year. Dunning had two ath- In 2004, Stanford reached the title match of the for the most in NCAA history. Dunning also ranks letes named AVCA All-Americans, including National NCAA Tournament for the third time in four years, among the top five coaches all-time with an .827 Player of the Year Logan Tom. Three players gar- and once again, captured the NCAA crown with a career winning percentage, and among the top ten nered first-team All-Pac-10 honors while one, Ogonna three-game sweep of Minnesota. Dunning coached the active coaches with 645 career wins. Entering the 2008 Nnamani, was tabbed Conference Freshman of the Cardinal to a 30-6 overall record and the sixth national season, Dunning boasts a 645-135 career record, with Year as well as ASICS/Volleyball Magazine National title in school history. Ogonna Nnamani, Stanford’s a 208-33 (.863) mark at Stanford. In his seven years on Freshman of the Year. top player, gained AVCA All-America honors for a The Farm, Dunning has had nine athletes earn 20 All- In 2002, Stanford finished second nationally, fourth-straight season. In addition, Nnamani was America honors and has coached three AVCA National battling its way to the NCAA title match. That year, named the 2005 Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Players of the Year. His teams have also posted a 63-19 Dunning led the Cardinal to a 32-5 record and another (Honda-Broderick Cup), a 2005 NCAA Today’s Top (.768) record in the NCAA Tournament. NCAA Final Four appearance. The team finished as Eight Award recipient, the Pac-10 Player of the Year the NCAA runner-up, while three players were tabbed and received an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. AVCA All-Americans and Logan Tom repeated as Kristin Richards was named a Volleyball Magazine 26 2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball Coaching Staff first-team All-American, and an all-conference first team selection. Franci Girard, Katie Goldhahn, Leahi Hall, Jen TOP-10 ALL-TIME WINNINGEst DIVISION I Hucke, Bryn Kehoe, Courtney Schultz and Lizzie Suiter also Women’S VOLLEYBALL COACHES gained numerous postseason athletic and academic honors. Two of the top five winningest coaches in NCAA volleyball history hail from Stanford, John Dunning and Don Shaw. In 2005, Dunning led Stanford to a 26-6 record and a 1. Don Shaw Stanford (1984-99) 440-70 .863 25th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. He was 2. Russ Rose Penn St. (1979-07) 925-159 .853 also a recipient of the USA Volleyball All-Time Great Coach 3. Dave Shoji Hawai’i (1975-07) 953-169-1 .849 Award, presented each year by USA Volleyball, the national 4. Mary Wise Iowa St. (1981-84); Florida (1991-07) 632-120 .840 governing body of the sport, to recognize the all-time great 5. John Dunning Pacific (1985-00); Stanford (2001-07) 645-135 .827 coaches of volleyball. 6. Terry Pettit Nebraska (1977-99) 696-148-11 .826 After a one-year absence, Dunning led Stanford back 7. John Cook Wisconsin (1992-98); Nebraska (2000-07) 411-89 .822 to the NCAA title match in 2006. Under Dunning’s guid- 8. Brian Gimmillaro Long Beach St. (1985-07) 630-148 .810 ance, Stanford posted a 30-4 record, claimed its first outright 9. Mick Haley Texas (1980-96); USC (2001-07) 709-169-1 .808 Pac-10 title since 2001 and made an NCAA Tournament run 10. Elaine Michaelis BYU (1969-01) 886-219-5 .802 that culminated in its 16th trip to the NCAA Final Four. On October 20, 2006, Dunning earned his 600th win as a head coach against Oregon. A school-record four players earned In 1985, Dunning stepped onto the Pacific campus AVCA All-America honors. and guided the team to a national title in his first year as a In 2007, Dunning continued to build on the tradition collegiate head coach and was named the Volleyball Monthly of success. Stanford repeated as the Pac-10 Champion for National Coach of the Year. The next year, 1986, he helped the the first time in Dunning’s tenure and, for his efforts, he was squad repeat its landmark. Dunning’s pair of titles with the named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year. Stanford went 32-3 on volleyball program remain the only two national champion- its way to a 17th NCAA Final Four appearance, and reached ships in any sport in Pacific’s history. the NCAA Championship match for the third time in four Over his 16 seasons, Dunning led his teams to a com- years. The Cardinal swept the postseason Pac-10 awards for bined 43-15 record in postseason action, an unmatched 10-1 the first time since 2001, with Alix Klineman earning con- record in Big West Conference Tournament play and a stel- ference freshman of the year honors, Foluke Akinradewo lar 33-14 mark in the NCAA Tournament. Of the 16 squads being named Pac-10 Player of the Year and Dunning earning coached by Dunning, 14 reached NCAA Regionals, advancing the distinction as the conference’s top coach. For the sec- to the regional championship match seven times. Four of ond consecutive year, a school-record four Stanford players Dunning’s squads reached the NCAA Final Four, including earned AVCA All-America honors. Klineman was named the the two national championship teams, the 1990 national Volleyball Magazine National Freshman of the Year, while runner-up team and his 1999 squad that went 32-3. Akinradewo was recognized as the AVCA National Player of the Year. In 2000, his final year with the program, Dunning earned Big West Coach of the Year honors for a second At Pacific straight season, as the Tigers won a second-consecutive Big Prior to coming to Stanford, Dunning spent 16 seasons West title. His squad posted a 28-4 overall record, reached as the head coach at Pacific. In his tenure in Stockton, he the regional semifinal and had two players earn All-American compiled an impressive 437-102 (.811) record, was named Big status. West Coach of the Year four times and led the Tigers to two Other Accomplishments NCAA Championships, an NCAA runner-up finish, five Big West Conference titles and 16 consecutive NCAA postseason Prior to beginning his career at the collegiate level, tournament bids. An outstanding student and teacher of the Dunning has made a name for himself as one of the country’s game of volleyball, 16 of his Tiger athletes were recognized on top prep and junior club coaches. The founder of the Bay the national stage with a total of 29 All-American awards. In Club, a USAV Junior Club, he also spent nine successful years as the head coach at Sunnyvale’s Fremont High School. John Dunning is the only Division I women’s volleyball coach to 2007, Dunning was inducted into the University of the Pacific win an NCAA Championship as a first-year head coach at two Hall of Fame. His teams at Fremont High were among the top five in different schools. In 1985 at Pacific, he became the first first-year the state each of his last six years, also capturing eight league coach in NCAA history to win a national title, and in 2001 he repeated the feat as a first-year head coach at Stanford.