Jim McLaughlin (coach)

Volleyball coach infobox
coachname = Jim McLaughlin


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attendedcolleges = UC Santa Barbara
dateofbirth =
cityofbirth = Malibu, California
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countryofbirth = United States
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hometown = Malibu, California
homecountry = United States
currentteam = Washington Women's Volleyball
years = 1986-89
1990-96
1996
1997-2000
2001-Present
teams = Pepperdine men's volleyball assistant coach
USC Men's volleyball head coach
Notre Dame women's volleyball assistant coach
Kansas State women's volleyball head coach
Washington Women's Volleyball Head Coach
resultyears = 1990
2004
2005
2006
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NCAA Men's National Championship
NCAA National Championship
NCAA National Championship
NCAA National Championship
result = 1st
3rd
1st
3rd
updated = April 25, 2008

Jim McLaughlin (born in 1960 in Malibu, California) [cite web |author=Wood, Terry |title=Q&A with Washington head coach Jim McLaughlin |publisher="The Seattle Times" |date=2005-12-15 |work=|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskies/2002684621_uwonlineqa.html|accessdate=2008-08-06] is an American volleyball coach. Currently, he is the head coach for the University of Washington women's volleyball team. In 2005, he led the Washington to their first NCAA title in after defeating the Nebraska in San Antonio, Texas, and took the #1 ranking from them, which was previously held every week in that year. He also led the Huskies to the final four in 2004 and 2006.

McLaughlin is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara and was a setter on the volleyball team and earned honorable mention all-American honors in his senior year. He is married to the former Margaret Jarc, a four-year soccer monogram winner at the University of Notre Dame. The couple has three daughters, Megan (9) and Molly (7), and Merit (born in October 2006).

Head coaching history

1990-1996: Southern California

McLaughlin was the head coach for the University of Southern California men's volleyball team, where, in his first year, won the NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship by defeated Long Beach State. With the win, McLaughlin joined Pepperdine's Rod Wilde as the only first year coach to win an NCAA men's volleyball title.

In 1991, the Trojans won 34 of 36 matches and lost just 21 games. The team also rattled off a school-record 30-match win streak, which included a perfect 16-0 record in conference play, before Long Beach State avenged its 1990 NCAA loss, with by defeating USC in the championship match.

1997-2000: Kansas State

McLaughlin served as the women's head coach at Kansas State, compiling an 82-43 record and advancing to the NCAA tournament four straight years.

In 1999, McLaughlin's Kansas State squad proved posted their fifth consecutive season with 19 or more victories, including five wins over ranked opponents. Kansas State also tallied a school-record 14 conference victories, earning McLaughlin the 1999 Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year award.

In 2000, the Wildcats made the first Sweet 16 NCAA appearance in school history, before losing to top seeded Wisconsin. That year, McLaughlin's team produced the longest home winning streak (15), the most kills in season (2,024), and the second-most wins in the modern era (22). Kansas State placed two players (Kelle Branting and Liz Wegner) on the All-Big 12 and Central Region teams, and Wegner also became the first K-State player named to the Mideast Regional All- Tournament team. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20001213/ai_n11758708 Kansas State falls in Sweet 16] ]

2001-present: Washington

When McLaughlin took over for the Washington program in 2001, the team was last in the Pac-10 conference. In his first year at UW, he led the Huskies to an 11-16 record and a 4-14 mark in the Pac-10. The team's 11 wins in 2001 were the most for the program since 1997, while six players received Pac-10 All-Academic honors. In 2003, he was named the Pac-10 coach of the year.

In 2004, he made history by coaching the team to their first Pac 10 title in school history. McLaughlin also earned his first AVCA National Coach of the Year. UW pulled nearly 42,000 fans through its doors in 13 home dates for the nation's fifth-highest attendance average and set a then-school record on Oct. 23, 2004 when 5,712 fans came out to see the Huskies defeat Stanford. It marked the fourth-highest attendance figure in Pac-10 history.

Then, in 2005, just his fourth year at UW, he led the team to the schools first ever NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship and a 32-1 record overall. He was also named Pac-10 coach of the year. He made history as being the first coach in NCAA history to win a national championship in both men and women's volleyball, as he led the 1990 USC men's volleyball team to a national championship. [ [http://gohuskies.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/013006aae.html 2005 season in review] ]

In 2006, he led the team to their third straight national semifinal, falling to eventual national runner up Stanford. [ [http://gohuskies.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/recaps/121506aad.html Washington blitzed by Stanford in national semifinal] ]

Awards and honors

*2005 – Pac-10 Coach of the Year
*2004 – AVCA National Coach of the Year, AVCA Pacific Region Coach of the Year, Pac-10 Coach of the Year
*1999 – Big 12 Coach of the Year

References

External links

* [http://gohuskies.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/mclaughlin_jim00.html McLaughlin at gohuskies.com]