Russ Rose

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Russell David Rose (better known as Russ Rose; born in Chicago, Illinois) is an American author, professor and volleyball coach at Penn State University (1979-present). His coaching record is 941-159, an .855 winning percentage which ranks first in NCAA history. [ [http://live.psu.edu/story/27799 Rose earns top honor] ] He has the highest wins and winning percentage of any Penn State intercollegiate athletic coach in Penn State history. [ [http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/psu/sports/w-volley/auto_pdf/weekly-release.pdf Penn State women's volleyball weekly release] ]

In 1986, Rose married Lori Barberich, a former three-time All-American at Penn State. They are the parents of four sons, Jonathan, Michael, Christopher, and Nicholas.

College

Rose graduated from George Williams College in 1975. He was a member of the school’s team that won the 1974 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national championship. He was the captain of the 1975 team that finished third in NAIA competition.

After graduation, Rose remained at George Williams for two years as a part-time coach, helping the women’s team win two state titles and place sixth in national competition. He also assisted the men’s team that won the national championship in 1977.

In 1978, he completed his master’s degree at Nebraska, where he was the defensive coach for the Cornhusker women. While writing his thesis on volleyball statistics, he led the second team to a two-year varsity mark of 52-5.

Penn State University

At Penn State, Rose's teams have never posted less than 22 wins in a season, and he earned his 900th career victory at Penn State on September 21, 2007, with a win over Michigan State (only the third Division I coach to reach the milestone). [ [http://gopsusports.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/recaps/092107aaa.html Russ Rose wins 900th career match with a sweep of Michigan State] ] Rose was inducted into the AVCA Hall of Fame in December 2007 and has been named the AVCA National Coach of the Year three times: 1990, 1997 and 2007.

Rose has coached 28 different All-Americans (earning 52 selections in all), All-Big Ten players (earning 68 selections in all), and Academic All-Big Ten players (earning 96 selections in all). In 28 of his 29 seasons, there has been at least 1 All-American named on his team.

In 1999, Lauren Cacciamani was named the AVCA National Player of the Year, Big Ten Player of the Year, Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year and the Honda Award winner. [ [http://awards.honda.com/?p=13&year=2000 Cacciamani named Honda Sports Award winner] ] Bonnie Bremner and Katie Schumacher joined Cacciamani as All-Big Ten selections in 1999. Bremner won back-to-back Big Ten Player of the Year honors in 1997 and 1998. Amanda Rome and Carrie Schonveld were recognized with honorable mention All-Big Ten status, while Mishka Levy was named to the conference’s All-Freshman squad. Penn State also placed six players on the Academic All-Big Ten Team in 1999, as Bremner, Cacciamani, Kalna Miller, Schonveld, Rome and Dawn Ippolito were honored.

Rose's teams have earned Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors 6 straight years (2002-07), Big Ten Player of the Year 3 straight years (2005-07), and also picked up AVCA National Freshman of the Year in 2005 and 2006 [ [http://gopsusports.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/121306aaa.html Hodge named AVCA National Freshman of the Year] ] . In 2007, four players were named All-Americans, with Megan Hodge, Nicole Fawcett and Christa Harmotto taking first team and Alisha Glass taking second team. [ [http://gopsusports.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/121207aac.html Four Nittany Lions named AVCA All-Americans] ] In 2007, Christa Harmotto finished the season with the second highest hitting percentage in the nation (.492) [ [http://gopsusports.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/020508aae.html Harmotto nominated for Dapper Dan Sportswoman of the Year award] ] and freshman Arielle Wilson finishing 5th in the nation, with a .446 percentage. Christa Harmotto and Megan Hodge were both Honda Award nominees as the top volleyball player in the nation after their outstanding season in leading Penn State to a National Championship win.

Other works at Penn State

In addition to being the volleyball coach, Rose is also a professor at Penn State, as he teaches a sports ethics class.

International

Throughout his career, Rose has been called upon to share his expertise with the coaches and players who represent the United States in international competition. An instructor in the USVBA coaches certification program, Rose has served as a national referee and evaluator and state director for volleyball for the Special Olympics. Rose was a member of the NCAA Division I Volleyball Committee for six years and the NCAA representative to the United States Volleyball Association Rules Committee.

An active clinician, Rose has continued to do clinics on the island as well as in the United States. Players are not the only ones to benefit from Rose’s tutelage. Over 20 individuals within the current college coaching fraternity have gained instruction from Rose.

In 1981, Rose coached the U.S. women's team at the 1981 Maccabiah Games in which they won the silver medal. A year later, he was an assistant coach for the women's team that won the bronze medal at the 1982 National Sports Festival. He returned to the National Sports Festival in 1983, this time as the East women's head coach and once again winning the bronze medal. In 1985, he returned to the Maccabiah Games as the head coach of the U.S. men's team, winning the bronze medal.

In 1989, Rose was an assistant coach with the United States men’s national team for an exhibition series with Canada and the Soviet Union. His work on the international scene was to have continued in July of that year, but personal commitments and time constraints prevented him from accepting the position as head coach of the U.S. women’s team to the Maccabiah Games. In 1990, he worked with the men's national and evelopmental teams during the training camps in San Diego. In 1993, he assisted with the U.S. men's matches with Canada and the U.S. women's team against China

After taking few years off to focus on Penn State, he returned to the international scene from 1998-2000, assisting with the U.S. men's team as they prepared for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In the summer of 2002, Rose assisted the U.S. men’s team on a 13-day tour of Italy where the athletes competed against the world’s top teams, including Brazil, Italy, Yugoslavia, Russia and Holland.

In 2005, USA Volleyball named Rose one of their All-Time Great Coaches, making him the first Big Ten coach to ever receive the honor and putting him in the company of the best volleyball coaches in history, including previous Olympic coaches as well as many of their peers.

Professional

Rose coached professional men’s volleyball in Puerto Rico in 1976.

Awards and Honors

*1984 - Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year
*1985 - Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year
*1987 - Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year
*1988 - Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year, AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year
*1989 - Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year
*1990 - AVCA Coach of the Year, AVCA Mideast Region Coach of the Year, Volleyball Monthly Coach of the Year, Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year
*1992 - AVCA Mideast Region Coach of the Year, Big Ten Coach of the Year
*1993 - AVCA Mideast Region Coach of the Year, Big Ten Coach of the Year, Volleyball Monthly Coach of the Year
*1994 - AVCA Mideast Region Coach of the Year
*1996 - Big Ten Coach of the Year, NCAA District II Coach of the Year
*1997 - AVCA Coach of the Year, AVCA Mideast Region Coach of the Year, Big Ten co-Coach of the Year
*1998 - Big Ten Coach of the Year
*1999 - Volleyball Monthly Coach of the Year
*2000 - United States Olympic Committee Coach of the Year
*2003 - Big Ten Coach of the Year, Rose also celebrated 25 years of coaching at Penn State. He was honored with a bench outside of the post office sponsored by the Penn State Booster Club and was surprised with a gathering of more than 40 former players and members of the program, who offered their thoughts and insights on Rose and his career.
* 2005 - Big Ten Coach of the Year, USA Volleyball All-Time Great Coach Award (Donald S. Shondell Contemporary Division Award) [ [http://gopsusports.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/053105aaa.html Russ Rose named USA Volleyball All-time Great Coach] ]
* 2006 - Big Ten Coach of the Year
* 2007 - AVCA Hall of Fame induction, AVCA Coach of the Year, AVCA Mideast Region Coach of the Year, Big Ten Coach of the Year
* 2008 - BTN Big Ten Women's Coach of the Year¹

¹ As voted by fans and Big Ten Network employees.

Bibliography

* The Volleyball Coaching Bible (Human Kinetics Copyright 2002)
* Volleyball Drills for Champions Book (Human Kinetics Copyright 1999)

References

External links

* [http://gopsusports.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/rose_russ00.html Russ Rose at GoPSUsports.com]
* [http://gopsusports.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/psu-w-volley-body.html Women's volleyball home page]