Troy Tanner

Troy Tanner

Troy Richard Tanner (born October 31, 1963 in Hacienda Heights, California) is a former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Tanner comes from an athletic family. His father, Rolf Tanner, was a sports enthusiast and encouraged his sons to compete at a high level in their respective sports. Troy has four older brothers, Mark, Kirk, Greg, and Brett.

After his Olympic appearance Tanner played in the professional indoor league in Rome, Italy, Zagreb, Croatia and Osaka, Japan. From 1992 on he competed in beach volleyball. He was nicknamed "T-2" (tee-two). Tanner served a assistant volleyball coach for the Brigham Young University men's volleyball team under head coach Carl McGown [http://www.cougarblue.com/content/view/14903/90/] and more recently coached Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh during their gold medal run in the 2008 Olympics. [http://volleyball.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/1016]

Tanner is also the head volleyball coach at J Serra High School in San Juan Capistrano, CA. Troy is married to Desiree Tanner and has three children, Carson, Riley, and Bailey.

References

* [http://volleyball.org/people/troy_tanner.html Profile]
* [http://www.olympic-usa.org/13220.htm USA Olympic Team]


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