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Al Scates (born 9 June 1939) is an American former volleyball player and is the current volleyball coach of the UCLA Bruins of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Scates, in his 44th year as the coach of the Bruins, is the winningest volleyball coach in the history of the NCAA, and the 19 NCAA titles the Bruins have won during his tenure ties him for the most NCAA titles won by a coach in a single sport with Arkansas' John McDonnell (Indoor Track and Field). Scates has won some kind of collegiate volleyball championship in five different decades, and his NCAA championships are spread across four different decades. June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ...
1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands, arms, or (rarely) other parts of their bodies to hit a ball back and forth over the net. ...
Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands, arms, or (rarely) other parts of their bodies to hit a ball back and forth over the net. ...
The University of California, Los Angeles, generally known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university whose main campus is in the residential area of Westwood, Los Angeles, California. ...
The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation is a College Athletic Conference whose member teams are located in the western United States. ...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...
This article is about the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System, located in Fayetteville. ...
Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ...
Coaching career
Himself an All-American Volleyball player at UCLA, Scates began his tenure as the Bruins head coach in the 1963 season. That season, his team finished with a 26-3 record and placed second at the USVBA National Championship. Scates' Bruins won their first USVBA title in 1965, and followed it up with another win in 1967. The University of California, Los Angeles, generally known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university whose main campus is in the residential area of Westwood, Los Angeles, California. ...
In 1970, the first year of the NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship, the Bruins swept Long Beach State University to win their first NCAA Championships. They would win the next two years as well, and win six of the first seven NCAA Championships held. From 1981 to 1984, Scates' teams won four consecutive national championships, the longest such streak by any men's volleyball team. UCLA is the only team that has won more than two consecutive championships, holding streaks of at least 3 national championships 3 times. Unlike most NCAA sports, which are divided into divisions, mens volleyball is played in a single-division format with three sections: West, Mid-West, and East. Currently each section receives a bid to the final four with one additional at large bid based on national rankings. ...
California State University, Long Beach (also known as Long Beach State, Cal State Long Beach, CSULB, LBSU or The Beach!) is the largest campus of the California State University system and the second largest university in the state of California. ...
In his career, Scates has coached such famous players as Sinjin Smith, who won 139 Pro Beach Volleyball tournaments, UCLA Women's Volleyball coach Andy Banachowski (who is second only to Scates in NCAA wins), and Karch Kiraly, twice named the best player in the world by the FIVB. Christopher St. ...
Karch in his trademark pink cap attacks the ball at the 2005 Boulder Open. ...
FIVB Logo Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) is the international governing body for the sport of volleyball. ...
In 2006, the Bruins and Scates ended a five-year drought with a win over Penn State University at Penn State's Rec Hall for Scates' 19th national championship. UCLA began the season 12-12, but closed with a 14-game winning streak. The 12 losses were the most ever for an NCAA Championship team, and the second most for the Bruins in a single season under Scates. The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related land-grant university in Pennsylvania, with over 80,000 students at 24 campuses throughout the state. ...
Scates is 1,135-212 all-time, for a winning percentage of .843. Three times a Scates team posted an unbeaten season: 1979, 1982, 1984. This page refers to the year 1979. ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Championships UCLA has won the following Volleyball Championships under Scates. - USVBA (2): 1965, 1967
- NCAA (19): 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006
1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...
1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...
1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...
1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...
This page refers to the year 1979. ...
1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Awards and recognition - In 2003, Scates was enshrined in the UCLA Hall of Fame.
- In 2004, Scates was enshrined in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Hall of Fame.
- Scates has been named Coach of the Year five times: 1984, 1987, 1993, 1996, 1998.
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
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