1. Allen Edward Scates was born on June 9,1939 and is an American former volleyball player and coach who was head coach of the UCLA Bruins for 48 years.
30 Facts About Al Scates
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Al Scates is the winningest volleyball coach in the history of the NCAA, and the 19 NCAA titles the Bruins won during his tenure ties him for the most NCAA titles won by a coach in a single sport with Arkansas' John McDonnell.
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Al Scates' teams won collegiate volleyball championships in five different decades.
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Al Scates grew up in Santa Monica in Los Angeles and attended Westchester High School.
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Al Scates played football at Santa Monica College, and was an undersized center on the school's basketball team.
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Al Scates did not make the team roster, but a teammate of his on the basketball team not only made the team, but was the best player on the floor.
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Al Scates was selected as an All American, and was team captain for the Bruins in 1960 and 1961.
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At the age of 24 Al Scates moved from player to coach.
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Al Scates then went to meet with Athletic Director Wilbur Johns.
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Al Scates still competed for the US national team as an outside hitter but missed the cut for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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Al Scates' Bruins won a USVBA national title in 1965, and again in 1967.
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From 1981 to 1984, Al Scates' teams won four consecutive national championships, the longest such streak by any men's volleyball team.
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Al Scates was highly competitive both as a player and a coach, and he designed his practices to underscore competition and intensity.
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Al Scates used a scoring system for his players during the practices, and their position on the team depended on the points they were scoring in practice.
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Al Scates is the best in-game tactician there ever was.
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Al Scates holds the best winning percentage of all coaches in all sports.
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Al Scates has played a role in the development of many volleyball players.
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Prominent beach volleyball players that played indoor for Al Scates include Jim Menges, Sinjin Smith, Randy Stoklos, Ricci Luyties and Karch Kiraly.
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In 2006, the Bruins and Al Scates won their last national championship with a win over Penn State University at Penn State's Rec Hall.
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Al Scates was selected NCAA coach of the year 1984,1987 and 1993.
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Al Scates's teams hold ten NCAA records, including most consecutive victories, most consecutive home wins and most consecutive tournament wins.
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Al Scates was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1993.
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Al Scates is the most successful coach in the history of the sport.
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Al Scates has been inducted into the Hall of Fame of a number of volleyball organizations, including The American Volleyball Coaches Association, The UCLA Athletics, The California Beach Volleyball and the Volleyball Halls of Fame.
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Al Scates was the first active coach inducted into the UCLA and Volleyball Halls of Fame.
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Al Scates's son, David, is a Physical Education and Health and Guidance teacher at Herbert Hoover High School in Glendale, CA.
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Al Scates has two daughters, Leslie and Tracy, and four grandchildren.
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Al Scates is on the Board of Directors of the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
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Al Scates was featured in the January 2007 issue of Coaching Volleyball Magazine, the official magazine of the AVCA.
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Al Scates was part of the Alpha Psi chapter of Phi Kappa Sigma International Fraternity while he matriculated at UCLA.