12 Facts About Andy Banachowski

John Andrew Banachowski was born on August 1945 and is an American volleyball coach.

Andy Banachowski was the head coach of the women's volleyball team at UCLA.

Andy Banachowski was twice an All-American volleyball player at UCLA under Al Scates, and won USVBA national championships in 1965 and 1967 as a player.

Andy Banachowski got his 1,000th career victory on Nov 12,2005, becoming the first Division I women's coach to reach 1,000 career victories when the Bruins handed eventual national champion Washington its only loss of the season in a five-game thriller at Pauley Pavilion.

Andy Banachowski has coached players to numerous other awards, including 43 All-Pacific Region honors, 85 All-Pacific-10 awards, five Pac-10 Players of the Year and the National Player of the Year in 1992.

In 1988, Andy Banachowski received his first Pac-10 Coach of the Year honors.

On Oct 24,1997, Andy Banachowski became the first women's volleyball coach in history to be inducted into the National Volleyball Hall of Fame as a coach.

Andy Banachowski has since become the first volleyball inductee into the Serra High School and San Mateo County Halls of Fame.

Andy Banachowski was inducted into the AVCA Hall of Fame in 2003.

Andy Banachowski has been involved with the US Olympic Team as a coach many times.

Andy Banachowski is a former advisor with the US National Team, helping teams during the 1990 Goodwill Games, the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, the 1995 Pan-American Games in Argentina and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

In 1993, Andy Banachowski was the head coach of the US World University Games squad, a group which achieved the highest American finish in WUG history, earning a silver medal in Buffalo, New York.