1. Russell David Rose was born on November 29,1953 and is an American former volleyball coach who was the women's volleyball coach at Penn State University from 1979 to 2021.
20 Facts About Russ Rose
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Russ Rose has the most wins and highest winning percentage of any Penn State intercollegiate athletic coach in Penn State history.
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Russ Rose was a member of the school's volleyball team that won the 1974 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics national championship.
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Russ Rose was the captain of the 1975 team that finished third in NAIA competition.
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Russ Rose assisted the men's team that won the national championship in 1977.
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Russ Rose earned his 900th career victory at Penn State on September 21,2007, with a win over Michigan State.
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Russ Rose was inducted into the AVCA Hall of Fame in December 2007, and has been named the AVCA National Coach of the Year five times: 1990,1997,2007,2008, and 2013, more than any other Division I coach.
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At one point in his career, Russ Rose had coached 28 different All-Americans, All-Big Ten players, and Academic All-Big Ten players.
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Russ Rose's players earned Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors for a record six straight years and ten of eleven years, Big Ten Player of the Year six straight years, and picked up AVCA National Freshman of the Year in 2005,2006, and 2010.
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In 2013, Russ Rose won his sixth national title with the Nittany Lions.
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Russ Rose's squad earned four AVCA All-American's honors in Micha Hancock, Ariel Scott, Deja McClendon, and Katie Slay.
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In 2014, despite having to replace three All-Americans in McClendon, Scott, and Slay, Russ Rose coached the Nittany Lions to their seventh national championship, which gave them the most women's volleyball titles at the time, ahead of Stanford.
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Additionally, in November 2011, Coach Russ Rose was tapped to be a member of the search committee to hire the new head football coach after the termination of legendary coach Joe Paterno.
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An instructor in the USVBA coaches certification program, Russ Rose has served as a national referee and evaluator and state director for volleyball for the Special Olympics.
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Russ 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.
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In 1981, Russ Rose coached the US women's team at the 1981 Maccabiah Games in which they won the silver medal.
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Russ Rose returned to the National Sports Festival in 1983, this time as the East women's head coach and winning the bronze medal.
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In 1989, Russ Rose was an assistant coach with the United States men's national team for an exhibition series with Canada and the Soviet Union.
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Russ Rose coached professional men's volleyball in Puerto Rico in 1976.
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In 1986, Russ Rose married Lori Barberich, a former three-time All-American at Penn State.