23 Facts About Terry Liskevych

Taras "Terry" Liskevych is a Ukrainian-American retired volleyball coach.

Terry Liskevych served as the United States women's national volleyball team head coach from 1985 to 1996.

Terry Liskevych coached for eleven years, retiring in August 2016.

Terry Liskevych was born in a displaced person's camp in Munich, Germany, to a family of refugees from Ukraine who fled to Germany during the Soviet invasion of Western Ukraine in 1944.

Terry Liskevych was a member of the Ukrainian scouting organization Plast, where he became an eagle scout.

Terry Liskevych attended St Ignatius High School, where he played on the varsity tennis team and at the same time played soccer for the Chicago Lions.

Terry Liskevych continued to play soccer at Loyola University and played in the Chicago Major Division for the Lions Soccer Club.

Terry Liskevych honed his skills playing and coaching the Chicago Ukrainians Team.

Terry Liskevych's skills developed rapidly, and within a few years he was playing for the Kenneth Allen Club of Chicago, one of the top club teams in the United States, coached by the 1968 Men's Olympic Coach, James E Coleman.

In Chicago, Terry Liskevych pursued his undergraduate degree at Loyola University as a pre-medical student and graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology.

Terry Liskevych attended Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, Illinois for one year and dropped out in the summer of 1971 to pursue a career in volleyball.

Terry Liskevych guided the Buckeyes to the co-championships of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association, and to a third-place finish in both the 1975 and 1976 NCAA National Championships.

In both 1975 and 1976, Terry Liskevych was selected as the MIVA Coach of the Year.

Terry Liskevych was recognized as the conference coach of the year on five occasions.

Taras Terry Liskevych began his international career in 1975 as the USA Women's assistant coach under Arie Selinger.

Terry Liskevych was the assistant at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City.

Terry Liskevych was an information coordinator of the volleyball venue at Long Beach Arena.

Terry Liskevych gained personal recognition that year when he was asked to coach the World All-Stars in a two-match series against the defending World Champion USSR at the World Gala.

At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Terry Liskevych guided the USA Team to a bronze medal.

Terry Liskevych became the 10th volleyball coach in school history April 4,2005, replacing Nancy Somera, who left OSU after leading the Beavers for the previous six seasons.

The 2006 season did not meet expectations in the win column, but, with his first recruiting class arriving on campus, Terry Liskevych did dramatically improve the athleticism and size in the program.

Terry Liskevych coached Oregon State's first ever All-American in Rachel Rourke in 2008, with Rourke adding AVCA All-America Second Team accolades in 2009.

Freshman Mary-Kate Marshall became OSU's second All-American, and Terry Liskevych was named 2014 PAC-12 Coach of the Year and 2014 Regional Coach of the Year.