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Utah Volleyball Hires New Assistant
1/22/2001 12:00 AM | Volleyball
Jan. 22, 2001
Salt Lake City - Utah head volleyball coach Beth Launiere recently hired Matt McShane as her first assistant. With an extensive coaching and playing background, McShane has established an impressive reputation in the volleyball arena.
"I am excited to have someone like Matt working with our staff. He has a tremendous amount of experience that will benefit our program. I'm fortunate and the program is fortunate," said Head Coach Beth Launiere.
As an associate head coach at New Mexico, McShane was a part of 11 very successful years of women's volleyball, helping the Lobos to a 189-127 record, an 81-63 conference record, two conference championships and six trips to the NCAAs from 1987-2000.
In 1996, McShane was named an assistant coach of the USA Women's National Team at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. While with the U.S. National team, McShane designed and ran practice sessions, did video analysis of the U.S. team and the major teams in the world, and prepared scouting reports on U.S. opponents. Travel with the national team included competitions throughout Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean.
McShane's coaching background includes assisting Chinese National "Jenny" Lang Ping with the Yaohan International Volleyball Team in 1996. The team was comprised of the best American, Chinese and Russian players who competed against the Chinese and Cuban National teams in cities throughout China. McShane was also the assistant coach at Brigham Young University from 1980-1982.
McShane is a member of the USAV Coaches Accreditation Program Cadre (CAP Level III). Each year McShane does numerous clinics throughout the U.S., teaching other college, high school and junior coaches the fundamentals of volleyball.
As an undergraduate at UC Santa Barbara, McShane played on the only intercollegiate team to win the USAV Open National Championship. The UCSB teams finished 2nd in the NCAA Championships in 1974 and `75, and finished 3rd in the NCAA Regional Championships in 1976. McShane was named All-America in 1974 for the Gauchos.
McShane received his BA from UCSB in 1974 and his master's degree from BYU in 1982, both in kinesiology. While at BYU, McShane played on the men's club team that finished 3rd at USAV Open National Championship in 1981. In his spare time McShane enjoys skiing, golf and reading.
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