Russell Brock (volleyball)
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | LSU |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Baytown, Texas |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California |
| Playing career | |
| 1993–1996 | USC |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996–2005 | Baytown Christian Academy |
| 2006–2008 | Rice (indoor) (volunteer asst.) |
| 2009–2013 | Rice (indoor) (asst.) |
| 2014–2016 | LSU (beach) (Assoc. HC) |
| 2017–present | LSU (beach) |
Russell Brock is the head coach of the LSU Tigers women's beach volleyball team.[1]
Coaching career
[edit]Brock began his college coaching career as a volunteer assistant coach for the Rice Owls women's indoor volleyball team in 2006.[2] Starting in 2009, Brock became a full-time assistant coach for the Rice women's indoor volleyball team.[2]
In 2014, Brock became associate head coach for the LSU Tigers women's beach volleyball team under head coach Fran Flory.[1][3] After the 2016 season, Flory resigned as beach volleyball coach to continue to focus on her duties as LSU Tigers women's volleyball head coach.[4] Brock was then promoted from associate head coach to head coach of the LSU women's beach volleyball team beginning with the 2017 season.[4][5][6]
Russell made the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship tournament in each his first three seasons as LSU beach head coach from 2017 to 2019.
Playing career
[edit]A 1996 graduate of the University of Southern California, Brock was a 4-year letterman for the USC Trojans men's volleyball team.[2] Brock held the program’s all-time record for digs tallying 956, a record he held for 10 years.[4] He also set an NCAA record with 45 matches of 10-plus digs.[4]
Collegiate Head Coaching Record
[edit]Beach
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSU (Coastal Collegiate Sports Association) (2017–present) | |||||||||
| 2017 | LSU | 27–8 | NCAA Championship Tournament | ||||||
| 2018 | LSU | 26–12 | NCAA Championship Tournament | ||||||
| 2019 | LSU | 31–8 | NCAA Championship Tournament | ||||||
| LSU: | 124–56 | ||||||||
| Total: | 124–56 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Russell Brock". lsusports.net. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
- ^ a b c "Russell Brock". riceowls.com. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
- ^ "Women's sand volleyball -- can you dig it? LSU and Tulane can". nola.com. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
- ^ a b c d "Russell Brock Promoted to Head Coach". lsusports.net. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
- ^ "2018 LSU Beach Volleyball Record Book". lsusports.net. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
- ^ "LSU becoming beach power but nowhere near a beach". volleyballmag.com. Retrieved 2018-08-06.