Doug Beal
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| Full name | Douglas Peter Beal | ||||||
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March 4, 1947 Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
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| Hometown | Cleveland, Ohio, United States | ||||||
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Bowling Green University Ohio State University Springfield College |
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| Current team | CEO of USA Volleyball and Manager of National Team | ||||||
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| Last updated: June 6, 2007 | |||||||
Doug Beal (born March 4, 1947, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American volleyball player and coach, the current USA Volleyball CEO, and a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Beal also competed as a member of the U.S. Men’s National Team from 1970 to 1976. A five-time All-America player at Ohio State University, he was selected to three U.S. Olympic teams, two World Championships teams, and four NORCECA Zone championship teams. He was the 1969 Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association and was voted MVP of the 1975 USVBA Open Championships.
Beal was named head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team in 1977 and became the driving force for establishing a full-time, year-around volleyball training center. The facility was created in Dayton, Ohio, in 1978. The center moved to San Diego, California in 1981 along with the national team program.
With Beal as head coach of the national team, the United States captured its first-ever gold medal in men's volleyball at the 1984 Olympics. Although he stepped down as head coach following his team’s 1984 gold medal run, Beal’s pioneering offensive and defensive systems continued to impact the U.S. volleyball program, yielding gold medals at the 1985 Volleyball World Cup, the 1986 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championships, and the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. After his resignation, Beal became the organization's National Team Center Director from 1985-87. He remained involved with the organization until 1990 when he moved to Italy to coach a top professional team.
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