Mary Wise
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| Sport(s) | Volleyball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Florida |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 632–69 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 8, 1959 Evanston, Illinois |
| Playing career | |
| 1977–1980 | Purdue |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1981–1984 | Iowa State |
| 1986–1990 | Kentucky (assistant) |
| 1991–present | Florida |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 713–132 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Southeastern Conference (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010) NCAA Final Four (1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003) |
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| Awards | |
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Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year (1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2014) AVCA National Coach of the Year (1992, 1996) |
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Mary Wise (born August 8, 1959), née Mary Fischl, is an American college volleyball coach, former player and author. Wise is the current head coach of the Florida Gators women's volleyball team of the University of Florida. In Wise's twenty-one seasons at Florida, her Gators teams have won over ninety percent of their matches, nineteen Southeastern Conference (SEC) regular season championships, and twelve SEC tournament titles. The Gators have also made seven Final Four appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including an appearance in the 2003 NCAA Championship final.
Wise was born in Evanston, Illinois in 1959. Her father Richard Fischl was a dentist, and her mother Lila managed his dental practice. Wise was one of six children.
Wise attended Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, where she played for the Purdue Boilermakers volleyball team from 1977 to 1980. She was a standout setter, and was twice named to the All-Midwest Regional team, while the Boilermakers won two Big Ten Conference championships in 1979 and 1980. A dean's list student, she graduated from Purdue in 1981 with a bachelor's degree in physical education.
Wise was 21 years old when she became the head coach of the Iowa State Cyclones volleyball team at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa in 1981; she was also the youngest Division I coach in the history of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). In four seasons as the Cyclones' head coach, she compiled a win-loss record of 81–63.
Wise had been out of coaching for a year and living in Kentucky in 1986, when she was offered an assistant coaching position on the Kentucky Wildcats volleyball program staff at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Wise rose from graduate assistant in 1986 to associate head coach in 1990. During those five seasons, the Wildcats won the SEC championship twice and advanced to the NCAA regional final once.
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