Pete Waite

Personal information

Born

United States

Hometown

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

College(s)

Ball State

Coaching information

Current team

Wisconsin Women's Volleyball

Previous teams coached
Years	Teams
1984–1985 1986–1987 1988–1998 1999–2012	Moraine Valley CC head coach Illinois State assistant coach Northern Illinois head coach Wisconsin head coach

Best results

Years	Location	Result
2000 2001	NCAA National Championship Big Ten Championship Big Ten Championship	2nd 1st 1st

Last updated: August 7, 2008

Big Ten Championship

William Peter Waite (known as Pete Waite) is an American volleyball coach and author, and is a former head coach for the women's volleyball team at Wisconsin.

Waite is a graduate of Monona Grove High School in Madison, Wisconsin. He attended Ball State University from 1977–81 and was a volleyball player there. Waite received All-MIVA honors his junior and senior years, and was named team co-captain and co-MVP in 1980. He received his bachelor's degree in education from Ball State in 1981.

He started his coaching career in 1981 at Northside High School in Muncie, Indiana and spent the next year as a junior varsity coach at his alma mater, Monona Grove High School. Waite also coached one year at Bremen High School in Midlothian, Illinois.

Waite was the head coach at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois, leading the Cyclones to the 1985 North Central Community College Conference championship. Waite was named the conference coach of the year in 1985.

Waite was the assistant coach of Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.

Waite was the head coach at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, where he was the winningest volleyball coach in program history. He had an 11-year record of 266–102. NIU appeared in four NCAA tournaments under Waite.

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