Russ Rose
Rose at the 2008 NCAA Final Four
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| Sport(s) | Women's Volleyball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Penn State |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Record | 1,189-186 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 29, 1953 Chicago, IL |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1976-1977 | George Williams College (Assistant) |
| 1978 | Nebraska (Defensive Coach) |
| 1979-Present | Penn State |
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Russell "Russ" David Rose (born November 29, 1953) is an American author, professor and volleyball coach at Penn State University (1979–present). Through the end of 2015, his coaching record is 1189–186 (an .865 winning percentage, which ranks first in NCAA Division I history. He has the most wins and highest winning percentage of any Penn State intercollegiate athletic coach in Penn State history.
In 1986, Rose married Lori Barberich, a former three-time All-American at Penn State. They are the parents of four sons, Jonathan, Michael, Christopher, and Nicholas.
Rose graduated from George Williams College in 1975. He was a member of the school’s volleyball team that won the 1974 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national championship. He was the captain of the 1975 team that finished third in NAIA competition.
After graduation, Rose remained at George Williams for two years as a part-time coach, helping the women’s volleyball team win two state titles and place sixth in national competition. He also assisted the men’s team that won the national championship in 1977.
In 1978, he completed his master's degree at Nebraska, where he was the defensive coach for the Cornhusker women. While writing his thesis on volleyball statistics, he led the second team to a two-year varsity mark of 52-5.
At Penn State, Rose's teams have never posted fewer than 22 wins in a season and have never had a losing season in program history. Rose earned his 900th career victory at Penn State on September 21, 2007, with a win over Michigan State (only the third Division I coach to reach the milestone). Rose was inducted into the AVCA Hall of Fame in December, 2007, and has been named the AVCA National Coach of the Year five times: 1990, 1997, 2007, 2008, and 2013, more than any other Division I coach.
Rose has coached 28 different All-Americans (earning 64 selections in all, with eleven 3-time selections and three 4-time selections), All-Big Ten players (earning 74 selections in all), and Academic All-Big Ten players (earning 100 selections in all). In his first 32 seasons, he coached 64 All-Americans, having at least one on his team every season except for 2001. The 2008 national championship team that went 38-0 featured six All-Americans.
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