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Idaho State Volleyball Quick Facts COACHING STAFF
ISU QUICK FACTS
Head Coach: Chad Teichert (Brigham Young, 1982) Record at ISU: 10-20 (.333)-1 Year Career Record: Same Volleyball Office Phone: 208-282-4065 Gibson E-Mail: teicchad@isu.edu Best Time to Reach Teichert: Contact SID Assistant Coach: David Hyte Phone Number: 208-282-4595 Email: hytedavi@isu.edu Assistant Coach: Katie Edgson Phone Number: 208-282-5930 E-Mail: hurskath@isu.edu Athletic Trainer: TBA
Founded: 1901 Location: Pocatello, Idaho Enrollment: 14,209 Nickname: Bengals Colors: Orange and Black Facility (Capacity): Reed Gym/3,241 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Big Sky Conference President: Dr. Arthur C. Vailas Athletic Director: Jeff Tingey Assoc. Athletic Director: Nancy Graziano Athletic Phone: 208-282-4668 Faculty Athletic Rep.: Dr. Scott Benson
Volleyball HISTORY
QUICK FACTS
First Year of Volleyball: 1974 (35 years) Overall All-Time Record: 505-596-3 (.459) All-Time Record as Big Sky: 274-355 (.436)-21 years All-Time Big Sky Record: 129-189 (.405)
NCAA Tournament History: Three appearances (1986, 1987, 1990) 1986-First Round (MWAC) 1987-First Round (MWAC) 1990-First Round (BSC) Big Sky Tournament History: Eight appearances (1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005) 1990-Champions 1991-Quarterfinals 1994-Quarterfinals 1995-Finals 2001-Quarterfinals 2003-Quarterfinals 2004-Quarterfinals 2005-Quarterfinals
SPORTS INFORMATION
Asst. AD for Media Relations: Frank Mercogliano Office Phone: 208-282-2621 E-Mail: mercfran@isu.edu Assistant SID (Volleyball Contact): Katie Zigars Office Phone: 208-282-3651 Cell Phone: 208-406-3910 E-Mail: zigakath@isu.edu Graduate Assistant: Mitch Worthington Office Phone: 208-406-3190 Fax: 208-282-3659 Web Site Address: www.isubengals.com Press Row Phone: 208-282-5722 Why the Bengals? FAX/PRESS BOX/TICKETS How did Idaho State’s athletic teams become the Athletic Department FAX 282-4063 Bengals, when there just aren’t any to be found in the region? A Ticket Information 282-FANS good question. Originally, when the school was the Academy of Idaho in 1902, the school’s athletic teams were dubbed “Bantams”, and it stayed that way until 1917, when J.A. Fogt became head football coach. Now Idaho Tech, the team’s nickname was changed to “Tigers”, in part due to Ralph Hutchinson, who was the Director of Physical Education and Athletics. Hutchinson was a graduate of Princeton (the Tigers), so he founded the school’s first booster club, the “I” Club, and brought the “Tiger” mascot with him. When the school became the University of Idaho-Southern Branch in 1927, the nickname switched to “Bengals”, although many newspaper and yearbook accounts refer to the team by both “Bengals” and “Tigers”. The freshman teams during this time suffered the unfortunate distinction of the nickname “Kittens”. As a branch of the University of Idaho, the school’s colors were black and gold, just like the Vandals, and although the official colors switched to black and orange sometime in the 1940s, the football team wore black jerseys with gold trim through the 60s. The squad also used red numerals for a while in the late 1940s, and the squads’ 1970 home jerseys were more red than orange. It wasn’t until 1971 that a truly orange jersey was used by the football team for the first time. The school’s official colors are black and orange (PMS 165), and the trim color is gold (PMS 137), a small remembrance to harken back to ISU’s rich history.
2009 Idaho State Volleyball Media Guide
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