UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEAD COACH ROB PATRICK Two-time National Coach of the Year Rob Patrick has developed a tradition of excellence since coming to Tennessee 13 years ago. Following his arrival at Rocky Top, Patrick has become one of the nation’s top coaches and helped the Lady Vols attain levels of success never before reached in Knoxville, as evidenced by NCAA Tournament berths in five of the last six years, including a run to the Final Four in 2005. His nine-year stretch of winning seasons from 1998-2006 marks the longest-such run in program history, topping the previous high of seven, set from 1978-84. The Big Orange has won 20 or more matches in six of the last eight campaigns. Prior to Patrick’s arrival at UT in 1997, the Lady Vols last recorded a 20-win season in 1988. Patrick joined the UT program in July of 1997 after spending the previous three seasons as an assistant coach with national powerhouse Stanford. From 1994 to 1996, he helped lead the Cardinal to a combined 92-6 record and two NCAA championships, including title-game victories over UCLA and Hawaii in 1994 and 1996, respectively. During that stint, Stanford never lost a home match en route to participating in the 1995 NCAA Final Four and winning three consecutive Pac-10 titles.
COACH PATRICK’S YEARLY RECORDS YEAR 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 TOTALS
RECORD PCT. HONORS 15-19 .441 4th SEC East 19-10 .655 4th SEC East 19-13 .594 2nd SEC East 23-10 .700 3rd SEC East, NCAA First Round 16-11 .593 3rd SEC East 20-11 .645 4th SEC East 22-9 .710 2nd SEC East 32-3 .914 T-1st SEC East, NCAA Regional Semifinals 25-9 .735 2nd SEC East, NCAA National Semifinals 19-12 .613 3rd SEC East, NCAA First Round 11-18 .379 4th SEC East 22-10 .700 3rd SEC East, NCAA First Round 24-8 .750 T-2nd SEC East, NCAA Second Round 0-0 .000 267-143 .651 1 SEC title, 6 NCAA appearances
RECORD VS. OPPONENTS OPPONENT RECORD Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-7 (.667) Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12 (.478) Auburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-4 (.800) Chattanooga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-0 (1.000) Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26 (.133) Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-7 (.741) Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-9 (.654) Houston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 (.500) Louisville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 (.571) LSU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10 (.444) Marshall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 (1.000) Mississippi State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-1 (.950) Northwestern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (.000) Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 (.000) Oklahoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 (.000) Ole Miss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-2 (.895) Pittsburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 (.500) South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-15 (.444) Virginia Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 (.875) Xavier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 (1.000)
ROB PATRICK “Cradle of Coaches”
UT COACHING RECORDS COACH Rob Patrick Bob Bertucci Julie Hermann Sandy Lynn Kaye Hart Bud Fields Jody Lambert Diane Hale
YEARS 13 8 6 4 2 2 1 1
RECORD 267-143 229-115 77-106 66-62 46-20* 27-25-6* 22-13-4* 17-8-6
PCT. .651 .666 .421 .516 .697 .517 .615 .613
* record may be incomplete Bold type indicates current coach
PATRICK’S RECORD BREAKDOWN vs. Conference Opponents . . . . . . . . . 138-93 (.597) vs. Non-Conference Opponents . . . . 129-50 (.721) Home Matches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132-45 (.746) Road Matches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91-76 (.545) Neutral Matches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-22 (.667) In August. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-4 (.833) In September. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98-52 (.653) In October. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86-44 (.662) In November. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56-37 (.602) In December. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6 (.538)
PATRICK VS. RANKED OPPONENTS SINCE 2004
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Overall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-21 (.432) vs. Top 1-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 (.286) vs. Top 6-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10 (.333) vs. Top 11-15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 (.333) vs. Top 16-20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 (.625) vs. Top 21-25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 (.500)
When Tennessee volleyball coach Rob Patrick was a walk-on quarterback and captain of the volleyball team at Miami University, he was surrounded by a coaching tradition that has been a “huge influence on his career.” Long known as the “Cradle of Coaches” for its uncanny ability to produce high-caliber coaches, Miami served as training grounds for such greats as Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, Paul Brown and Earl “Red” Blaik, in addition to the roughly one hundred Miami of Ohio graduates who currently coach at the collegiate or professional level. With six NCAA tournament appearances and an SEC title of his own, Patrick is already UT’s all-time wins leader with 267 in 14 years as head coach. Continuing Miami’s tradition of producing future generations of coaches, at least 13 Lady Vols players and assistants have gone on to coach after their time with Patrick.
Patrick’s “Cradle of Coaches” Former Players
Jasmine Fullove Assistant Coach - IPFW Janelle Hester Head Coach - Augustana College Joselyn Johnson Volunteer Assistant Coach - Tennessee State Julie Knytych Club West volleyball club Lauren (Clayton) Head Coach - Starkville Love (Miss.) HS Amy (Morris) Head Sand Volleyball Williamson Coach - Tulane Ann Mullins Head Coach - Siegel HS in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Kim Obiala Assistant Coach - Ryle HS in Union, Ky. Michelle Piantadosi Assistant Coach - Nova Southeastern
Former Assistant Coaches
Sherry Dunbar Head Coach - Indiana Mike Minnis Director of Coaching - Dallas Premier Volleyball Club
Former Volunteer Assistant Coaches Philip Bennett Mitch Kallick
Dir. Smokey Mtn. Juniors Assistant Coach - Maryland
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