history that year, while Black guided Rebecca Bailey to the school's all-time career kills mark and her second consecutive All-American bid. In 2007, the Tritons knocked off the No. 2 team in the country on the road and advanced to the NCAA Pacific Region Semifinals. Also, the 2007 Tritons had an All-American and four student-athletes on the CCAA AllConference squad. Just one year after taking the reins at UC San Diego, Black directed the Tritons back to the postseason in 2006, finishing the year with a 26-3 overall record, a NCAA Elite Eight appearance, a NCAA Pacific Regional Championship and a final national ranking of No. 5. For his efforts, Black was named the 2006 Tachikara/AVCA D-II Pacific Region Coach of the Year and CCAA Co-Coach of the Year. That season also produced the first of two CCAA Players of the Year under Black's guidance, as Nicole Courtney earned the honor.
On the club circuit, Black served four years as the co-director of the Santa Monica Beach Club team. He was the head coach of SMBC's boys' 18s team in 2003, 2004 and 2005 after serving as an assistant in 2002 with the 18s team that won the bronze medal at the Junior Olympics. He also was the head coach of SMBC's girls' 17s team in 2005. As a player, Black was a four-year varsity letterman for the UCSD men's volleyball program from 1993-96, setting numerous hitting records and earning All-MPSF honorable mention notice as a senior in 1996. He was Volleyball Magazine's Small College Player of the Year in 1996, while also earning Small College All-America honors that same year. Black received his bachelor's degree in political science from UCSD in 1996. A California native, Black prepped at Crespi High in Encino, Calif., where he made the All-CIF third team as a senior in 1991.
In 2005, Black took over as head coach for the UCSD women's volleyball program with six new starters, leading the team to victories over two ranked opponents as part of a 19-8 record on the season. UCSD had three players named to the All-CCAA team and one student-athlete earned AVCA Pacific Region honors. Before coming to UCSD for his inaugural year, Black spent two seasons as an assistant coach for the men's volleyball program at USC. Prior to his stint with the Trojans, he spent the 2002 and 2003 seasons as the men's head coach at Pierce Junior College in Woodland Hills, Calif. He also was an assistant in 2003 with the Pierce women's team. His men's squads won the 2002 and 2003 California state junior college crowns, finishing 15-3 in 2002 and 17-2 in 2003. Black began his coaching career as an assistant boys' coach at Royal High in Simi Valley, Calif., serving two seasons from 1997-98. The 1997 team was a CIF Division I finalist. He then spent three years, from 1999-01, as the head boys' coach at Thousand Oaks High, also teaching English and history.
Team Bucknell BYU Cal State Bakersfield Cal State Fullerton Cal State Northridge Georgia Tech Gonzaga Houston Kansas State Kentucky Long Beach State Oral Roberts Oregon State Pacific Pepperdine Portland Quinnipiac Saint Mary’s San Diego San Jose State San Francisco Santa Clara Seattle UC Irvine UCLA UC Riverside UC Santa Barbara USC Utah State Utah Valley West Virginia Wichita State All-Time Records
Overall 1-0 0-3 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 3-1 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-4 3-1 1-0 2-2 0-4 1-0 2-2 3-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 29-31
LMU SERIES WCC -- 0-2 -- -- -- -- 3-1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0-4 3-1 -- 2-2 0-4 -- 2-2 3-1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 13-17
RECORDS UNDER BLACK Last Victory Score August 28, 2010 3-0 -- -- September 5, 2011 3-0 August 26, 2011 3-1 September 21, 2010 3-1 September 3, 2010 3-2 October 29, 2011 3-2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- September 4, 2010 3-0 -- -- -- -- -- -- October 27, 2011 3-0 August 27, 2011 3-0 October 22, 2011 3-2 -- -- September 17, 2011 3-1 October 28, 2010 3-1 November 5, 2011 3-1 September 4, 2011 3-0 October 8, 2010 3-2 -- -- September 17, 2010 3-0 October 7, 2011 3-2 -- -- -- -- September 18, 2010 3-1 September 9, 2011 3-0 -- -- Two Seasons
Last Loss -- November 3, 2011 -- -- -- -- November 11, 2010 September 10, 2011 September 3, 2010 September 10, 2011 November 23, 2011 -- September 4, 2011 September 16, 2011 November 10, 2011 November 13, 2010 -- November 18, 2010 November 12, 2011 -- November 19, 2011 October 20, 2011 -- -- August 27, 2011 September 16, 2011 -- August 27, 2010 September 17, 2010 -- -- September 11, 2010
Score -3-2 ----3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 -3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 -3-2 3-1 -3-1 3-0 --3-0 3-0 -3-0 3-2 --3-0
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