2014 Volleyball Media Guide 1
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COACH PROFILES
JIM MOORE
Head Coach • 10th Year • Long Beach, Calif. • Long Beach State ‘80
After nine years at the helm of the Oregon program, head coach Jim Moore has continuously helped the Ducks reach new heights. Under Moore the Ducks have made an NCAA Tournament appearance an annual event, reaching the postseason seven of his nine years at Oregon. Moore has not only led the Ducks to the postseason, but guided them through it. At Oregon, Moore has advanced past the first round in five of the seven years the team has qualified and did the same during 2013, with a firstround victory over Miami. The Ducks finished with a 20-12 record, the sixth 20-win season for Moore in Eugene. The historic 2012 season was a banner year for Moore and the Ducks. UO finished the season with a 30-5 overall record and an 85.7 winning percentage, both of which are school-bests in the NCAA era. The mark boosted his record at Oregon to 166-86 (.627) while his 24-year mark as a head coach sits at 518-242 (.682). The achievements garnered acclaim for Moore who was named 2012 National Coach of the Year by Volleyball Magazine. The award was the third national honor of his career after being named the 2007 Collegiate Volleyball Update National Coach of the Year in 2007 and the AVCA Division II National Coach of the Year in 1993 at Northern Michigan.
THE JIM MOORE FILE • Three-time National Coach of the Year • 2012 Volleyball Magazine National Coach of the Year • 1993 NCAA Div. II National Coach of the Year • 2007 College Volleyball Update Coach of the Year • 2006 Pac-10 Conference Coach of the Year • Three-time AVCA/Tachikara Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year • Two-time Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference Coach of the Year • 1993 NCAA Div. II National Championship • Developed 29 All-Americans • One Big 12 Championship • 150 All-Pac-12 / 15 All-Big 12 Selections • Once NCAA Div. 1 Player of the Year Award • Two NCAA Div. II Player of the Year Awards • Two Honda Broderick Award Winners • Developed two Olympians and eight National Team members
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The writing was on the wall for the Ducks to make a deep run in the 2012 national tournament as Moore has made the team a staple in postseason play. Oregon advanced to the third round in both 2007 and 2008 before setting a new precedent for the squad in 2012. Overall, Moore owns an 11-7 postseason record at Oregon. Prior to Moore’s takeover at Oregon, the Ducks had gone 14 years without finishing a season with a winning record. In his second year, Moore turned the tables and brought winning fortunes to the UO program and never looked back. The 2006 team won 17 matches (17-12), a mark the team has not dropped below in each of the successive seven years under Moore. In addition to rebuilding programs and promoting team success, Moore has developed world-class talent at the individual level. The most recent example is Oregon alum Alaina Bergsma being named AVCA National Player of the Year in 2012. The honor was the first for one of Moore’s student-athletes at the Division I level. Moore had previously coached two National Players of the year at the Division II level. Bergsma was not the only student-athlete to earn national attention in 2012. Lauren Plum joined her as a First Team All-American while Liz Brenner was named All-America Second Team during that season and repeated the honor in 2013 as a junior. Ten of UO’s 11 All-America honors have come during Moore’s tenure, thanks to the history-making careers of Alaina Bergsma (1st, 2012, 3rd-2011), Liz Brenner (2nd – 2012, 2013) Neticia Enesi (3rd-2008, 2009), Gorana Maricic (1st-2008, 2nd- 2007), Sonja Newcombe (2nd-2009) and Lauren Plum (1st - 2012). Since the first season of Pac-10 play in 1986, Moore’s players have racked up 13 of the Ducks’ 20 All-Conference honors courtesy of Bergsma (2011, 2012) and Plum (2011, 2012), Brenner (2012, 2013), Meyers (2010), Enesi (2008, 2009), Newcombe (2008, 2009) and Maricic (2007, 2008), and 13 of its 17 honorable mentions from Plum (2013), Ariana Williams (2011, 2012, 2013), Haley Jacob (2012), Bergsma (2010), Djordjevic (2009), Meyers (2007, 2009), Katie Swoboda (2008, 2007) and Newcombe (2006, 2007).
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Likewise, he has mentored seven of Oregon’s 13 all-time Pac-12 All-Freshman Team selections – Amanda Benson (2013), Liz Brenner (2011), Plum (2010), Fischer (2009), Meyers (2007), Newcombe (2006) and Mira Djuric (2005) - and three of its seven honorable mentions - Djordjevic (2006), Enesi (2006) and Swoboda (2005). The team’s emphasis on excellence to academics certainly extends to the classroom. In 2005-06 and ‘09-10, the team received the AVCA Academic Team Award after it combined for +3.30 GPA’s each academic year. Fischer became the second Duck spiker to receive repeat Academic All-America acclaim but the first to be named three times, joining the first team in 2011 and 2012 and the third team in 2010. Former pupils Bergsma and Kristen Bitter were third-team choices under Moore in 2012 and 2006, respectively. Fischer was a three-time Academic All-District first-team selection, and four other recent pupils picked up similar honors – Bergsma (1st -2012), Kellie Kawasaki (3rd-2010), Djordjevic (2nd - 2008, 3rd -2009) and Bitter (1st - 2006). On Pac-10/12 All-Academic rolls Moore has seen 13 student-athletes to Pac-12 awards along with 26 honorable mentions. Moore’s imprint on the program has resulted in Duck fans roaring in approval. UO stood 17th nationally in home crowd attendance in 2012 (2,102/match) welcoming seven of its top-25 biggest crowds in school history during the landmark season. Altogether in his Duck coaching career, his teams have played in front of 22 of the 25 biggest crowds in school history.
Prior to his arrival in Eugene, Moore served as head coach at Northern Michigan (1989-94, 2003-04), Kansas State (1994-97), Texas (1997-00) and Chico State (2001-02). Collegiate volleyball pundits respect him as a master program rebuilder who is then able to take teams to the next level, warranted by the combined 143228 record (.385) of four programs before his arrival (Northern Michigan, ‘89, ‘04, Kansas State and Chico State). After his arrival, those same teams went on to produce a 268-118 (.694) overall mark. He has had to face many obstacles at each stop, beginning with his first season at Northern Michigan in 1989. Despite various recruiting challenges, his five-year tenure culminated in the Wildcats winning the 1993 NCAA II National Championship. Moore raised the perennial sub.500 team to national dominance, highlighted by three consecutive trips to the NCAA Division II National Tournament quarterfinals, back-toback appearances in the national championship match, and finally the 1993 National Championship after a phenomenal season record of 38-1. In 1994, he then took over a Kansas State program that had gone 24-68 overall and 0-36 in league play prior to his arrival, and responded with three straight winning seasons and a 26-9 mark in 1996 (capped by the school’s first NCAA Tournament appearance). Following those efforts, Moore guided the storied Texas program to three NCAA appearances, a Big 12 Conference Championship, one Big 12 Player of the Year honor, seven All-America selections and eight All-Big 12 selections.
After his Texas run, Moore guided Chico State to its first winning season in five years, and resurrected a program that had gone 15-75 the three years prior to his arrival to 16-13 and 18-8 records, and four All-CCHA selections. Moore’s last stop before arriving in Eugene was an incredible two-year return to Northern Michigan that produced 50 wins in 58 matches. Before his coaching career, the Long Beach, Calif., native played two years at San Bernardino Valley College, followed by a two-year stint at Long Beach State, where he earned his bachelor’s degree (1980) and later his master’s in health science. His first coaching position was at California’s Rim of the World High School, where his teams went 134-27 (.832) in five seasons, and his 1981 team captured the state championship. He then spent four years at Mayfair High (Calif.), and his last two teams went 26-2 and 28-2 respectively, before he moved to Northern Michigan. Moore and his wife, Stacy Metro, have two children: Matthew (17) and Michael (15).
MOORE’S CAREER COACHING RECORD
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Years
School
Overall
Conference
Postseason
1989-93
Northern Michigan (Five years)
123-55 (.691)
62-20 (.756)
9-2 (.818) NCAA II
1994-96
Kansas State (Three years)
61-34 (.642)
21-23 (.477)
2-2 (.500) NCAA I
1997-2000
Texas (Four years)
84-38 (.689)
58-22 (.725)
6-3 (.667) NCAA I
2001-02
Chico State (Two years)
34-21 (.618)
26-18 (.591)
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2003-04
Northern Michigan (Two years)
50-8 (.862)
31-5 (.861)
3-2 (.600) NCAA II
2005-present Oregon (10th year)
186-98 (.655)
86-84 (.506)
11-7 (.611) NCAA I
TOTALS
538-254 (.679)
284-172 (.623)
31-16 (.660)
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COACH PROFILES
STACY METRO
METRO FILE AS A COACH
Matt Ulmer
• 36 All-Conference Selections • 10 All-American Selections
AS A PLAYER • Northern Michigan Sports Hall of Fame • Lakewood (Calif.) Sports Hall of Fame • NCAA II National Champion, 1993 • NCAA II Honda Player of the Year, 1993-94 • Two-time AVCA National Player of the Year • 13 MVP awards in 16 collegiate tournaments
10th Year • Northern Michigan ‘94 Stacy Metro is in her ninth season as a member of Oregon’s full-time coaching staff after serving as a volunteer assistant in 2005. Her resume as a player and assistant coach have made her one of the hottest commodities in the collegiate game. In 2012, Metro helped mentor two outside hitters to All-America status. Alaina Bergsma was named a 2012 First Team All-American as well as the AVCA National Player of the Year while sophomore Liz Brenner joined the All-American Second Team, an honor she repeated in 2013. Setter Lauren Plum was the third Duck to be nationally recognized, also a First Team All-American. During her tenure, Metro as coached six individuals to 10 All-America honors, including four repeat AllAmericans - Liz Brenner (2013, 2012), Alaina Bergsma (2012, 2011), Neticia Enesi (2009, 2008) and Gorana Maricic (2008, 2007). Metro’s impact on UO’s academic success is equally obvious. Under her watch, UO student-athletes have earned five Academic All-America honors. Alaina Bergsman (2012) and Kristin Bitter (2006) were each named to the third team while outside hitter Katherine Fischer was a three-time Academic All-American with her 4.0 GPA that landed first-team honors in 2011 and 2012 as well as third-team recognition in 2010. In recent seasons, seven Ducks have picked up Academic All-District honors – Bergsma (1st – 2012), Fischer (1st – 2012, 2011, 2010), Kellie Kawasaki (3rd 2010), Nevena Djordjevic (2nd - 2008, 3rd - 2009) and Kristen Bitter (1st - 2006) and Academic All-Pac-10/12 nods – Fischer (1st – 2012, 2011, 2010), Kawasaki (2nd - 2012), Bergsma (2nd - 2011), Lauren Gross (2nd- 2010, 2011), Djordjevic (2nd - 2009, 2007), Bitter (1st- 2005, 2006) and Erin Little (2nd - 2005, 1st- 2006). Metro began her coaching career by helping head coach Jim Moore resurrect the Kansas State program. Prior to their arrival, KSU had lost 36 straight conference matches, and within three years the team made the second round of the 1996 NCAA Division I playoffs and ranked top 25. Metro’s impact at K-State was particularly evident in the skill and progress her players made. All three years Metro coached, K-State had a winning record, and an unrecruited player went on to become an All-Big 12 setter. As the recruiting coordinator, Metro 8
garnered K-State its first “Fab 50” player, as well as its first All-American. After the 1996 season, she traveled with Moore to Austin, Texas when he tabbed as the Texas head coach. She took four years off to start their family and raised their children, Matthew and Michael, and also coached with the Club Austin Volleyball program. After her absence from collegiate coaching, she returned with Moore to help oversee the Cal StateChico women’s volleyball team. The duo revitalized a program that had repeatedly come in last in its conference to become a contender for the NCAA Division II National Tournament with two successive winning seasons. Metro is equally well-known as one of the most decorated volleyball players in NCAA Division II history. She was the first two-time AVCA National Player of the Year and a three-time first team All-American (1991, 1992, and 1993). She added Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Player of the Year honors in both 1992 and 1993, and was an All-Conference selection in 1991, 1992, and 1993. In the classroom, she was pegged a GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American in 1993, and received the 1993-94 Honda Award as the National Athlete of the Year for NCAA Division II, joining the ranks of prestigious fellow student-athletes like Mia Hamm and Lisa Leslie. Her jersey was retired from Northern Michigan University in a ceremony in 1994, and she was later inducted into the school’s sports hall of fame in October 2004. In 1993, she led Northern Michigan to the NCAA Division II National Championship. Metro paced an offense that turned around a losing program three years prior to her arrival, resulting in a record of 99-14 during her tenure. She also helped NMU to the Elite Eight, initiating a run of seven straight postseason appearances. Her senior year, she led the country in attack percentage (.510) and assists (12.37 a/s), and still remains second in school history in career blocks per set as a non-middle blocker. Metro was named all-tournament in every tournament of her career, and MVP in 13 out of her 16 tournaments. After her collegiate career, she trained in San Diego at the end of 1993 and joined Team USA in 1994 after a professional stint in Peru. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON VOLLEYBALL
First Year • Carthage ‘07 Ulmer comes to Eugene after seven seasons at Long Beach State, five of which were served as a full-time assistant. He was also the sand volleyball program’s head coach at Long Beach, where he led the 49ers to a National Championship during the 2013 season. In 2012, Ulmer was honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) as a recipient of the “Thirty Under 30” award, recognizing outstanding up-and-coming coaches in the profession throughout all levels under the age of 30. Ulmer was one of 10 coaches recognized from Division I. Ulmer spent his playing days at Carthage College, where he was a setter under head coach LJ Marx. While at Carthage, he led the team to two National Championship appearances, and was named a firstteam D-III All-American as a senior. He finished his college career as the Carthage career leader in both assists and service aces. While at Carthage, Ulmer also worked as an assistant coach for the women’s team, serving for five years from 2002-2006. He also worked as the club coach for TNT Volleyball Club from 2003-07, and has served with the Cal Juniors club team while in Southern California, helping the team earn two All-America selections on the way to a bronze medal in the Junior Olympics. Ulmer completed his Master’s degree in education in 2008 at Long Beach State. He graduated from Carthage in May 2007.
ULMER FILE AS A COACH • 2012 Recipient of Thirty Under 30 Award • Led LBSU to Sand Volleyball national championship
AS A PLAYER • Division III All-American first team