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Simon Andersen will go from winning a NCAA championship to trying to help his country win a European championship.
The Long Beach State middle attacker was selected to the Danish Men’s National Team roster for the upcoming CEV European Silver League. Continue reading “Long Beach middle to play for Denmark in European Silver League”
Ohio State named former assistant Kevin Burch as the new head coach on Tuesday morning, taking over for Hall of Fame coach Pete Hanson.
Burch has a history of winning national titles with legendary coaches, such as Charlie Sullivan at Springfield, David Kniffin at UC Irvine, and Russ Rose at Penn State. The Buckeyes are currently moving into the Covelli Center, and will start play there during the 2020 season.
Listen to Burch’s interview with Off the Block Associate Editor Jonathan Bates as he discusses his reaction to being name the head coach, advice he will implement from former coaches, and what the future holds for him.
Also it wasn’t included in the video, but Burch wanted to thank his Athletic Director, Gene Smith, and Deputy Director of Athletics, Janine Oman, for their support.
Two NJIT players will represent Spain at a marquee European tournament this summer.
Outside attacker Alvaro Gimeno and middle attacker Martin de Chavarria were selected to the Spanish Men’s National Team roster for the CEV European Golden League. Continue reading “NJIT duo make Spanish roster for European Golden League”
One of the winningest young coaches in college men’s volleyball will take over one of the most storied programs in the sport.
Ohio State announced Tuesday that it promoted assistant coach Kevin Burch to be the team’s new head coach. Continue reading “Ohio State promotes Burch to be new head coach”
Nickie Sanlin is earning a national coaching honor after guiding McKendree to its best finish in the MIVA and its deepest postseason run in program history.
Off the Block announced Tuesday that Sanlin was selected as the inaugural recipient of the Ivan Marquez Award. Continue reading “McKendree coach Sanlin named 2019 recipient of Ivan Marquez Award”
A nationwide voting committee selected 16 finalists for the Off the Block/Molten NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball National Awards.
Off the Block announced Monday the finalists for the five annual position-based Division III awards — the Off the Block/Molten National Setter of the Year, the Off the Block/Molten National Outside Attacker of the Year, the Off the Block/Molten National Opposite of the Year, the Off the Block/Molten National Middle Attacker of the Year and the Off the Block/Molten National Libero of the Year. Continue reading “Off the Block, Molten announce finalists for NCAA Division III National Awards”
There will be a new annual honor for college men’s volleyball coaches.
Off the Block announced Sunday that starting this year it will annually present the Ivan Marquez Award. Continue reading “Off the Block establishes new coaching award in honor of former EIVA commissioner”
Jonathan Bates | Associate Editor
As noted before, this was a historic year for the high-level of production and sheer number of contributing seniors in college men’s volleyball. Since the season is over, Off the Block has crunched the numbers for 41 of the 43 with senior starters this past season, and we will be unveiling the data in a six-post installment.
The percentage of production lost is from starting seniors only. Off the Block included liberos as starters, and some teams will have more than seven starters listed as some teams have two players split time as starters at a given position. Continue reading “2019 senior starter production lost (Big West edition)”
Jonathan Bates | Associate Editor
As noted before, this was a historic year for the high-level of production and sheer number of contributing seniors in college men’s volleyball. Since the season is over, Off the Block has crunched the numbers for 41 of the 43 with senior starters this past season, and we will be unveiling the data in a six-post installment. Continue reading “2019 senior starter production lost (MPSF edition)”
Ten international college men’s volleyball players have been selected for a new national honor.
Off the Block announced Thursday that players from BYU, Charleston, Coker, Lincoln Memorial, Mount Olive, NJIT, Quincy, UCLA and USC were named to the inaugural Off the Block All-World Team. Continue reading “Off the Block announces 2019 All-World Team”