USD Volleyball 2001

2 .00 1 SAN! Dl!E G O TCRERO V O L L E Y BA.LL

USO VOLLEYBALL COACHING STAFF Brent Hill iard begins hi s first season w ith the Toreros as the team 's top ass istant. Hilliard comes to USO after a stellar pl aying career and most recently as the Head Vo ll eyball Coach at Cuyamaca Juni or College in 1999 and 2000. As an opposite or right side player at Long Beach State, Hilli ard was named the NCAA

Player of the Year in 1992 after leading his team to a 3 1-1 record. Hilli ard's college career saw him earn All-American honors four times including a th ree time se lection as a First-Team NCAA All- American. ASSISTANT COACH BRENT HILLIARD WAS A US OLYMPIAN IN 1992 IN BARCELONA, HELPING THE US WIN A BRONZE MEDAL In 199 1 Hilliard propell ed the 49ers to a National Champion– ship, beating USC in Honolulu, Hawaii, avenging a champion– ship match loss to USC the year before. In 1992 Hilli ard was se lected to play fo r the US in the 1992 Olympics in Barce lona, Spain. Hilli ard helped the US defeat Cuba, earning him and the US team a Bronze medal. He also won a silver medal in the 1993 Pan American Games.

BRENT HILLIARD Assistant Coach 1st Year

Hilli ard continued his vo lleyball career as a profess ional in Europe from 1995- 1998, pl aying two seasons in Belgium and one season in the Netherlands. In 1996, Hilliard and the Maasiek Volleyball club from Belgium won the country's championship and competed in the European Champions League.

Tammy Leib! enters her third season as an ass istant coach at USO, serving as the team 's top assistant in 1998 and 1999. Leib! brings vast international play ing experience to the Torero

staff after competing in three Olympics ( 1988, 1992, & 1996) and more than 400 internati onal matches for USA Vo ll eyball. A member of the US 1992 Bronze-Meda l-Win– ning Team in Barcelona, Lei bl first j oined the US National Team in 1987. Another hi gh light of her distingui shed inter– national career included a bronze medal won at the 1990 World Champi onships. TAMMY LE/BL HAS REPRESENTED THE USA WOMEN 'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM IN THREE OLYMPICS: 198B, 1992, & 1996. SHE HAS ALSO REPRESENTED USA VOLLEYBALL IN OVER 400 INTERNA T/ONAL MA TCHES.

TAMMY LEIBL Assistant Coach 3rd Year

Le ib I played co ll egiate vo ll eyball at Ari zona State Uni– versity from 1983-86 where she ranks in the top five in multipl e career offensive and defensive categories. After two All-PAC-Ten seasons at ASU, Leib I earned All-America honors in 1985-86. Fo ll owing her Sun Devil career, Leib! was se lected PAC-Ten Player o f the Decade. In addition to her stellar coll egiate and international career, Le ib! pl ayed profess ionally for three years in Ita ly and Brazil. Tammy is married to Geo ffrey Le ib!, a USO graduate and immigrati on attorney, the two reside in Del Mar, Cali fo rnia with their young son, Tyler.

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