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Mick Haley concluded his eighth season as head coach at USC as he continues to add to the rich heritage of one of the most successful women's volleyball

programs in the nation.

During his tenure at USC, Haley has guided his teams to two national championships (2002 and 2003), four NCAA Final Four appearances (2002, 2003,

2004 and 2007) and eight consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. USC has finished the season ranked nationally in the top five a total of five of seven

times under Haley.

He has posted an impressive overall record of 204-44 (.823) while going 113-30 (.790) in Pac-10 Conference play.

In 2003, Haley led the Women of Troy to a second-consecutive NCAA Championship - the program's sixth title overall and third NCAA title.

Haley guided the 2003 squad to a perfect 35-0 record (only the fourth team to ever accomplish the feat). For these accomplishments, he earned the most

prestigious honor among collegiate coaches and something that had eluded him in previous years of his collegiate coaching career as he was honored

AVCA Division I Coach of the Year.

In the process, Haley put together a then-NCAA-record 52-match winning streak, dating from Nov. 8, 2002, to Sept. 11, 2004. During the impressive streak,

the Women of Troy compiled a 156-14 single game record (91.8%).

As a two-time national championship head coach at Texas and four-year United States National Team coach, Haley took the helm of the Trojan program at

the start of the 2001 season. He brought a tradition of excellence as one of the elite coaches in the game with him to a University with a rich tradition of its

own.

In his 32 years as a collegiate head coach, Haley boasts a 977-232-1 (.808) career women's record and a 726-181 (.800) mark in 24 years at the Division I

level. He ranks seventh among the NCAA's winningest active coaches according to win percentage (.800) and eighth among all active coaches by victories

(726). Most impressive is Haley's dominant history against conference opponents. He owns a 264-40 (.868) career record against conference opponents

while competing in the Southwest, Big 12 and Pac-10 conferences. After winning the Pac-10 title in 2002 and 2003, he now boasts 16 career conference

titles.

Along with his men's record, Haley is 1,077-264-1 (.803) during his tremendous career that includes four Division I women's national championships and six

overall junior college national titles. He recorded his personal 1,000th win on Nov. 25, 2005, with USC's 3-0 win at home against California.

Haley accepted the USC coaching position in June of 1999, replacing Lisa Love, who guided the Women of Troy for 10 seasons, but he did not assume the

position until fulfilling his responsibilities with the USA Women's National Volleyball Team.

Following the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, Haley joined the 2000 USC squad midway through the collegiate season, but allowed Interim Head

Coach Jerritt Elliott to complete the year. From the bench, Haley served as a mentor to the team and its coaching staff as the Trojans reached the NCAA

Championship Semifinals for the first time in 15 years.

Haley officially took the reigns of the program in 2001 and found his first season to be bittersweet. Fielding a talented team, the Women of Troy dominated

competition through the regular season and fell one match short of a consecutive conference title. The Trojans had their sights set on the national

championship and breezed through the first three rounds of the NCAA Tournament, not losing a single game. But the 2001 Women of Troy, who were

looking for that return trip to the Final Four, fell one match short, falling 3-2 to Arizona in the NCAA Regional Final. USC finished the season with a 25-4

overall record, a second-place finish in the Pac-10 (16-2) and a No. 5 AVCA final ranking.

The disappointment of the 2001 season only fueled the fire for Haley and his team as they began a dominant two-year run. His 2002 squad dropped only one

match throughout the regular season to conference rival Stanford and claimed sole possession of the Pac-10 title for the first time with a 17-1 mark.

USC only got stronger as the 2002 season continued and swept its first four NCAA opponents before beating Florida in the semifinals, 3-1. A rematch was

set with the rival Cardinal and this time the Trojans came out on top. USC beat Stanford, 3-1, to win the program's fifth national title and first since 1981.

With the win, Haley became just the second head coach in NCAA history to win a national championship at two universities (John Dunning is the other).

The experiences and success gained in 2002 were only improved upon in 2003. USC's dominating performance throughout the season drew comparisons to

the greatest teams of all time. In addition to the NCAA Championship and a second-straight Pac-10 conference title, the Women of Troy received a

program-first four All-American honors (including three first teamers) and seven All-Pac-10 selections (including five first teamers). With the accolades, Haley

added four players (April Ross, Emily Adams, Bibiana Candelas and Keao Burdine) to his list of more than 30 All-Americans. Ross was also named Pac-10

Player of the Year (Haley's 13th) and was honored with the Honda Award as the nation's top volleyball player.

Haley also recorded some notable wins in 2003, including his 200th career conference victory and 50th Pac-10 victory in a win over California on Nov. 15,

and his 600th career NCAA victory in a win over Washington State on Nov. 1.

The 2004 club went 23-6 as the program made its third straight NCAA Final Four appearance.

During the 2005 season, Haley registered his 900th collegiate win as a women's coach on Nov. 4 against Oregon State. His 2006 squad played the first

match at the new Galen Center and later advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament.

In 2007, he led the Women of Troy to another Final Four appearance on the heels of a 3-0 sweep in the Gainesville Regional final against his former Texas

squad with USC barely missing a chance to play for the national title and finishing third in the nation.

With no seniors on the squad in 2008, the Women of Troy struggled during the season. USC, however, was ranked in the Top 10 for most of the season and

reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

If all of this is not enough to cap off a successful season, Haley was inducted to the University of Texas Women's Athletics Hall of Honor on Nov. 14, 2003,

in a ceremony held in Austin, Texas. He was also recently awarded the Ball State Lifetime Volleyball Coaching Achievement Award in a ceremony held in

Muncie, Ind., on May 15.

Prior to his return to the collegiate scene, Haley made his mark on the international and Olympic stage.

Completing his fourth season with the U.S. National Team, Haley's squad earned a berth to the 2000 Olympics in Sydney by defeating Canada to win the

Nike Americas' Volleyball Challenge (NORCECA). In Australia, the team surprised many by advancing to the semifinals before falling to Russia 2-3 and

Brazil 0-3 in medal contention. The Americans, who were not favored to make the semifinals, much less push the powerful Russians to a fifth game,

relinquished the bronze medal to Brazil with the loss and finished fourth overall (the highest U.S. finish since winning a bronze medal in the 1992 Olympics

in Barcelona, Spain).

Haley joined the USA National Team in January of 1997. In his first season, he molded an entirely new squad into an international contender. The U.S.

women went 16-13 in 1997, finished second at the NORCECA Zone Championship behind 1996 Olympic gold-medalist Cuba, and posted key victories over

Canada, Germany and the Dominican Republic. In 1998, the team opened the year 10-0 en route to a 31-30 mark, won the NORCECA Zonal Championship

qualifier and the Canada Cup, and had impressive wins over Italy, Peru and Japan. 1999 began with much of the same success, as Haley's team swept the

Dominican Republic to earn the bronze medal at the Pan American Games, and fell to Cuba in the final match of the Continental Championship. The

performance secured a spot for the U.S. at the World Cup where the team posted a 3-8 record.

Before entering the international spotlight, Haley spent 17 successful seasons (1980-96) at Texas, where he was 522-137-1 overall, won two national

championships, 13 Southwest Conference titles and earned 15 NCAA tournament berths.

His teams won the AIAW national title in 1981 (going 60-6-1 overall) and the NCAA crown in 1988. After winning his second title, he was named the 1988

Volleyball magazine National Coach of the Year. The 1988 championship squad is the only team to date to capture the NCAA title with a perfect 15-0 game

record. Until 1995, it was also the only NCAA title claimed by a non-West Coast team.

If success was measured solely by the accolades earned by a coach's players, and the numbers were but a mere side note, Haley would sit comfortably

among the nation's best. In 17 years with the Longhorns, he coached 13 SWC Players of the Year and more than 20 All-Americans.

Prior to Texas, Haley coached at Kellogg Community College in Battle Creek, Mich., for seven seasons (1973-79). He first served as an instructor and

intramural director, then took the helm of the men's and women's varsity teams in 1973 , going 251-51 overall and leading his women's team to the national

junior college title in 1978 and 1979. He also coached the Kellogg men to four national crowns during that time. In 1997, he was inducted into the Junior

College Coaches Hall of Fame.

While at Kellogg, he also trained with the U.S. National Team and served as an assistant coach with the U.S. men's and women's programs.

As a setter at Ball State (1962-65), he helped lead the Cardinals to the 1964 and 1965 Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association title. He was the

MIVA's MVP in 1965 and made the All-MIVA second team in 1964. Haley was inducted into the Ball State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984. He earned his

bachelor's degree in education from Ball State in 1965.

He received a master's degree in education in 1966 from Southern Illinois, where he started a men's club team.

Haley was born on Aug. 18, 1943. He and his wife, Carrie, have a daughter, Halie, 17, and a son, Hunter, 19, and a current member of the USC men's

volleyball team. He also has a son, Heath, 30, and a daughter, Heather, 35, from a previous marriage, and three grandchildren, Taylor, 17, Harrison, 7, and

Hayley, 5.