Al Scates to retire after 2012
No release yet, but the UCLA athletics official twitter announced it. EDIT: Here's the release
The main paragraph that sums it all up from the release:
Scates will retire after 50 years of service at UCLA with a nation-leading Division I record of more than 1,200 victories. To date he has captured 19 NCAA championships, 21 overall national championships, 24 conference titles and compiled a legacy unmatched by few college coaches in any sport. In 49 seasons, Scates has coached 52 different first-team NCAA All-Americans, 44 U.S. National Team members, 27 Olympians, 26 USVBA All-Americans and seven collegiate Players of the Year.
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It's hard to overstate what Scates did in his career. I hope he gets some mainstream publicity in his final season next year and that he goes out a winner to give him a nice round number of 20 NCAA championships.
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For reasons that are beyond me
it seems like Coach Scates rarely gets the credit he deserves. Al Scates is the most accomplished coach in UCLA history. Yes, I said it. (And no, not the greatest coach – that will obviously be Coach – but 19 championships is hard to refute as the most accomplished.) What he’s done here is absolutely mind-boggling and I second gilbert’s hope that the mainstream press gives him his due attention when he retires after next year.
Ironically
Al Scates would have left UCLA if it hadn’t been for Wooden…
But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.
The whole team returns..
..except for one 3rd string Sr.
Of those coming back are 4 All-MPSF honorees.
Not sure who, if any, Freshman recruits have committed.
It could be a very good season and a great way to send off the “Other Wizard of Westwood.”
Hopefully, the search for his successor has begun in earnest and we are looking at the best of the best of the best.
And there goes a legend
No real other way to describe Scates.
With all this extra TV money, hopefully we see it invested in a new coach so we get a top notch guy to put us in the national title conversation year in, year out.
Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I tweeted my followers to ask which I should take
by Ryan Rosenblatt on May 10, 2011 6:55 PM PDT reply actions
He's gotta be the clear choice.
2x NCAA championships at Irvine (who had never won before).
Assistant on Olympic Gold Medal team.
UCLA Alum.
Young enough.
Does it take more than a phone call to take him away from UCI?
Just the guy that UCLA & Dan G needs
Good coach that won’t cost as much as FB or BB and will bring some more non-revenue National Championships.
Now let’s hope that he wants to come back and that Dan G is willing to give up his trips the NCAA Basketball Finals games which have nothing to do with UCLA to spend a little extra for a good coach.
Truly a legend
Sad to see such a great Bruin go, but wish him well. Let’s bring him #20!
Al Scates
As a phys ed major at UCLA I had classes in most varsity sports. Around 1960 I was in a volleyball class, a few weeks of learning the game. Al Scates was also in the class. Of course he was better than most of us but who could know he would lead the Bruins to national prominence?
by bigislandbruin on May 11, 2011 10:59 AM PDT reply actions
Congrats Coach Al on a stellar career
It must be awesome to be the best of all time at what you do.
by silverlakebruin on May 11, 2011 12:51 PM PDT reply actions
Consider that
Since the beginning of the world, nobody has ever been as good at coaching college volleyball (maybe any volleyball?) as he is. That’s pretty amazing.
Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I tweeted my followers to ask which I should take
by Ryan Rosenblatt on May 11, 2011 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Truly a legend
Wrote the late Jim Murray, a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the Los Angeles Times, “Al Scates?! Precisely. The one and only. The man who is to volleyball what (John) Wooden was to basketball, (Red) Sanders was to football, Napolean to artillery…”
“California boasts some of the world’s best sporting mentors, among them UCLA volleyball coach Al Scates . . .,” wrote Sally B. Donnelly in Time Magazine.
Too bad we take guys like that for granted until they leave. Imagine that he coached Karch Kiraly, Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos as well as olympians.
Congrats Coach Al and may the force be with you. GO BRUINS!
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