He outworked everyone else. And he was a badass. He put those girls through physical hell. But it's what made them great. I think there was a stretch where PSU didn't lose a SET for a season and a half. A set.
Led Penn State to seven NCAA national championships (1999, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014), second-most of any program
Guided the Nittany Lions to 25 conference championships (17 Big Ten, 8 Atlantic 10)
Ranks first in NCAA Division I history with 1,330 career wins
One of five NCAA Division I coaches and one of 11 coaches across all three NCAA Divisions with 1,000 wins
Went 1,330-229 (.853) in 43 seasons as PSU's head coach, which ranks seventh in NCAA Division I history for win percentage
Propelled Penn State to an appearance in all 41 NCAA Tournaments, the only school to appear in all 41 tourneys
Guided the Nittany Lions to 10 championship match appearances and 13 national semifinal berths
Won every NCAA Tournament first round game played
Owns 106 NCAA Division I Tournament victories, the most of any coach
Only two programs (Nebraska, Stanford) have more NCAA Tournament wins than Rose
Never posted less than 21 wins in a season during his career (does not include 2021 COVID season in which only 16 matches were played)
Posted at least 30 wins in 28 seasons
Ranked in 503 consecutive AVCA polls, dating back to the final poll in 1989
Guided team to 97 weeks as No. 1 ranked team in AVCA polls
Tutored eight Olympians (12 appearances), including 2020 gold medalists Haleigh Washington and Micha Hancock
Produced four AVCA National Players of the Year, four AVCA National Freshmen of the Year and 112 AVCA All-Americans
Registered at least one AVCA All-American in 41 of 43 seasons as a head coach
Had four Honda Volleyball Award winners and one Honda-Broderick Cup winner (Megan Hodge, 2009)
Mentored two Big Ten Female Athletes of the Year, 21 Big Ten Players of the Year (14 Players of the Year, 5 Defensive Players of the Year, 2 Setters of the Year), 13 Big Ten Freshmen of the Year and 100 All-Big Ten honorees
Guided eight Atlantic 10 Players of the Year and four Atlantic 10 Rookies of the Year
Had five CoSIDA Academic All-Americans of the Year and two NCAA Elite 90 award winners
Had 221 Academic All-Big Ten selections and 19 CoSIDA Academic All-American selections
Guided the Nittany Lions to 109 consecutive match wins, the fourth-longest streak in NCAA Division I history and second-longest by a women's team
Led Penn State to 111-straight set wins in 2009
Recorded 17 undefeated home seasons
Won 94 consecutive home matches from Sept. 1, 2006-Dec. 11, 2010, the longest streak in NCAA Division I history
Named AVCA National Coach of the Year five times (1997, 1998, 2007, 2008, 2013) and AVCA Regional Coach of the Year 11 times
Selected a conference Coach of the Year 22 times (16 Big Ten, 6 Atlantic 10)
In seven seasons in the Atlantic 10, Penn State never lost a conference match
Penn State was ranked in every final AVCA poll since 1988
Guided as head coach of the United States men's volleyball team to a bronze medal at the 1985 Maccabiah Games and the women's volleyball team to a silver medal in the 1981 Maccabiah Games
Inducted into the AVCA Hall of Fame in 2007
Named one of USA Volleyball's All-Time Great Coaches in 2005
Had 33 student-athletes go on to professional careers
Received the 2013 Honorary Penn State Alumni Award
Honored with his own ice cream flavor, Russ "digs" Roseberry, at Penn State's Berkey Creamery in 2014
Won the 1974 National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national championship as a player at George Williams College
Was an assistant coach for George Williams on the NAIA men's volleyball national championship team in 1997
He outworked everyone else. And he was a badass. He put those girls through physical hell. But it's what made them great. I think there was a stretch where PSU didn't lose a SET for a season and a half. A set.
vollyball girls were always more fun than the ballers, better looking too... RIP
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I have seen PSU volleyball teams on TV...He is an excellent coach...
I wish him a happy retirement...
Dave Shoji, a legendary coach for University of Hawaii, retired several years ago...He had some health problems...Back then, I did wonder when Coach Rose would retire...