Dave Boos Named Assistant Volleyball Coach
Monday, March 15, 2010 | Volleyball
Dave Boos, a renowned volleyball coach with 15 years of experience at the highest level, has been named assistant volleyball coach at the University of Florida, head coach Mary Wise announced Monday.
Boos (PRON: boose, as in caboose) will be involved in all aspects of the Florida program.
"We are very fortunate to add someone with Dave's experience to our staff," Wise said. "We have coached together before and I know first-hand what a quality individual, as well as what an extremely-talented coach, we are getting."
Boos joins the Gators after spending three seasons as the head coach at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. He re-built a storied Cardinals program, tripling the team's win total from his first season in his final year of 2009. Exemplifying his prowess as a recruiter, four players from Boos' 2010 recruiting class were named to PrepVolleyball.com's list of Senior Aces.
Boos re-unites with Wise after serving as her assistant coach on the USA A-2 Women's National Team in May 2006. On that squad, he acted as defensive coordinator, while assisting in practice planning and opponent scouting. Additionally, his international experience includes serving as a coaching intern on the USA National Training Team in February 2003.
"I am very excited to join the Gator Volleyball family," Boos said. "I've had the opportunity to coach with and against Coach Wise during my career and have the utmost respect for her and how she has built Florida Volleyball. I am looking forward to working with one of the top coaching staffs in the country and assisting in the guidance of a tremendous group of student-athletes."
Boos joined Ball State after five seasons as the associate head coach at Minnesota from 2002-06 under head coach Mike Hebert. He helped the Gophers to a 142-38 overall record, including an 80-20 Big Ten mark.
Minnesota reached the NCAA Tournament in each of Boos' five years on the staff, earning trips to the national semifinals in 2003 and 2004, including the school's first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division I National Championship match in 2004. He also assisted a team that captured the program's first ever Big Ten Championship in 2002.
Prior to joining the Minnesota coaching staff, Boos spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Indiana (1999-2001), where he helped guide the Hoosiers to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 1999. Boos began his collegiate coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Wisconsin-Oshkosh from 1995-98.
Over his coaching career, Boos has helped guide his student-athletes to 33 Academic All-Big Ten selections, 14 All-Big Ten honors, 12 AVCA All-Region awards, 10 AVCA All-America accolades, four Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year honors, four NCAA Division III All-America selections, one Big Ten Player of the Year and one NCAA Division III Player of the Year.
Boos was a player for the Wisconsin-Oshkosh men's club team from 1994-1999 and served as the club's head coach from 1996-1999. He led the team to the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association Division II National Championship as the setter and head coach in 1996. A four-time First Team All-Wisconsin Volleyball Conference selection, Boos guided the program to conference championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999. The 1998 squad finished the season ranked in the NIRSA Division I Top 5. Boos compiled a 144-36-4 overall record as the club's coach.
Boos replaces Ken Ko on the Florida staff.
Boos graduated cum laude from Wisconsin-Oshkosh with a bachelor's of science degree in 1998. He is married to the former Amy Ward.
THE DAVE BOOS FILE
College: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Bachelor's 1998
Player (1994-99) and head coach (1996-99) for the men's club team.
Tallied a 144-36-4 record and led the team to the 1996 NIRSA Division II
National Championship as a setter and coach.
Coaching Experience:
• Volunteer Assistant Coach, UW-Oshkosh, 1995-98
• Assistant Coach, Indiana, 1999-2001
• Assistant Coach, Minnesota, 2002-03
• Associate Head Coach, Minnesota, 2004-06
• Head Coach, Ball State, 2007-2010
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