1369 Crawford Hall | 949-824-9449 | weishoff@uci.edu
Head Coach Paula Weishoff |
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The Paula Weishoff era concluded its first year with one of the program's best seasons. Weishoff led the Anteaters to a 22-8 overall record, becoming the first coach since 1977 to lead the women's volleyball program to a winning season in her initial year at the helm. The Anteaters set a record with a program-best .733 win-loss percentage and their eight losses are the fewest since UCI went 12-5 in 1978. The Weishoff era began with an upset over No. 6 California and the Anteaters went on to win three tournament titles for the first time in program history before opening Big West Conference play. UCI posted a school-record five consecutive Big West Conference wins en route to an 11-5 conference mark and also rewrote a program record by going 11-1 at home. Under Weishoff's guidance, the Anteaters' bid for a first conference title came down to the final Big West match of the season. UCI tied for second in the league standings and now has finished third or higher three straight seasons. Weishoff mentored four All-Big West honorees, including three All-Big West first-team choices with two Anteaters honored as AVCA All-Americans for the first time in program history. During the summer, Weishoff lent her expertise to the U.S. Women's National Team, serving as an assistant coach to Hugh McCutcheon and helping Team USA capture a silver medal at the Montreux Volley Masters in Switzerland and the bronze at the Pan American Cup in Mexico. Team USA handed losses to Japan, Germany and Cuba in its silver medal run and posted five straight wins in the Pan American Cup before suffering a loss to the Dominican Republic. The U.S. rebounded by defeating Cuba to reach the podium and secure its first medal at the Pan American Cup since 2004. The former middle blocker has been involved with USA Volleyball as a coach for more than a decade (1998-present) and joined the organization in 1998 as an instructor for the USA High Performance Camp. She was an assistant on the youth national team that won the silver medal at the 2000 NORCECA Youth Tournament and captured gold as an assistant with the A2 training team in Atlanta in 2003. In 2008 Weishoff led the junior team to gold at the NORCECA Women's Junior Tournament. Prior to joining UC Irvine, Weishoff was the head coach for five seasons at Concordia University, Irvine, where she was the winningest coach in school history, boasting a 146-33 (.816) record. She guided the Eagles to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national finals twice and the semifinals on two other occasions in her five years at the university. Weishoff was named NAIA Coach of the Year in 2008 after leading Concordia to a 31-6 overall record and the national championship match. She coached 10 NAIA All-Americans, including 2008 first-team selections Traci Weamer and Stephanie Scheele, and 16 of her players were named to the All-Golden State Athletic Conference team during her tenure at Concordia. She was part of three Division I national titles at USC - one as a player in 1980 and two as an assistant coach (2002 and 2003). She began her coaching career at USC (1997-04), serving as the primary recruiting coordinator for seven years before being promoted to associate head coach in 2003. Weishoff was inducted into the USC Hall of Fame in 2005. Weishoff competed for the U.S. Olympic women's volleyball team in 1984, 1992 and 1996. She led the team to a silver medal and was named Most Valuable Player with the '84 team in Los Angeles. She was also voted the USOC Female Volleyball Athlete of the Year. Weishoff captured a bronze at the `92 Games in Barcelona where she was voted the MVP of the Olympic Games. She joined the U.S. national team in 1981, winning gold at the 1981 and 1983 NORCECA Championships and the 1995 World Grand Prix. She also helped the team win a silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games and bronze at the 1982 World Championships, 1986 Goodwill games and the 1992 FIVB Super Four. Weishoff was inducted into the USA Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1998 and received the All-Time Great Player Award that same year. She was named to the USA Volleyball 75th Anniversary All-Era (1978-2002) Team in 2003. Her playing career took her overseas to Japan, Brazil and Italy, where she continued to showcase her talent. Weishoff was named the MVP after leading the Daiei Volleyball Club (Japan) to the 1995 pro league championship. She was a four-time MVP in Italy (1986-89) and spent 10 years playing for various teams in the Italian First (A1) Division. A graduate of West Torrance High School, she lettered in volleyball, track, soccer and softball. She won a silver medal in volleyball at the 1979 U.S. Olympic Festival and was named MVP at the 1980 U.S. Junior Olympics. Following her competitive career, Weishoff returned to USC and graduated in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in humanities and a minor in business. Weishoff and her husband, Karl
Hanold, reside in Huntington Beach. |
The Weishoff File
Contact Coach WeishoffEmail: weishoff@uci.edu | Phone: 949-824-2320 |
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Assistant Coach Jamie Morrison |
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assistant with the USA Women’s National Team, has been hired
as an assistant coach with the UC Irvine women’s volleyball
program, announced head coach Paula Weishoff.
Morrison is currently working with Weishoff on Team USA’s staff and has been an assistant coach and technical coordinator since 2009. Responsible for the setters, scouting, and on-court coaching focusing on blocking systems, Morrison has assisted the Americans to back-to-back World Grand Prix Championships, a NORCECA Women’s Continental Championship, a silver medal in the 2011 World Cup and a No. 1 world ranking. He will finish his stint with Team USA at the 2012 London Olympics. “I am both extremely excited and honored to be a part of UCI Volleyball,” said Morrison. “I would like to thank Paula Weishoff, the team and administration for this opportunity. I believe that the pieces are in place to make this a great team and I am looking forward to working towards reaching our potential.” Prior to joining the national team staff, Morrison served as Weishoff’s assistant at Concordia University (Irvine) from 2007 to 2008 There, Morrison helped the Eagles reach the NAIA National Tournament twice and advance to the championship match in 2008. “Jamie Morrison is a talented up-and-coming coach who has accumulated a wealth of knowledge working the past eight years at the international level,” said Weishoff. “Working with the national team, Jamie was the best at finding innovative solutions to approach the game of volleyball from a technological standpoint: visual feedback, tools to read the game better, using statistics to increase performance as well as creating state-of-the art scouting reports. Jamie’s strong work ethic, positive attitude, technological expertise and strong coaching abilities are going to be great assets for us at UCI. We are happy that he is a part of our coaching staff and welcome Jamie to our ‘Eater Nation family!” In 2010-11, Morrison helmed the SVS Post Volleyball Club in Vienna, Austria, leading the team to a 32-6 record for the best season in club history. The club’s achievements included an Austrian Championship and a silver medal in the Middle European League. Morrison also has considerable experience on the men’s side and spent four years (2005-09) with the U.S. Men’s National Team as an assistant coach and technical coordinator. During his tenure, Morrison aided Team USA to a 107-33 record, including Olympic gold in Beijing, China and its first-ever gold medal at the World League Finals in 2008. In Beijing, Team USA defeated Brazil and progressed through the Olympic Games without losing a match. Morrison was responsible for match video analysis and statistics and implementing the data into training session plans as well as match-time decisions. He was also charged with creating technological advances to aid in training, scouting and overall team functionality. Morrison received a degree in business economics from the UC Santa Barbara with a minor in sports administration. |
The Morrison File
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Assistant Coach Eric Perrine |
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Eric Perrine has been hired as an assistant coach with the UC Irvine women's volleyball program, as announced by head coach Paula Weishoff. Perrine comes to UCI from Boston College, where he served as the program's recruiting coordinator as well as working with the setters and hitters. Prior to working with the Eagles, Perrine was an assistant coach at UC San Diego in 2010, where he helped guide the Tritons to a No. 2 ranking in the AVCA Division II Coaches Poll. UCSD was awarded a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and swept San Francisco State in the first round before dropping to Cal State L.A. Perrine also was an assistant coach with the UCSD men's team from 2008-2010, where he assisted in individual and team practices, focusing on the setters and middle blockers. He also has experience overseas, spending a year in Denmark as the head coach for SK Aarhus. He played professionally from 2003-04 for SK Aarhus and was a collegian at UC San Diego. At San Diego, he was a four-year starter as a setter, middle blocker and outside hitter and led the team to the Division III Championship in 2000. Perrine was a three-time team captain and was voted the team's Most Valuable Player twice. |
The Perrine File
Contact Coach PerrineEmail: jperrine@uci.edu | Phone: 949-824-9449 |
