Women’s Volleyball Head Coach Jim Stone named one of two head coaches for the U.S. Women’s National A2 Teams – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/30/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
March 30, 2007
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State Head Women’s Volleyball Coach Jim Stone will serve as one of the two head coaches for the U.S. Women’s National A2 Teams that will compete at the USA Volleyball Adult Open Championships held at Austin, Texas, between May 26 and June 2. Concordia University (Calif.) Head Women’s Volleyball Coach Paula Weishoff will serve as the other head coach.
A total of 20 collegiate athletes were selected for the A2 program. Under the guidance of the A2 coaching staff, the players will train in Austin the week leading up to the Adult Open. Based on training evaluations, the coaching staff will form two 10-member squads to compete in the event.
Stone completed his 25th season as the head women’s volleyball coach at Ohio State University. Over the last 18 years he has established the Buckeye program as an annual Top 25 team. During that period, OSU has an overall record of 381-133 (.741) and a Big Ten Conference mark of 234-122 (.657). He has won the Big Ten Conference championship three times, finishing second five times, third four times and fourth three times. The Buckeyes have participated in 15 NCAA Tournaments, advancing to the NCAA Championship Semifinals in 1991 and 1994.
In 2004 Stone was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year and the American Volleyball Coaches Association Mideast Region Coach of the Year. OSU’s top student-athlete Stacey Gordon was named the AVCA Co-National Player of the Year and the Asics/Volleyball Division I Player of the Year.
Prior to Ohio State, Stone coached three years at Wyoming, taking a team that was 2-23 and posting winning records in two of his three years with the Cowboys. He had two 20-win seasons and in the 1981 season earned 18th place in the national polls. He was also named Intermountain Athletic Conference Coach of the Year for his 20-9 mark in 1981.
On the national and international scene, Stone coached the men’s team which represented the South at the 1981 National Sports Festival at Syracuse, N.Y. In 1985, he coached the USA Women’s Junior National Team, which toured China and Japan. More recently, he served as coach of the East women in the 1986 Olympic Sports Festival. Additionally, he was selected to coach the men’s East team at the 1990 Olympic Sports Festival. In the summer of 1993, he was an assistant coach to the United States National “B” team that trained in San Diego and then played in Germany. In July of 1999, Stone was the head coach for the World University Games team, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
In all, Stone has coached 59 all-conference players, 15 Olympic Sports Festival participants, 37 all-region selections and 22 All-Americans. Four players have played for the Canadian and two for the United States National teams.
During his playing career, Stone was named Ball State’s most valuable player in 1975. An All-America selection in 1974, he twice was named to the all-star team of the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA), the same league in which the Ohio State men’s volleyball team competes. As a player, he participated in the 1974 Canada Cup, and he faced a strong Japanese men’s team in a series of matches throughout the United States in 1975. The following year, he faced the People’s Republic of China in a similar United States tour.
