Illinois_Fighting_Illini_women's_volleyball

Illinois Fighting Illini women's volleyball

Illinois Fighting Illini women's volleyball

Women's volleyball team of the University of Illinois

The Illinois Fighting Illini women's volleyball is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate volleyball program of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, often referred to as "Illinois", located in Champaign, Illinois. The Illinois volleyball team competes in the Big Ten Conference and has played their home games in Huff Hall since 1990.[2] Since moving into Huff Hall from the Kenney Gym, Illinois Volleyball has remained in the top 10 in the nation for average home attendance. In 2013, the program broke its previous home attendance record, averaging 3,117 per match.[3]

Kenney Gym served as the initial home court from 1974 through the 1989 season
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History

Since the founding of the volleyball program in 1974, the Fighting Illini have had 39 winning seasons.[4][page needed][5][failed verification]

Head coaching history

Illinois head coaches
CoachYearsRecordConference
Record		Conference
Titles		AIAW/NCAA
Appearances
Kathleen Haywood197419–9*
Terry Hite1975–197640–28*
Chris Accornero1977–197984–51–7*1
John Blair1980–198356–798–5*1
Mike Hebert1984–1995323–127173–62411
Don Hardin1996–2008234–163127–1336
Kevin Hambly2009–2016140–5982–386
Chris Tamas2017–115–6769–494
Totals 1049–610–7 478–307 4 29

Attendance records

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Season results

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Visual Identity: Color". Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  2. [2]
    2012 Illinois Volleyball Record Book (PDF). Champaign, IL: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2012. p. 68. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  3. [3]
    "Illinois' Most Well-Attended Season Ends at the Hand of Big Ten Foe". Champaign, IL: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
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    2013 Illinois Volleyball Record Book (PDF). Champaign, IL: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
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    2013 Illinois Volleyball Final Team Stats (PDF). Champaign, IL: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
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    2013 Illinois Volleyball Record Book (PDF). Champaign, IL: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2013. pp. 70–71. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  7. [7]
    2013 Illinois Volleyball Record Book (PDF). Champaign, IL: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2013. p. 98. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-14.
  8. [8]
    "Huff Hall - Volleyball". fightingillini.com. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
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