Russell Brock (volleyball)

American volleyball coach

Russell BrockCurrent position

Title| Head coach
Team| LSU
Conference| SEC
Biographical details
Born| Baytown, Texas
Alma mater| University of Southern California
Playing career
1993–1996| USC
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–2005| Baytown Christian Academy
2006–2008| Rice (indoor) (volunteer asst.)
2009–2013| Rice (indoor) (asst.)
2014–2016| LSU (beach) (Assoc. HC)
2017–present| LSU (beach)

Russell Brock is the head coach of the LSU Tigers women's beach volleyball team.[1]

## Coaching career

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Brock began his college coaching career as a volunteer assistant coach for the Rice Owls women's indoor volleyball team in 2006.[2] Starting in 2009, Brock became a full-time assistant coach for the Rice women's indoor volleyball team.[2]

In 2014, Brock became associate head coach for the LSU Tigers women's beach volleyball team under head coach Fran Flory.[1][3] After the 2016 season, Flory resigned as beach volleyball coach to continue to focus on her duties as LSU Tigers women's volleyball head coach.[4] Brock was then promoted from associate head coach to head coach of the LSU women's beach volleyball team beginning with the 2017 season.[4][5][6]

Russell made the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship tournament in each his first three seasons as LSU beach head coach from 2017 to 2019.

## Playing career

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A 1996 graduate of the University of Southern California, Brock was a 4-year letterman for the USC Trojans men's volleyball team.[2] Brock held the program’s all-time record for digs tallying 956, a record he held for 10 years.[4] He also set an NCAA record with 45 matches of 10-plus digs.[4]

## Collegiate Head Coaching Record

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### Beach

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Statistics overview  Season  | Team  | Overall  | Conference  | Standing  | Postseason

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LSU (Coastal Collegiate Sports Association) (2017–present)
2017  | LSU  | 27–8 |  |  | NCAA Championship Tournament
2018  | LSU  | 26–12 |  |  | NCAA Championship Tournament
2019  | LSU  | 31–8 |  |  | NCAA Championship Tournament
LSU: | 124–56 |  |
Total: | 124–56 |

National champion Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion

## References

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1. ^ a b "Russell Brock". lsusports.net. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
2. ^ a b c "Russell Brock". riceowls.com. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
3. ^ "Women's sand volleyball -- can you dig it? LSU and Tulane can". nola.com. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
4. ^ a b c d "Russell Brock Promoted to Head Coach". lsusports.net. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
5. ^ "2018 LSU Beach Volleyball Record Book". lsusports.net. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
6. ^ "LSU becoming beach power but nowhere near a beach". volleyballmag.com. Retrieved 2018-08-06.

## External links

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* LSU Tigers bio