Dave Shoji
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Dave Shoji (born December 4, 1946) is Head Coach of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Rainbow Wahine Volleyball team since 1975. Under his leadership, the Rainbow Wahine won four national titles (1979, 1982, 1983, 1987).
Shoji has an overall record of 924–163–1, or .849 winning percentage. As of 2006, he is the only second coach in NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball history to reach surpass the 900 win mark. [1]
Shoji himself played collegiate volleyball for three years as the University of California, Santa Barbara's setter, earning All-American honors in 1968 and 1969.
[edit] Honors
During his long tenure at the University of Hawaiʻi, Shoji has received many coaching honors, including (as of 2006):
- Named as coach of the NCAA Division I 25th Anniversary Women's Volleyball Team in 2005 [2]
- NCAA National Coach of the Year (1 time)
- AVCA West Region Coach of the Year (8 times)
- WAC Coach of the Year (10 times)
