Al Scates (2003) - Hall of Fame

Al Scates

Induction:
2003

Scates was an outstanding player for the UCLA volleyball team in 1961-62-63 and a member of the U.S. National Team. He played on six USA championship teams and was named All-American nine times. Scates also played on UCLA teams that competed in the USVBA before volleyball became an NCAA sport. Scates now enters his 41st season as the Head Coach of the UCLA men’s volleyball program and has a career record of 1,059-188 (.848). Scates’ teams have won a record 18 NCAA championships, and UCLA men’s volleyball holds 28 NCAA records under his direction. Scates has coached 49 first-team NCAA All-Americans, 26 USVBA All-Americans, 37 U.S. National Team members, 21 Olympians and seven different Players of the Year. He is the only coach to guide three teams to undefeated seasons (’79, ’82, ’84), has been named national Coach of the Year on five occasions and he became the first active coach inducted in the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1993.

* Accomplishments listed above were at the time of induction.