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Category Archives: Advisory Staff

May 10 2012

UC Irvine – 2012 NCAA Champions!

By: mwall

A big congratulations to GMS Advisory Member John Speraw for winning his third NCAA Championship in six years!  UC Irvine swept USC in three games this past weekend on the Trojans home court.  To read more, click here.

May 2 2012

John Speraw – Coach of the Year

By: mwall

Congratulations to Gold Medal Squared Advisory Member John Speraw for being named the MPSF Men’s Volleyball Coach of the Year.  John is in his 10th year at UC Irvine, and will be competing for his 3rd NCAA Championship in six years this weekend in Southern California.

Jan 22 2012

Chris Mcgown

By: mwall

Congratulations to Chris McGown and the BYU Men’s Volleyball Team on another successful weekend.

Nov 28 2011

Deriving Meaning from Hoosiers

By: tblack

If you’re like me, “Hoosiers” is one of your favorite all-time sports films. I love everything about it; the discipline, the one last chance element, the conflict, the obstacles…everything.

Oct 29 2011

GOOD FOR AND GOOD TO

By: cmcgown

GOOD FOR AND GOOD TO YOUR TEAM – Carl McGown

Oct 26 2011

Tom Black, GMS Advisory Staff

By: Tom Melton

Gold Medal Squared is proud to welcome Tom Black to our Advisory Staff.  Tom is the Head Coach for the Loyola Marymount University, Women’s Volleyball program.  Read his bio here:  http://www.lmulions.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/black_tom00.html.  Gold Medal Squared has been fortunate to have a long standing relationship with Tom Black and we’re proud to expand upon that relationship.

Sep 7 2011

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

By: admin

Every year at this time pre-season begins and with it many decisions need to be made.Not only do you have to make these decisions, but you have very little time to implement many of them. What we have to do is prioritize our decision making. What is most important? Remember the old saying, “If everything is important then nothing is.”

Aug 23 2011

Learning through Teaching

By: admin

I’m not a quick learner, but eventually I learn some things. Fortunately, I enjoy teaching, which is a great way to learn.

Apr 20 2011

GMS and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

By: admin

The MPSF is the premier NCAA men’s volleyball conference. Its members include BYU, CSUN, Hawaii, LBSU, Pepperdine, Stanford, UCI, UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, UOP, and USC. Its members have won all of the NCAA championships that have been contested (except for two won by Penn State and one this year by Ohio State).

Apr 4 2011

USAV Olympic Achievement

By: admin

Three of our GMS staff members – Marv Dunphy, Rob Browning, and John Speraw – were recently honored by USA Volleyball with the Olympic Achievement Award.