Player Bio: Bob Bertucci :: Women's Volleyball

Bob Bertucci

Position:
Head Coach

Experience:
13th Season

Alma Mater:
Springfield College '74

A 28-year coaching veteran whose teams have made numerous trips to the NCAA Tournament, Bob Bertucci begins his 13th season as the head coach of the Temple volleyball team. Bertucci, a three-time Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year, is coming off a season where his team finished 8-5 in Atlantic 10 Play and captured its sixth A-10 regular season title. Described as an architect of the game, Bertucci has earned 266 wins at Temple, making him the winningest coach in program history. He has also led the Owls to at least 10 conference wins in 11 of the past 12 years.

In his 12 years as head coach at Temple, Bertucci's teams have posted 20 or more wins nine times and earned four automatic NCAA Tournament bids, advancing to the Sweet 16 in 2002. His impressive career record of 618-311 includes an eight-year stint at the University of Tennessee (1979-86), where he led the Lady Vols to four NCAA appearances and three Southeastern Conference titles. He was the SEC Coach of the Year in 1984.

Bertucci, who has brought success to every program with which he has been involved, took over both the men and women's volleyball programs at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey-Newark, following his time at Tennessee. The women's squad won two New Jersey Athletic Conference titles and compiled a 105-66 record during his seven-year stay. Coaching both the women's and the men's teams, he led the Newark men's team to the Division 1 Final four in 1990 after winning the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association title that year. Bertucci was the Association's Coach of the Year in 1988, 1990 and 1992.

Bertucci made his head coaching debut at the United State Military Academy, where he founded the women's volleyball program in 1978. The women's team won the AIAW district championship in its inaugural season with a 17-9 record. He was named the 1978 Eastern Collegiate Volleyball League coach of the Year and received the United State Department of the Army's "Outstanding Performance Award."

Described as an architect of the game, he has also been selected to several national team positions. In 1999, he coached the USA Women's Volleyball Team in the World University Games in Spain. Bertucci also coached the USA Women's Volleyball Team to a fourth place finish at the World University games in 1985. He coached the 1982 East team at the National Sports Festival IV (bronze medal), the 1979 USA Women's Junior National team and the 1979 East team at the Sports Festival II. Bertucci was a member of the 1974 USA East Zonal Women's Volleyball coaching staff and has assisted with the Development Camps since 1973.

His success is demonstrated further by the caliber of athletes he had coached: nine All-Americans and 53 all-conference selections.

A noted clinician and lecturer, Bertucci directs volleyball camps all over the country for both coaches and players. He has published six volleyball texts and three other sports-related books as well as numerous articles in national publications.

Bertucci earned his bachelor's degree in health and physical education from Springfield College in 1974, where he was team captain and two-time MVP of the volleyball team. Still an avid volleyball player, Bertucci earned All-America honors playing for the USVBA masters team, Sun Sports and led them to a national championship in 2002. The native of Staten Island, N.Y., earned an MBA from Long Island University Roth School of Business in 1980. Bertucci worked in the education field for two years as an adaptive physical education specialist in New York City. He is married to a former Temple volleyball player from 1972-76, Tina Kogut. The couple has five children: Kristen (21), Michael (19), Brian (17), Joseph (13) and Lauren (10).