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Monica
Trainer
Director of Coaching Development
& College Recruitment
Monica Trainer started her coaching career at UC Riverside in 1985. After completing her collegiate career at San Jose State in 1980, she was drafted by the San Jose Diablos of the International Volleyball Association. A year later, she embarked upon a three-year European semi-pro career, playing for teams in Italy and Switzerland. She also played one year for the USA pro team, the Jazz.
Since 1978, Trainer has instructed at many summer camps, working extensively with UCLA volleyball coach Al Scates, Sports Quest, Converse, and the USVBA. She has assisted with coaching clinics in Japan, Germany and across the United States. In 1995, Trainer coached a team for Sports for Understanding which competed in Italy. She has teamed with Gozansky to work with the Department of Defense Dependent Students (DoDDS) Camp in Manhiem, Germany, where she taught volleyball to United States students who are living in Germany, Italy, Turkey, Belguim and Greece.
Trainer has continued her volleyball career by participating in many USA Volleyball (USAV) tournaments across the nation. She is a ten-time USAV All-America selection and a member of the USAV Seniors national championship team in 1990, 1993 (2 divisions), 1994, 1999 (2 divisions), 2000 and 2002. In 2003 her team, the Mavericks, won the gold in the 40 and 45 age group division.
Monica was also the recipient of the 2003 AFLAC National Assistant Coach of the Year Award. She was one of the nation's 500 best assistant coaches chosen from a pool of 350,000 nominees nation wide.
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Susan C.
Gozansky Simply put, Sue Gozansky is one of the most respected and successful women's collegiate volleyball coaches in the United States. The dean of UC Riverside coaches, Gozansky has led the Highlander women to over 600 wins. During that span, UCR has won three National Championships (1977, 1982, 1986) and had a NCAA-record streak of 19 straight playoff appearances. Gozansky also served as head coach for the UCR men's team for five years. She has been voted coach of the year in the California Collegiate Athletic Association five times (1981, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1996). A popular clinician and camp director, Gozansky has travelled extensively in the United States and around the world teaching volleyball. Listed here are some of the highlights. She has coached at the Olympic Sports Festival as well as the USA women's "B" volleyball team consisting of players being considered for roster spots on the national team. She was men's and women's coach for the quadrennial Maccabiah Games (Jewish Olympics) in Israel in 1981(w), 1985 (w), 1989 (m) and 1993 (m). She is a certified instructor for the Federation International de Volleyball (FIVB). She has given clinics for the Department of Defense Dependent Students (DoDDS) in Germany. Gozansky is a member of the USAVB Coaching Accreditation Program (CAP), She also authored the top selling book, Championship Volleyball Complete Book of Techniques and Drills. Her latest book is the Volleyball Coach's Survival Guide. This newest book is the teaching manual for the USAVB CAP II Certification Program. Most recently she has conducted clinics in the Kingdom of Tonga, Malaga, Spain, the Island of Dominica, the Dominican Republic and in Nepal. Gozansky was an accomplished athlete at Cal Poly Pomona, earning athlete of the year honors after excelling in volleyball, basketball, badminton, softball and tennis. She competed on the varsity volleyball and basketball teams at UCLA and played on the national volleyball team before a knee injury ended her playing career. She received a degree in Physical Education from Cal Poly, Pomona and earned a Master's degree in kinesiology from UCLA. Among many postgraduate honors from Cal Poly are the 1981 Outstanding Alumnus Award and her induction into the inaugural class of the school's athletic Hall of Fame in 1986. Gozansky has made significant contributions to women's athletics and its growth. She has cleared many road blocks and opened doors for today's female athlete. During the formulative years of women's sports, Gozansky served as the primary representative for women's athletics at UCR and represented the Highlanders at the first Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) delegate assembly in 1971. When women's sports became a part of the NCAA in 1981, she served on the first women's volleyball committee. In 1990, she was recognized by the NCAA for 10 years of accomplishments and dedication to Division II volleyball. Her career as a player and a coach spanned a time when playing opportunities were limited and not socially acceptable for women. There were no high school athletic programs or scholarships awaiting her when she enrolled in college. As a result of her expertise, efforts, dedication, and leadership, Gozansky helped create the changes now in place in women's athletics. |