Former Head Coach at Ohio State University (26 Years)
Jim served as the women’s volleyball head coach at Ohio State University for 26 years. Over his final 19 years with the Buckeye program, he established Ohio State as an annual Top 25 team. During that period, OSU had an overall record of 394-149 (.726) and a Big Ten Conference mark of 241-135 (.641). He won the Big Ten Conference championship three times, finishing second five times. The Buckeyes participated in 15 NCAA Tournaments, advancing to the NCAA Championship semifinals in 1991 and 1994. His 26-year career record with Ohio State is 531-294. After retiring from OSU, Jim has served as head coach of the U.S. Girls’ Youth National Team. He has coached the USA team in six FIVB World Championship events and is theonly USA age group coach of either a male or female team to win medals at the world event, winning silver medals in 2013 and 2015 and the ultimate prize, a gold medal in 2019.
