Matt McShane

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Position: Head Coach Experience: 2nd Season Alma Mater: UC Santa Barbara (1977) BYU (1982)

Matt McShane is entering his second season as the head coach of the Air Force volleyball program.

During his first season on the bench, McShane guided Air Force to its first victory in Mountain West Conference action since 2005, while breathing life back into the program. The Falcons collected four total wins, including an impressive 3-1 win over San Diego State and a thrilling 3-2 season-opening victory over two-time NCAA Tournament team, Long Island.

Under McShane's direction, the program moved back to the friendly confines of Falcon Court at East Gym. By becoming more involved in the community, Air Force set a new Division I single-season attendance record in 2010, while accounting for five of the top 15 single-match home attendance totals in Division I history.

Selected as one of Volleyball Magazine's 10 Best Assistant Coaches, McShane joined the Falcon program on Jan. 26, 2010, after a five-year stint as an assistant coach at the University of California-Berkeley.

During his tenure at Cal, the Bears posted a 114-47 overall record, produced seven AVCA All-Americans and finished every season ranked in the nation's top 20, including a No. 4 ranking in 2007.

Cal earned a berth into the NCAA Tournament every year McShane was on the bench. In 2009, his last season in Berkeley, the Bears (21-11, 11-7 Pac-10) advanced to the regional championship match for the third consecutive year, before falling to defending national champion Penn State.

McShane is no stranger to the Mountain West Conference.

Prior to his stint at Berkeley, McShane spent four years as an assistant coach at the University of Utah. In 2004, the Utes went 24-7 overall and 13-1 in league action and captured a share of their first-ever MWC title.

Before joining the Utah staff, McShane was an associate head coach at the University of New Mexico (1987-00). In 13 years in Albuquerque, he helped guide the Lobos to a 189-127 record, two conference championships and six trips to the NCAA tournament. Additionally, McShane served as an assistant coach at BYU from 1980-82.

The Falcons' new coach also has a tremendous amount of experience at the national and international coaching level.

Most recently, McShane served on the coaching staff of the U.S. Women's Junior National Team, which won the gold medal at the 2010 NORCECA Continental Championships in Mexico. Competing against teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean, the U.S. team posted a perfect 5-0 record, sweeping the competition in straight sets. The squad, which won its fourth consecutive NORCECA title, also qualified to the 2011 FIVB World Championships.

In the summer of 2007, McShane was an assistant coach for USA Volleyball's National A2 team. During the summer of 2002, he also served as the head coach for the USA National A2 Team. In the summer of 2001, he was the head coach for the Intermountain Volleyball Association (IVA) High Performance Team that toured Europe.

In 1996, McShane was named an assistant coach of the USA Women's National team at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. While with the U.S. National team, McShane designed and ran practice sessions, did video analysis of Team USA and other major teams in the world, and prepared scouting reports on U.S. opponents.

McShane's coaching background also includes assisting former USA Women's National Indoor Volleyball team coach "Jenny" Lang Ping with the Yaohan International Volleyball Team in 1996. The team was comprised of the best American and Russian players who competed against the Chinese and Cuban National teams in cities throughout China.

He is a member of the USAV Coaches Accreditation Program Cadre (CAP Level III), and each year he runs numerous clinics throughout the U.S., teaching other college, high school and junior coaches the fundamentals of volleyball.

As an undergraduate at UC Santa Barbara, McShane played on the only intercollegiate team to win the USAV Open National Championship. The UCSB teams finished second in the NCAA Championships in 1974 and 1975, and finished third in the NCAA Regional Championships in 1976. He was an All-American for the Gauchos in 1974.

McShane earned his bachelor's degree from UC Santa Barbara in 1977 and his master's degree from BYU in 1982. While at BYU, he played on the men's club team that finished third at the USAV Open National Championship in 1981.