Mick Haley (born August 18, 1943) is an American volleyball coach. He previously served for 17 seasons as the head coach of the University of Southern California women's volleyball team. He has also coached the U.S. Women's National Team at the Olympics. Prior to this he served for 17 years as the head coach of the University of Texas women's volleyball team.

Mick Haley
Personal information
Born (1943-08-18) August 18, 1943 (age 81)
HometownAngola, Indiana[1], U.S.
College / UniversityBall State
Southern Illinois
Coaching information
Current teamNone
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
1973–1979
1980–1996
1997–2000
2001–2017
Kellogg Community College
University of Texas
U.S.A Women's National Team
Southern California
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NCAA national championship
Southwest Conference Championship
Southwest Conference Championship
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Southwest Conference Championship
Southwest Conference Championship
Southwest Conference Championship
Southwest Conference Championship
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Southwest Conference Championship
NCAA national championship
Pac-10 Championship
NCAA national championship
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Last updated: July 22, 2011

Early life

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Haley was a setter at Ball State under legendary coach Don Shondell and helped the Cardinals to the 1964 and 1965 MIVA title. Haley was inducted into the Ball State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984. He earned his bachelor's degree in education from Ball State in 1965. Haley earned a master's degree in education from Southern Illinois University in 1966.

Head coaching history

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1973–1979: Kellogg CC

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Haley coached at Kellogg Community College in Battle Creek, Michigan, for seven seasons (1973–79). He first served as an instructor and intramural director, then took the helm of the men's and women's varsity teams in 1973, going 251–51 overall and leading his women's team to the national junior college title in 1978 and 1979. He also coached the Kellogg men to four national crowns during that time. In his last season there, the men's team, the only jr. college in the conference, won the MIVA, beating Ohio St. in the finals 3–0. In 1997, he was inducted into the Junior College Coaches Hall of Fame.

1980–1996: Texas

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Haley was the head coach for the Texas Longhorns volleyball team. Under his tutelage, the Longhorns were the AIAW champions in 1981 and the NCAA champions in 1988. They also reached the NCAA Final Four in 1986, 1987, and 1995. The Longhorns won the Southwest Conference title every year except for 1994, before switching to the Big 12 his final year, where they finished second.

At Texas, he carried an overall record of 522–137–1, including a 150–10 conference record.

1997–2000: Olympic coaching

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Haley temporarily left collegiate coaching in order to coach the women's U.S. National Team for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where the team fell short of the Bronze Medal to finish in fourth place.

2001–2017: USC

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Haley returned to collegiate coaching, but instead of returning to Texas, he took over for USC where it did not take long for the Women of Troy to reach national prominence.

Just in his second year, Haley led the top-seeded Trojans to the program's second NCAA championship – and first since 1981 – by defeating Stanford University in the final, 3–1, avenging their only loss of the season to the Cardinal. With the win, Haley became just the second head coach in NCAA history to win a national championship at two universities.

In 2003, the team went undefeated in the regular season. The Trojans reached the championship match and defeated Florida, 3–1. The 2003 squad became the first repeat NCAA champion in six years and was the first repeat champion in NCAA history to go undefeated.[2] April Ross was the Honda Award winner, while the 2003 team comprised four All-Americans, including three on the first team.

Since 2003, the Trojans have not won a Pac-10 or NCAA championship, but have reached the final four in 2004 (including upsetting top seeded Nebraska in the regional final),[3] in 2007, where they were one point away from defeating top-seeded Stanford in the national semifinals [4] and in 2010 (upsetting Stanford in the regional final).[5]

Despite finishing the 2017 season with a 25–10 record and ranked 14th nationally, USC announced on Dec. 16, 2017 that Haley would not be returning for the 2018 season, ending his 17-year career at the school.[6] Haley subsequently retained legal counsel to pursue an age discrimination complaint against USC.[7] Donna Heinel, former associate athletic director in charge of women's sports, has been indicted for accepting $1.3 million in bribes to accept non athletes as athletes. She allegedly tried to cut the slots on the roster of the women's volleyball by one in order to sell the slot and when Mick refused dismissed him at the end of the season and told him his time had come and gone (too old). Despite the admissions scandal at USC costing Mick Haley his position, he has indicated an interest in continuing his coaching career at another school. Haley and USC reached a confidential settlement in December 2023.

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Texas[8] (TAIAW) (1980–1981)
1980 Texas 40–16 3rd
1981 Texas 60–6 1st AIAW Champions
Texas (Southwest Conference) (1982–1995)
1982 Texas 31–15 9–1 1st NCAA Regional semifinal
1983 Texas 33–9 10–0 1st NCAA Regional semifinal
1984 Texas 32–7 9–1 1st NCAA Regional final
1985 Texas 26–6 10–0 1st NCAA Regional final
1986 Texas 29–6 10–0 1st NCAA Final Four
1987 Texas 25–10 10–0 1st NCAA Final Four
1988 Texas 34–5 10–0 1st NCAA Champions
1989 Texas 27–10 10–0 1st NCAA Regional final
1990 Texas 31–4 10–0 1st NCAA Regional final
1991 Texas 20–10 9–1 1st NCAA Regional semifinal
1992 Texas 29–6 9–1 1st NCAA Regional final
1993 Texas 31–3 10–0 1st NCAA Regional final
1994 Texas 23–10 8–2 2nd NCAA Second Round
1995 Texas 28–7 10–0 1st NCAA runner-up
Texas (Big 12) (1996)
1996 Texas 23–7 16–4 2nd NCAA Regional semifinal
Texas: 522–137 SWC: 134–6
Big 12: 16–4
USC[9] (Pac 10/12) (2001–2017)
2001 USC 25–4 16–2 2nd NCAA Regional final
2002 USC 31–1 17–1 1st NCAA Champion
2003 USC 35–0 18–0 1st NCAA Champion
2004 USC 23–6 14–4 3rd NCAA Semifinal
2005 USC 17–11 12–6 4th NCAA Regional final
2006 USC 27–5 14–4 4th NCAA Regional semifinal
2007 USC 29–5 14–4 3rd NCAA Semifinal
2008 USC 17–12 9–9 T-5th NCAA 2nd Round
2009 USC 22–10 10–8 5th NCAA 2nd Round
2010 USC 29–5 14–4 3rd NCAA Semifinal
2011 USC 29–5 20–2 1st NCAA Semifinal
2012 USC 30–6 15–5 3rd NCAA Regional final
2013 USC 29–6 16–4 3rd NCAA Regional final
2014 USC 16–16 10–10 10th NCAA 2nd Round
2015 USC 33–3 18–2 T-1st NCAA Regional final
2016 USC 18–14 10–10 T-7th NCAA 1st Round
2017 USC 25–10 14–6 T-2nd NCAA Regional final
USC: 435–119 119–138
Total: 957–256

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Awards and honors

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  • 2003: AVCA National Coach of the Year, AVCA Pacific Region Coach of the Year, Texas Athletic Hall of Fame induction
  • 1997: NJCAA Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame
  • 1984: Ball State University Athletic Hall of Fame

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Setting the standard: Haley has Women of Troy at the top of their game
  2. ^ "Perfect ending to a perfect season!". Archived from the original on January 5, 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2008.
  3. ^ "USC knocks off top seeded Nebraska". Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2008.
  4. ^ "USC defeated by Stanford in national semifinals". Archived from the original on May 24, 2008. Retrieved August 5, 2008.
  5. ^ Women Of Troy Punch NCAA Final Four Ticket
  6. ^ "Mick Haley Will Not Return as USC Women's Volleyball Head Coach - University of Southern California Official Athletic Site". University of Southern California Official Athletic Site. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  7. ^ "Mick Haley pursues legal case after being fired as USC women's volleyball coach | Daily Trojan". Daily Trojan. December 16, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  8. ^ "2018 USC Women's Volleyball Almanac" (PDF). USC. pp. 27–. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  9. ^ "Texas Volleyball 2019 Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. pp. 23–24. Retrieved June 5, 2020.