Women's Volleyball Coach
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Women's Volleyball Coach |
Pat Kendrick begins her 16th season at the helm of the George Mason University women's volleyball team. Over the past 15 years, Kendrick has amassed an impressive overall record of 284 wins and 218 losses for a .566 winning percentage. She is the winningest women's volleyball coach in Patriot history.
She notched her 250th career win on September 13, 1997, with a 3-2 victory over Utah State at the Brion's Grille/Patriot Invitational.
During her tenure, Kendrick has guided the Patriots to five Colonial Athletic Association championships as well as four appearances in the NCAA Tournament (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996). Last year Kendrick was named the CAA Coach of the Year, shared with JMU's Chris Beerman, for the fifth time as she led the Patriots into the CAA tournament semifinals, where they fell to American University, 3-0.
Kendrick was also honored as the CAA's Coach of the Year in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996, as well as being named the Virginia (VaSID) Coach of the Year four times (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996).
Kendrick's 1999 squad finished with a 15-12 record for her eighth winning season as head coach. In six of those the Patriots posted 20 or more wins.
For six consecutive years, from 1992-97, Kendrick coached the CAA's Player of the Year, as well as numerous all-conference performers. Additionally Kendrick has coached the CAA's Rookie of the Year for the past two seasons.
Along with her coaching duties at George Mason, Kendrick has served as a coach for many other teams as well. In the summer of 1998 she was the head of a delegation for the 17-and-under women's Youth National Team. Kendrick toured with the team as it trained in Lake Placid, NY, and then in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, where the team won the NORCECA Zone Championships.
During the summer of 1997, Kendrick was an assistant coach for the 14-and-under High Performance Camp as well as an assistant coach for the 17-and-under women's Youth Junior National Team that trained at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO, and then competed in Brazil.
She has also served as a "cadre," or instructor, for the Coaches Accreditation Program sponsored by USA Volleyball. In 1994, Kendrick was an assistant coach with the U.S. National "B" team that competed in Japan and China, and she was the head coach at the 1992 Women's Junior Elite Camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. She served as an assistant coach at the Junior Elite Camp in 1988.
In 1993 she was the head coach of the East team, guiding her squad to the silver medal at the U.S. Olympic Festival in San Antonio, TX. As an assistant she helped lead the East team to a silver medal at the 1989 Festival in Norman, OK, and the South team to the gold medal at the 1991 Festival in Los Angeles, CA.
A native of Lorton, VA, and a graduate of nearby Hayfield Secondary School, Kendrick is a 1982 graduate of George Mason with a B.S. degree in decision sciences. A two-sport Patriot star, she was one of the top players on the women's volleyball team as well as the University's first conference champion in track and field, winning the 100-meter hurdles in 1979. Kendrick was inducted into the George Mason Women's Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1989.
After graduating from George Mason, Kendrick was named an assistant coach with the women's volleyball team and served in that capacity for two seasons before being named the fourth head coach in the history of the women's volleyball program.
Kendrick serves as a consultant to the men's program at George Mason, while she also holds numerous clinics throughout the Washington, DC, area. During the summer she heads the Pat Kendrick Sports Network Camp and Patriot Volleyball Camp.
Kendrick continues to play on local recreation and USA Volleyball teams while coaching with Patriot statistician Dixie Collins in the Northern Virginia (NOVA) 16-and-under Juniors Volleyball Club. For six years she worked with the Fairfax Juniors Volleyball Club. Now she is serving on the NCAA District III All-District Selection Committee.
Kendrick currently resides in Lorton, VA.
1985 14-20 1986 31-12 1987 14-25 1988 16-20 1989 12-17 1990 15-18 1991 21-18 1992 18-10 CAA Champions 1993 28-5 CAA Champions NCAA (lost in first round) 1994 30-5 CAA Champions NCAA (lost in first round) 1995 21-11 CAA Champions NCAA (lost in second round) 1996 26-3 CAA Champions NCAA (lost in second round) No. 20 in nation 1997 16-17 1998 7-25 1999 15-12 Total 284-218 (.566)
Resides: Lorton, VA High School: Hayfield Alma Mater, Year: George Mason, 1982 Degree: Decision Science E-mail: pkendric@gmu.edu Overall Record: 284-218 (.566) Years at George Mason: 14 years CAA Record (Since 1986): 60-33 (.645) Most Wins During Tenure: 30 (30-5 record, 1994) No. Of NCAA Appearances: 4 (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996) Highest National Ranking: No. 16, 1996, AVCA/USA Today No. Of Winning Seasons: 8 CAA Coach of the Year: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999 VaSID Coach of the Year: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 CAA Titles: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 CAA Tournament Record: 26-17 (.605)
Fred Chao enters his third season as a full-time assistant coach with Coach Kendrick's women's volleyball team. In addition to working with the Patriot women, Chao is also entering his third season as the head coach of the George Mason University men's volleyball team.
No stranger to the Patriots, Chao played one year as a defensive specialist for the Green & Gold before graduating from George Mason with a degree in psychology in 1994.
Prior to becoming a full-time coach, Chao served as a part-time assistant coach for part of the 1997 season, before leaving to become assistant coach at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. There he helped guide the Retrievers to a 21-9 record. He also served as an assistant coach for the Patriots' men's team, under Ron Shayka, during the 1995 and 1996 seasons.
Chao's other coaching positions include: serving as technical director and head coach of the girl's 14-and-under Starlings Volleyball Club of Baltimore, development coach of the Glasgow City (Scotland) Council Sport for Youth Program, head coach of the Calendonian University Women's club team, head coach of the George Mason High School volleyball team (1994-96) and head coach of the 14-and-under Metro Volleyball Club.
A former collegiate athlete himself, Chao played volleyball for the Patriots as a senior after transferring from Pepperdine University, where he played volleyball for a year. In 1996-97 he played for the Su Ragazzi Volleyball Club in Scotland, where his team went undefeated and won the National League, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish Open. In 1999 he played with them again, winning the Scottish Open for the 10th straight year. In 1998 Chao played for the No Mo Locos Volleyball Club in Maryland, and was named MVP of the Chesapeake Regional Tournament.
This past summer Chao's new team, the X-Patriots - made up of former George Mason men's volleyball players, captured the Scottish Cup. In addition to picking up playing time during the summer Chao works at several volleyball camps, including running the Premier Volleyball Camp for boys at George Mason.
Chao, 27, a native of Silver Spring, MD, played three years of volleyball at Paint Branch High School, and graduated in 1990 as a National Merit Scholar. As a senior he was an all-county selection and was voted team MVP. Chao played for Chaika Club and competed in the Junior Olympics from 1988-90.
Off the court he enjoys music and plays both the piano and guitar. He is the keyboardist for a classic rock band, "Where's Momma," and performs in clubs throughout the area.
He currently resides in Fairfax, VA.
Dixie Collins enters her 12th season as a statistician for Coach Kendrick's women's volleyball team. An active member in the volleyball community, Collins has served on the Fairfax Adult Volleyball Council Board of Directors for over 20 years and is presently the organization's treasurer.
This fall Collins will miss part of George Mason's season as she serves as an assistant coach for the U.S. men's national sitting team that will be competing in the Paralympic Games in Sydney, Austrailia. The Paralympic Games is an international competition for elite athletes who have physical disabilities. In the summer of 1996, Collins was chosen to be a volleyball scorekeeper in the Atlanta Paralympic Games.
During the Patriot team's offseason, Collins also coaches in the Northern Virginia Juniors Volleyball Club (NOVA) and is assisted by Kendrick.
Collins has been a USA Volleyball national scorekeeper for 13 years, a USA Volleyball regional referee for 20 years, and a NAGWS state referee for ten years. She is also a member of the USA Volleyball Chesapeake Region Board of Directors and served as the vice president for four years.
Collins and her husband of over 30 years, Harry, reside in Burke, VA. They have three daughters: Melissa, who resides in Clifton, VA, Rachel, who currently lives in Graham, NC, and Jeanette, who lives in Fairfax. Collins also has three grandchildren, Samantha, Sara and Anna. Her youngest daughter Jeanette played Patriot volleyball for four years and finished with over 300 kills, 100 blocks and almost 200 digs.
Women's Volleyball Contact: Margaret Belch (703) 993-3264
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