Annelies Knoppers
Annelies Knoppers is a former college volleyball coach. She coached the Michigan State women's volleyball team for 11 seasons, compiling an overall record of 250-197-18. She was Michigan State's head coach when the Big Ten Conference began sponsoring women's volleyball.
Coaching career
[edit]Michigan State
[edit]Knoppers was the third coach of the Michigan State women's volleyball team, and coached for the Spartans for eleven seasons.[1]
Her head coaching career debuted in 1974, where the team opened with a tournament sponsored by the Michigan Women's Volleyball Association.[2] In her second year of coaching, Michigan State qualified for the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) championships, one of 24 teams to be invited to the tournament.[3] The team finished with an overall record of 38-2, won the Big Ten tournament and the state tournament, and finished third in the Midwest Regionals.[4] The team finished ninth in the AIAW championships. She returned eight of those players to compete the next year.[5]
In the 1976 season, Knoppers' Spartans finished the season 35-6. They improved on their 1975 finish in the Midwest Regionals, this time securing a win. They were seeded eighth in the 24 team AIAW tournament.[3]
Knoppers finished her career at Michigan State with a record of 250-197-18.[1] She retired to pursue a teaching career.[6]
Head coaching record
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State (Big Ten Conference) (1974–1984) | |||||||||
| 1974 | Michigan State | 20-13 | — | — | |||||
| 1975 | Michigan State | 41-4 | — | — | |||||
| 1976 | Michigan State | 41-9 | — | — | |||||
| 1977 | Michigan State | 7-34-2 | — | — | |||||
| 1978 | Michigan State | 22-15-8 | — | — | |||||
| 1979 | Michigan State | 28-18-8 | — | — | |||||
| 1980 | Michigan State | 32-17 | — | — | |||||
| 1981 | Michigan State | 17-32 | 2-6 | ||||||
| 1982 | Michigan State | 9-22 | 2-11 | ||||||
| 1983 | Michigan State | 17-17 | 3-10 | ||||||
| 1984 | Michigan State | 16-16 | 5-8 | ||||||
| Michigan State: | 250-197-18 | 12-35 | |||||||
| Total: | 250-197-18 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "2022 Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ^ "MSU Women's Volleyball Team Opens". Lansing State Journal. September 20, 1974. p. 25. Retrieved November 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "MSU volleyballers Texas bound". Lansing State Journal. December 8, 1976. p. 29. Retrieved November 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "MSU Swimmers Go South". Lansing State Journal. December 11, 1975. p. 41. Retrieved November 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "MSU women golfers on tourney tour". Lansing State Journal. September 17, 1976. p. 20. Retrieved November 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "MSU Names New Volleyball Coach". Lansing State Journal. March 7, 1985. p. 26. Retrieved November 5, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.