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Profile:
Aldis Berzins has a distinguished volleyball career. His major accomplishments include:
- Outside hitter for the Ohio State Buckeyes
- Two-time Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association "player of the year"
- Two-time first-team NCAA all-tournament team
- U.S. national team (1977-1985)
- MVP of the national team (1983)
- Starting outside hitter on the 1984 gold medal Olympic team, Los Angeles
- All-tournament selection and at the 1985 World Cup, Japan
- Selected to the USA Volleyball 75th Anniversary 1978-2003 All-Era Team
- Professional player/coach in Italy (1985-1992)
From 1992-96, he was an assistant coach for the U.S. National Women's Team that competed at the Olympic Games in Atlanta. Today, Aldis coaches his three teenage sons.
Here is what some other volleyball coaches and players have said about him:
- "In preparation for the 1984 Olympics, the US Olympic program headed by coach Doug Beal and his staff incorporated a two-person passing system into their game. The two passers involved were Karch Kiraly and Aldis Berzins. Not only did Kiraly and Berzins receive most of the serves, but they also demonstrated the technical and tactical use of swing hitting—which allows the passer to receive the serve and move, or swing, to any zone attack."
- "Kiraly and Aldis Berzins revolutionized international volleyball by taking every service reception on the way to the 1984 Olympic gold medal."
- Karch Kiraly about teaching his kids to play volleyball: "As they grew up, I'd teach them to pass and play defense like Aldis Berzins."
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Aldis Berzins
