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University Daily Kansan / Monday, October 6, 1986
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Sports Monday
Coach brings confidence and success to KU volleyball
program.
This is the first in a two part series on Kansas volleyball. Tomorrow's story will detail changes in KU's volleyball program.
By JANE ZACHMAN
Her coaching philosophy is based on a confident attitude and the will to succeed — or at least to try as hard as possible.
Frankie Albitz, Kansas head volleyball coach, has that attitude, and it has rubbed off on the Kansas volleyball team.
"When I came onto the team last year, we almost expected to lose again," outside hitter Shannon Ridgeway said recently. "Now we expect to win."
Albizt came to Kansas two years ago from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Okla. She inherited a program that had gone 5-30 the year before and had not won a Big Eight Conference game in three years and 32 matches.
Her attitude helped Kansas move to a 17-15 record last year, and this year the Jayhawks are 16-3 overall with a conference record of 2-1. These figures give Albizt a career coaching record of 240-210-7.
Albitz had coached at Oral Roberts from 1981 to 1984 before coming to Kansas. She also coached at Oklahoma State from 1976-1980 and one season each at Northeastern (Okla.) State and Southern Methodist.
|Although Albitz is a seasoned coach, she contributes her coaching abilities to her experience as a player.
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Albitz's coaching success has been attributed to her experience as a player, to her confidence in both herself and her players and to her dedication to keeping up with the latest volleyball ideas. To Albitz, however, coaching is basic.
Spencer said, "You have to respect someone who has dedicated their whole life to volleyball."
"The girls on her team are learning the newest team tactics."
McCaw said, "So many coaches think that they know everything, but she is still a student of the game.
Even though Albitz has been coaching for 12 years, she said she still thought it was necessary to keep up with the latest developments in her sport.
Albizt goes to coaching clinics regularly and also attends clinics and seminars held by Doug Beal, president of the United States Volleyball Association in San Diego and coach of the men's national team.
"She's always trying to get that edge, find out what top people are doing," said KU assistant coach Johnny Learned.
Even though people are impressed by the team now, Albitz said, there is still much more she would like to do. At the top of her list is making a tougher schedule for the Jayhawks and coaching them to play well against stronger teams.
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