Terry Liskevych
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Record | 402–294 (college) 337–281 (national team) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 14, 1948 Munich, Germany |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1972–1973 | George Williams (Assistant) |
| 1974–1976 | Ohio State University |
| 1976–1985 | University of the Pacific |
| 1985–1996 | National Team |
| 2005–2016 | Oregon State University |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
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Taras "Terry" Liskevych (/lɪˈskɛvɪtʃ/ liss-KEV-itch; born October 14, 1948) is a Ukrainian-American retired volleyball coach. He served as the United States women's national volleyball team head coach from 1985 to 1996. During his tenure Liskevych posted over 300 international victories.
The highlights of these victories were:
- Bronze medal – World Championship – 1990
- Bronze medal – Olympic Games Barcelona – 1992
- Gold medal – FIVB World Grand Prix – 1995
Leading up to his National Team career, Liskevych coached men's volleyball at Ohio State University (1974–1976), where he twice took the team to the NCAA tournament Final Four in 1975 and 1976 and posted a two-year record of 45–7 (.865 winning percentage). In the fall of 1976 he switched to the women's collegiate game and began his coaching career at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. He was there for nine seasons (1976–1985) and accumulated a record of 267–85 (.759) as University of the Pacific finished top five in the nation six of his nine years. While at Pacific (UOP), Liskevych was an assistant professor in the Physical Education and Recreation Department (1976–1981), was an assistant athletic director, supervising the women's programs and overseeing athletic marketing – 1982–1984.
After his National Team career Liskevych worked in the business world as the president of Paragon Marketing (1997–2000), co-founder, vice president and president of ARK Digital Technologies (1998–2003), then as the co-founder and president of Total Sports Inc. (2003–2005). In 2005 he made his return to coaching volleyball as the head women's volleyball coach at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. He coached for eleven years, retiring in August 2016.