McCutcheon Honored

USAV announced this week that former men's national team coach Hugh McCutcheon won the USOC's National Coach of the Year award. He is the first volleyball coach to earn the honor and it is well-deserved.

McCutcheon was at the helm when the men took home the first World League title ever and he created a team and coaching staff so solid that it ran like clockwork in Beijing despite an unbelievable tragedy that removed their head coach from the bench for the majority of the games.

Who among us could have blamed them for imploding after living through that ordeal? But they didn't. Our men handled adversity like the champs they are and you have to credit what Hugh built for their resiliency and focus amidst distraction.

So congrats, Hugh, for a job well done. Now you can concentrate on coaching the women to their first Olympic gold medal ever. I have faith.