Mike D'Allesandro - Men's Volleyball Coach - Long Beach State University Athletics

Mike D'Allesandro

Title:
Volunteer Assistant Coach

Mike D'Alessandro will serve as the 49ers volunteer coach in 2007 after serving as an assistant coach in 2006. D'Alessandro is in his second stint with Long Beach State, having served as an assistant coach for eight years under previous Head Coach Ray Ratelle from 1988-1995. D'Alessandro brings over 20 years of high school, collegiate and club team coaching to the 49ers.

D'Alessandro served as the Associate Head Men's Coach at UC Irvine for two years (2000-01). Prior to that he was the Head Men's Coach at Golden West College from 1995-1999. While at Golden West, he piloted Golden West to four consecutive California State Community College Championships (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998) and was named the State JC Coach of the Year four times. D'Alessandro's five-year mark at Golden West was an impressive 83-11. While at Golden West he also served as an assistant coach for the women's program in 1995, helping lead the Rustlers to a22-2 mark and the 1995 California State Community College Championship.

During his eight years at Long Beach State as an assistant, D'Alessandro was a part of the 1991 NCAA Championship squad and the 1990 NCAA Championship finalist teams. The 49ers were 174-75 in those eight years and also won two WIVA titles (1990, 1992).

In 1987-88 D'Alessandro got his first taste of coaching at the collegiate level, serving as an assistant coach at Orange Coast College. OCC went 42-9 in his two years there and won the 1987 California State Community College Championship.

D'Alessandro got his coaching start at the prep level. From 1984-87 he was the assistant coach for both the boy's and girl's programs at Newport Harbor High School. Both teams won CIF Championships in 1987 and were Seaview League champions as well. He also was an assistant boy's coach in 1985-86 at Edison High School, helping lead the Chargers to back-to-back Sunset League titles and appearances as CIF semi-finalists in 1985 and advancing to the CIF Finals in 1986.

A three-year letterwinner in men's volleyball at Long Beach State, D'Alessandro was a setter and started every match during the 1982 season. In 1980 and 1981 the 49ers finished the yar ranked No. 3 in the country, while reaching the NCAA Western Regional Finals in 1981. D'Alessandro was an all-conference selection his junior season. He began his collegiate career at San Diego State, lettering one year after being a first team All-CIF selection his senior campaign at Huntington Beach High School.

D'Alessando was a member of the AVP Tour from 1984-89, was a five-time USA Volleyball All-American and a three-time USA Volleyball National Champion (1979, 1993, 2000).