Chris Tamas Explained

Chris Tamas
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Illinois
Current Conference:Big Ten
Current Record:115–67
Contract:$368,000[1]
Birth Date:27 January 1981
Birth Place:Santa Barbara, California
Alma Mater:University of the Pacific
Coach Years1:2009–2011
Coach Team1:UC Riverside (assistant)
Coach Years2:2011–2012
Coach Team2:Minnesota (assistant)
Coach Years3:2013–2015
Coach Team3:Cal Poly (assistant)
Coach Years4:2014–2017
Coach Team4:Nebraska (assistant)
Coach Years5:2017–present
Coach Team5:Illinois
Overall Record:115–67
Awards:AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year (2018)

Christopher Tamas (born January 27, 1981) is an American volleyball coach. He is the head coach of the Illinois Fighting Illini women's volleyball team, a position he had held since 2017. In 2018, he led the Fighting Illini to the NCAA Final Four.[2]

Early life

Tamas graduated from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, earning his bachelor's degree in sports sciences/management in 2003.[3]

Coaching career

UC Riverside

Tamas served as an assistant coach at UC Riverside from 2009 to 2011.

Minnesota

Tamas served as an assistant coach at Minnesota from 2011 to 2012.

Cal Poly

From 2013 to 2015, Tamas served as an assistant volleyball coach at Cal Poly.[4]

Nebraska

On May 28, 2015, Tamas was hired by Nebraska to be an assistant volleyball coach under Hall of Fame head coach John Cook.[5]

Illinois

Tamas was hired as Head Volleyball Coach by the University of Illinois on February 10, 2017, as the eighth head coach in Illinois history. Tamas led Illinois to the 2018 NCAA National semifinals. In the 2021 NCAA Tournament, Tamas led his team, who ranked 7th in the Big Ten conference, to an upset of national no. 7 seed and defending NCAA national champions Kentucky in the second round.[6]

Coaching tree

Assistant coaches under Tamas who became NCAA head coaches

External links

Notes and References

  1. ref https://www.trustees.uillinois.edu/trustees/resources/21-22-Gray-Book-Urbana.docx
  2. Web site: Chris Tamas . fightingillini.com . University of Illinois . 11 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Chris Tamas . fightingillini.com . University of Illinois . 11 December 2018.
  4. Web site: Chris Tamas . gopoly.com . Cal Poly . 11 December 2018.
  5. Web site: Husker volleyball hires assistant Chris Tamas from Cal Poly . omaha.com . BH Media Group . 11 December 2018.
  6. Web site: The Dance Continues as Illini Stun No. 7 Kentucky for Trip to Sweet 16 . Illinois . 11 December 2021.
  7. Web site: Reed Named Head Coach for Alabama Volleyball.
  8. Web site: Alfee Reft Named UCLA Women's Volleyball Head Coach.
  9. Web site: Jason Mansfield Named Head Volleyball Coach.