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Head Coach - Dave Moody: 483-2120
Associate Head Coach - Kay Moody: 483-2120
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All-Time Coaching Records
Dave Moody (1990-Present) 280-105 .727
Jane Wakefield (1987-89) 20-57 .260
Kay Johnson (1986) 10-14 .417
Carol Kolavik (1984-85) 27-24 .529
Kathy James (1977-83) 72-58 .554
Bertha Geiger (1974-76) 29-24 .547
Total   397-281 .585

Dave Moody
Head Coach
Dave MoodyDave Moody enters his 14th season at Dickinson State with a 335-118 record and is DSU’s all-time winningest volleyball coach. Moody’s .739 winning percentage has helped establish DSU’s reputation as one of the finest small college volleyball programs in the country.

Coach Moody has led his teams to seven regular season conference championships, seven conference tournament championships and seven region tournament appearances during his tenure. The Blue Hawks have won three of the last six regional tournaments, have participated in five of the last six NAIA National Championships and have not lost to a conference opponent since 1996 for a total of 90 consecutive match wins. In addition to a national championship in 2000, the Blue Hawks have soared to an “Elite Eight” finish in 1998, 2001 and 2002. Since 1998, the Blue Hawks have been consistently ranked in the top five nationally.

During his tenure at DSU, Moody has been honored five times as Conference Coach of the Year. During that span, Coach Moody has also been recognized as Regional Coach of the Year in 2002 and 1997. In 2000, Moody also picked up the NAIA National Championships Coach of the Year. In that same year, Coach Moody was also chosen by the statewide media as the 2000-2001 North Dakota Female Collegiate Coach of the Year.

In the past 13 years, Moody has also watched his Blue Hawk teams pick up many individual and team honors as well. In 2000-2001, the Blue Hawk volleyball team was chosen as the North Dakota Female Collegiate Team of the Year by the statewide media. On two other occasions, the program has been recognized in the honorable mention category.

In the past 13 years, the Hawks have been honored with 17 All-American selections, 34 All-Region awards and 50 All-Conference picks. Additionally, Blue Hawk players have picked up seven Conference Player of the Year awards, five Regional Player of the Year awards, four All-Tournament awards at the NAIA National Championships and one National Player of the Year award.

Academically, Blue Hawk teams have been honored three times with the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award. This is an award that requires a volleyball team to carry a minimum of a 3.3 GPA during the academic year. Individually, Blue Hawk players have been recognized 11 times as Academic All-Americans over the past 13 years. Since joining the DAC-10 Conference in 2000, eight volleyball players have been recognized with Academic All-Conference awards.

In addition to coaching volleyball, Moody stays involved professionally at the conference, regional and national levels. This year Coach Moody will serve as the Vice-chair of the DAC-10 volleyball coaches, the National Rater for Region III, the National Ratings Chair, a member of the All-American selection committee and the NAIA-Volleyball Coaches Association (VCA) President.

Moody stays involved at the grassroots level by hosting an annual volleyball coaching clinic at DSU, directing DSU volleyball camps, running numerous site camps, speaking at the NDHSCA annual Coaches Clinic and officiating high school volleyball.

At Dickinson State, Moody also teaches in the Departments of HPE and Education. He currently holds the rank of tenured Assistant Professor. Professionally, Moody is a member of NDAHPERD (North Dakota Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance) and AAHPERD (American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance). He is past president of NDAHPERD; and serves as a reviewer for the Physical Education magazine “Strategies”. He also serves as a board member and book reviewer for the National Coaching Advisory Board.

In his spare time, Moody coaches Optimist Youth Basketball, works at Lutheran Campus Ministries summer camps, coaches Mustang Youth Baseball and serves on the board of Mustang Baseball.

Moody is a native of Beloit, WI and a 1976 graduate of J.A. Craig High School in Janesville, WI. Moody graduated from the University of WI-LaCrosse with majors in Physical Education and Health and a concentration in coaching in 1982. Moody then taught and coached in Beloit and Mayville, Wisconsin until 1988. In 1989, Moody attended Eastern Kentucky University where he was a teaching graduate assistant and an assistant coach in the volleyball program. After graduating from EKU with a master’s degree in Education and an emphasis in Sports Administration, Moody accepted the job at Dickinson State.

He and his wife and associate head coach, Kay, have three children; Nate, Ali and Aanen

Coach Dave Moody at Dickinson State
2002 27-8 .771
2001 28-5 .848
2000 39-1 .975
1999 19-11 .633
1998 31-6 .838
1997 38-4 .905
1996 38-5 .884
1995 31-6 .838
1994 22-7 .759
1993 19-15 .559
1992 17-16 .515
1991 12-18 .400
1990 14-16 .467
Total 335-118 .739

Kay Moody
Associate Head Coach

Kay (Johnson) Moody enters her 13th season as associate head coach for the Blue Hawks. Coach Moody’s primary duties for the Blue Hawks are on the defensive side of the net where the Blue Hawks are traditionally very difficult to score upon.

Kay is a 1979 graduate of New Salem High School. She graduated from Dickinson State magna cum laude in 1982 with a major in physical education and a minor in history. While a “Blue Chick” at DSU, Kay competed in volleyball and basketball. She played on conference tournament championship volleyball teams in 1979 and 1982, and a conference basketball championship in 1981.

In 1983, Johnson coached the DSU volleyball team for one year immediately following graduation before moving onto Beulah where she taught and coached track until 1987. From 1987-90, Kay was the head volleyball coach at conference rival University of Mary where she compiled an 87-58 record enroute to capturing one conference (NDCAC) title in 1990 and two sub-district titles in 1989 and 1990.

In 1991, Kay moved to Dickinson after marrying DSU Coach Dave Moody.

Kay Moody has the distinction of being the only person involved (as a player and coach) in all 10 of DSU’s volleyball conference championships in the sport’s 30 year history.

At Dickinson State, Moody is currently an adjunct faculty member as well as currently teaching freshman seminar classes. Kay is also a certified fitness trainer, aerobics instructor and a certified lifeguard instructor.

She and her husband, Dave, have three children; Nate, Ali and Aanen.

Mike Carratini
Assistant Coach

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