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Coaches Head Coach - Ryan Platt: 483-2120
Dave Moody Coach Moody has led his teams to 11 regular season conference championships, 10 conference tournament championships, and 11 region tournament appearances during his tenure. The Blue Hawks have won three regional tournaments, have participated in eight of the last 10 NAIA National Championships and have a remarkable 136-3 (.978) overall conference record since 1995. In addition to a NAIA national championship in 2000, the Blue Hawks have soared to an “Elite Eight” finish in 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2006. Since 1998, the Blue Hawks have been consistently ranked in the top five nationally. During his tenure at DSU, Moody has been honored seven times as Conference Coach of the Year. During that span, he 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, he was also chosen by the state-wide media as the 2000-01 North Dakota Female Team Collegiate Coach of the Year. In the past 17 years, Moody has also watched his Blue Hawk teams pick up many individual and team honors as well. In 2000-01, the Blue Hawk volleyball team was chosen as the North Dakota Female Collegiate Team of the Year by the state-wide media. On two other occasions, the program has been recognized in the honorable mention category. The Hawks have been honored with 25 All-American selections, 44 All-Region awards and 69 All-Conference picks. Additionally, Blue Hawk players have picked up 10 Conference Player of the Year awards, five Regional Player of the Year awards, six All-Tournament awards at the NAIA National Championships and one National Player of the Year award. Academically, Blue Hawk teams have been honored six 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 14 times as NAIA Academic All-Americans over the past 17 years. Since joining the DAC-10 Conference in 2000, Dickinson State volleyball players have been recognized with DAC-10 Scholar Athlete Awards 25 times. In addition to coaching volleyball, Moody stays involved professionally at the conference, regional and national levels. This year Coach Moody will serve again as the Chair of the DAC volleyball coaches, the National Rater for Region III and the Region Ratings Chair. Moody is also the former President of the Volleyball Coaches Association (VCA). 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 and works at Lutheran Campus Ministries summer camps. 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 under Dr. Geri Polvino. 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
Kay Moody
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. Coaches 2006-2007 | Coaches 2003-2004 | Coaches 2002-2003 | Coaches 2001-2002 | Coaches 2000-2001 |
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Dave Moody enters his 18th season at Dickinson State with a 436-155 record and is DSU’s all-time winningest volleyball coach. Moody’s .738 winning percentage has helped establish DSU’s reputation as one of the finest small college volleyball programs in the country.
Kay (Johnson) Moody enters her 17th 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.