Alan Knipe
Alan Knipe
Alan Knipeis the head coach of the Long Beach State 49ers men's volleyball team and head coach of the 2012 United States men's national volleyball team. He played and coached at Long Beach State. As a player, he helped the team win the 1991 NCAA championship...
almost battle brings goes great heat loves mentality player tyler
Everything goes through Tyler. Tyler brings almost a coach-like mentality to the court. He's just a great competitor. He loves being in the heat of the battle more than any other player I've coached.
options
We have a lot of options with him.
ball balls block both game job nice passed plays point pressure stopping teams time tough tried turn
I thought Game 1, both teams were neck-and-neck, and then they got a nice run, and from that point on, they had us out of our system. We had a tough time stopping them. They did a nice job siding out. We tried to put some pressure on them with our serving. I thought they passed the ball really well tonight. When we had balls we could block or plays we could make, we didn't turn them.
feeling games guys hit lost playing proud
We lost those games early, not late. I was proud of the way the guys played, even with the ones they hit out. But if we don't go down 5-1 (in Game 4), we're still playing right now. That's a lot better feeling than (Thursday) night, when we were out of here in about 90 minutes.
jumps tough
He jumps really high, and he's tough to block.