Al Scates

Who is Al Scates?

Al Scates was an American volleyball player and volleyball coach of the UCLA Bruins of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Scates, in his 50th and final year as the coach of the Bruins, is the winningest volleyball coach in the history of the NCAA, and the 19 NCAA titles the Bruins have won during his tenure ties him for the most NCAA titles won by a coach in a single sport with Arkansas' John McDonnell. Scates has won some kind of collegiate volleyball championship in five different decades, and his NCAA championships are spread across four different decades. Scates also taught physical education in the Beverly Hills Unified School District for many years.