Cathy George

George spent two years coaching at North Dakota State, finishing with an overall record of 87-11. She was the NCAA Division II Coach of the Year and the North Central Conference Coach of the Year twice.^[1]

Starting in 1989, George coached the Texas-Arlington volleyball team. George coached there for five seasons, finishing with a record of 93-74. She was a three-time Southland Conference Coach of the Year.^[1]

The 1989 team finished third in the NCAA tournament, a school record, and she became the first female to coach in the Final Four.^[1]

George began coaching Western Michigan in 1994. She coached for eleven seasons, culminating in a 185-139 overall record.^[1][2]

She was the MAC coach of the year in 2000; the team made the NCAA tournament that year.^[1][2]

George started coaching the Michigan State volleyball team in 2005. She said that it was always her dream to coach in the Big Ten. She was announced as the head coach a week after Chuck Erbe retired.^[2] The team was ranked ninth in the Big Ten preseason polls.^[3] She retired at the end of the 2021 season, being the winningest coach in program history, with a record of 302-233. She also led the Spartans to 10 NCAA Appearances.^[4]

In March 2023, George was named the inaugural head coach of the Pro Volleyball Federation's team in western Michigan which would be named the Grand Rapids Rise in April 2023.^[5]

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
North Dakota State Bison () (1987–1988)
1987	North Dakota State	44-8	-		Division II NCAA Fifth Place
1988	North Dakota State	43-3	-		Division II NCAA Third Place
North Dakota State:		87-11 (.888)
UT Arlington Mavericks (Southland Conference) (1989–1993)
1989	UT Arlington	31-4	7-0	1st	NCAA National semifinals
1990	UT Arlington	18-19	7-0	1st	NCAA first round
1991	UT Arlington	13-18	8-1	2nd
1992	UT Arlington	20-14	9-0	1st
1993	UT Arlington	11-19	6-3	T-4th
UT Arlington:		93-74 (.557)	37-4 (.902)
Western Michigan Broncos (Mid-American Conference) (1994–2004)
1994	Western Michigan	10-16	6-11	7th
1995	Western Michigan	8-20	5-12	8th
1996	Western Michigan	20-8	10-7	3rd
1997	Western Michigan	13-15	9-7	3rd
1998	Western Michigan	19-13	11-7	3rd
1999	Western Michigan	25-7	15-3	2nd
2000	Western Michigan	25-6	17-1	1st	NCAA first round
2001	Western Michigan	15-11	10-8	4th
2002	Western Michigan	14-18	8-10	3rd
2003	Western Michigan	17-14	8-8	3rd
2004	Western Michigan	19-11	11-5	2nd
Western Michigan:		185-139 (.571)	110-79 (.582)
Michigan State Spartans (Big Ten Conference) (2005–present)
2005	Michigan State	12-18	5-15	9th
2006	Michigan State	19-12	10-10	6th	NCAA first round
2007	Michigan State	21-14	10-10	5th	NCAA regional semifinal
2008	Michigan State	15-16	7-13	7th
2009	Michigan State	17-16	5-15	10th	NCAA first round
2010	Michigan State	15-16	7-13	9th
2011	Michigan State	22-12	10-10	6th	NCAA second round
2012	Michigan State	25-10	11-9	6th	NCAA regional semifinal
2013	Michigan State	23-12	10-10	7th	NCAA regional semifinal
2014	Michigan State	19-14	11-9	7th	NCAA second round
2015	Michigan State	19-14	10-10	7th	NCAA second round
2016	Michigan State	25-9	13-7	5th	NCAA second round
2017	Michigan State	23-9	14-6	4th	NCAA Regional finals
2018	Michigan State	17-16	5-15	T-9th
2019	Michigan State	15-15	6-14	9th
2020	Michigan State	3-12	3-12	T-12th
2021	Michigan State	11-18	4-16	T-11th
Michigan State:		301-233 (.564)	141-180 (.439)
Total:		666-457 (.593)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion