This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Derek Olson, a longtime player on the AVP and FIVB tours. He was an assistant coach at the University of California, Berkeley for two years before being promoted to interim head coach for the previous two. This off-season, he had the strangest of calls: Would he like to coach the Moroccan National Team as they prepared for the Continental Cup, which could secure them a bid for the 2021 Olympic Games?
Yes. Yes he did. On this podcast, we chat about:
- How Olson wound up getting the call from Morocco to coach the National Team
- How, in just five weeks, he was able to take over a program and lead it to its first Olympic bid in history
- The African Continental Cup, and the wild ride that the tournament was
- His future prospects at Cal, and internationally
And, as always, much, much more.
ENJOY!
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The secret’s out! How Carly Kan became Hawaii’s first female AVP Champion
Savvy Simo and Toni Rodriguez: Healthy, rested, rehabbed, and ready for a push to Paris 2024
The Road to Paris: Everything you need to know about the Olympic Qualification Cycle
Jaden Whitmarsh, UCLA’s Ms. Clutch, is back to lead the Bruins in 2023
Sean P. Murray, and how the 1984 Olympic Gold Medalists changed volleyball in America
Christmas Mailbag: Wrapping up the 2022 season, Olympic partnerships, AVP Awards, podcast rivalry
Carly Skjodt has hit the beach full-time, and she’s here to stay
Ed Keller: Beach Volleyball’s Encyclopedic Superfan
PERFECT: Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson ’nail the timing’ of new partnership
Maddison McKibbin, the trailblazer who did it all backwards and carved a new path
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Phil Dalhausser, and The Legend of the Thin Beast
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Tim Brewster, the Chinese Bamboo Tree of the AVP
Molly Turner, taking the hard road in 2022: ’Let’s see if you can do it.’
Theo Brunner, America’s top blocker, is coming into his own
Season-ending Mailbag: How was Phoenix? Olympic partnerships; Maximizing the off-season
Julia Scoles, the Rookie of the Year with ’so much growth’ still to do
Dain Blanton, as ever, is making the most of every opportunity
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