After
leaving his mark as a player as one of the top liberos in men's collegiate
volleyball history, Tony Ker got his feet wet as a coach at the collegiate
level by joining John Price's staff for the 2009 season.
Although it was his first season coaching at
the collegiate level, Ker already had extensive experience coaching both boys
and girls at the club level. He spent three seasons coaching with the Manhattan
Beach Surf and spent two club seasons with the Legacy Volleyball Club, where he
led his 15's team to a silver medal at the Junior Olympics.
Ker was a four-time first team All-American at
UCLA, leading the Bruins to a national championship in 2006. He was a
three-time AVCA Defensive Player of the Year, ending his career with the most
digs in NCAA history. As a junior, he started at libero for the U.S. U-20
national team at the 2005 World Championships. He was named the top libero
while competing for both the U.S. U-19 team in Canada in 2004 and the U.S. U-17
team in the Dominican Republic in 2002.
In 2009 Ker travelled to the Middle East to
play outside hitter for a club team in Kuwait before returning to California to
join the Roadrunner staff.
Ker comes from a family with a highly-decorated
volleyball background. His brothers Jamey (a libero) and Kevin (a setter) both
starred at UCLA. His father, Walt, was one of the most successful coaches in
NCAA history, winning three national championships at Cal State Northridge
before coaching Tony as an assistant at UCLA. His mother, Cathy, was an NCAA
Division II All-American at Cal State Northridge.
Tony
is a 2008 graduate of UCLA with a degree in sociology.
