Penn State has had a long tradition with their women's volleyball program. Founded in 1976 by Tom Tait, Tait coached the team from 1976–1979, and was named a USA Volleyball All-Time great coach in 2007.
Russ Rose has been the head coach since 1979. He has led the program to five NCAA National Championships, in 1999 and each year from 2007 through 2010, and has an overall record of 1027-164 (an .863 winning percentage, which ranks as the highest winning percentage in NCAA history). On September 21, 2007, Rose earned his 900th career victory with a win over Michigan State, becoming only the third Division I coach to reach the milestone. On December 17, 2009 Rose notched his 1,000th career win with a victory over Hawaii in four sets to advance to his third consecutive national championship game with the Nittany Lions.. Two nights later, on December 19, his team earned their third consecutive national championship with a come-from-behind 3 sets to 2 victory over Texas to run their consecutive match wins streak to 102 and the first time during their current streak they have won after losing the first two sets.
Prior to entering the Big Ten Conference in 1991, Rose's teams experienced unprecedented success in the Atlantic 10 Conference, winning eight straight championships, never losing a conference match in that time.
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