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Robyn Ah Mow Head Shot 2019

Robyn Ah Mow

Head coach Robyn Ah Mow enters her sixth season, and overall seventh year at the helm of the Rainbow Wahine women's volleyball program (UH did not compete in 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). She has led Hawai‘i to back-to-back-to-back Big West titles in 2019, '21. and '22. She and her staff have extended the 'Bows streak of advancing to the NCAA tournament to 29-straight and 40 overall. Ah Mow recorded her 100th career win at UC Davis in a five-set victory over the Aggies on Oct. 29, 16-25, 25-12, 28-26, 19-25, 15-9. In 2019, Ah Mow guided the team to the NCAA Regional round for the first time since 2015. For her efforts, the former UH All-American and three-time Olympian was named the Big West Co-Coach of the Year and AVCA Pacific North All-Region Coach of the Year in 2019 and BWC Coach of the Year twice more in 2021 and '22.
 
Overall Conf.
Year Win Loss Win Loss Place
2022    22 7 19 1 First
2021 22 8 18 2 First
2019 26 4 14 2 First
2018 18 9 14 2 Second
2017 20 8 14 2 Second
TOTAL 108 36 79 9

CAREER RECORD
  • Hawai‘i (5 years)
    • Overall: 108-36 (.750) / Big West: 79-9 (.898)
COACHING ACCOLADES
  • 2022 Big West Coach of the Year
  • 2021 Big West Coach of the Year
  • 2019 Big West Co-Coach of the Year
  • 2019 AVCA Pacific North All-Region Coach of the Year
COACHING EXPERIENCE
  • Hawai‘i, Women’s Volleyball, Head Coach (2017-present)
  • Hawai‘i, Women’s Volleyball, Assistant Coach (2011-15)
  • USA Volleyball Junior National Team (2014)
  • Hawai‘i, Men’s Volleyball, Manager/Assistant Coach (2010-’11)
  • USA Volleyball (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Assistant Coach (2000-’10)
  • Hawai‘i, Women’s Volleyball, Student Assistant (1997-98)
 
COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
  • Has led UH to five consecutive NCAA Tournaments, extending UH’s streak to 29-straight and 40 overall NCAA appearances
  • Captured three-straight Big West titles in 2019, '21 and '22 with a 51-5 combined record over the past three seasons
  • In her first two seasons as head coach, finished second in the Big West
  • Is only the third head coach in Rainbow Wahine volleyball history. She followed longtime head coach Dave Shoji after his 42-year career.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
  • Professional Playing Experience
    • VBC Volero – (Zurich, Switzerland), 2004-08
      • Swiss Cup and League Champions, 2004-07
      • Champions League Final Four, 2006
    • Metodo Menetti Vicenza (Venice, Italy), 2001-02
      • Italian Series AI League, Fourth Place
    • Castelo de Maia (Portugal), 2000-01
  • Amateur Playing Experience
    • 1999-2008: U.S. National Team
      • 2008 USA Olympic (Beijing) Team, Team Captain (Silver Medal)
      • 2007 Team USA, World Cup, Team Captain (Bronze Medal)
      • 2006 Team USA, World Championship, Team Captain (Ninth Place)
      • 2005, Team USA, World Grand Champions Cup, Team Captain
      • 2004 USA Olympic Team (Athens), Team Captain (Fifth Place)
      • 2003 Team USA, World Cup, Team Captain (Bronze Medal)
      • 2002 Team USA, World Championships, Team Captain (Silver Medal)
      • 2001, Team USA, World Grand Champions Cup, Team Captain
      • 2000 USA Olympic Team (Fourth Place), NORCECA- Team Captain 
  • Collegiate Playing Experience
    • 1993-96: Hawai‘i
 
PLAYING ACCOLADES
  • Named the Swiss League’s Most Valuable Player (Volero Zurich)
  • A three-time Olympian, competed in the 2000 (Sydney), ’04 (Athens), and ’08 (Beijing) Olympic games
  • Helped lead the 2008 Olympic indoor volleyball team to Silver Medal
  • Two-time AVCA All-America, First Team (1995, ’96)
  • Three-time All-Conference, First Team (1994, ’95, ’96)
  • AT UH, finished third all-time in career assists (4,313) and fourth in assists per game (11.23).
  • In her final two seasons, the ‘Bows recorded a 66-4 combined record with included an appearance in the NCAA title match in 1996.
  • Inducted into the University of Hawai‘i Sports Circle of Honor (2005)
  • Inducted into the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame (2011)
EDUCATION
  • Hawai‘i, 2011
HOMETOWN
  • Honolulu, O‘ahu
PERSONAL
  • Resides in Honolulu, Oahu with her three children.
  • Ah Mow Prepped at McKinley High School (Honolulu, O‘ahu) where she was a four-year, first-team all-Oahu Interscholastic Association East selection and a three-time first time all-state pick.