From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mike Dodd
Mike Dodd
Medal record er and coach. He is in the California Beach Volleyball As-
sociation Hall of Fame.
Competitor for United States Mike Dodd currently serves as Commissioner of the
Men’s Volleyball AVP. He oversees all competition, athlete welfare and
sport development. One of beach volleyball’s all-time
Olympic Games greats, Dodd won 75 titles in his illustrious 18-year career
Silver Atlanta 1996 Beach Volleyball and a silver medal in the first Olympics to feature beach
volleyball.
Michael ("Mike") Dodd (born August 20, 1957 in Manhat-
tan Beach, California) is a well-known retired profession-
al beach volleyball player from the United States who
Awards and honors
attended San Diego State University. With his partner • AVP Best Defensive Player 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
Mike Whitmarsh he won the silver medal in the men’s • AVP Best Spiker 1989
inaugural beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Sum- • AVP Most Inspirational 1995, 1996, 1997
mer Olympics. Since winning silver in the 1996 Atlanta • AVP Sportsman of the Year 1994, 1996
Olympics, he has worked the Olympic Games of 2000 as a
beach analyst and 2004 as an indoor analyst for NBC. In External links
2008 Dodd coached AVP stars Jake Gibb and Sean Rosen-
thal in the Beijing Olympics. Dodd also captained Team • Player profile
USA to a win over Brazil’s best players in the inaugural Persondata
AVP World Challenge in 2009. Name Dodd, Mike
Born and raised in Manhattan Beach, Dodd won five
Alternative names
Manhattan Beach Open titles. In 2009 he became the first
person to coach the men’s and women’s champions of the Short description Volleyball player
same Manhattan Beach Open (Gibb and Rosenthal and Ni- Date of birth August 20, 1957
cole Branagh and Elaine Youngs). Dodd was named AVP Place of birth
Sportsman of the Year in 1994 and 1996 and AVP Most In-
Date of death
spirational Player three times in a row from 1995-1997.
Since earning his AAA volleyball rating at age 15, Dodd Place of death
has represented the U.S. National Team and played pro-
fessionally in Italy in addition to his AVP career as a play-
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