Head coach Robin Davis enters his third year at the helm of the Bronco volleyball program. With two seasons under his belt, Davis now owns a 19-40 (.322) record at Boise State and has established a 240-120 (.667) record in his head coaching career.

The 2007 season was a battle for the Broncos with many players becoming injured, some of which played unhealthy for a large part of the season. The Broncos finished with a 6-23 record on the season, including a 2-14 record in the Western Athletic Conference (defeating Fresno State and Louisiana Tech). Davis led the Broncos to a second victory over Louisiana Tech in the WAC tournament play-in match, but was cut short by nationally ranked Hawaii in the first round of play.

With the arrival of Davis in 2006, the Boise State volleyball team got an immediate, and much needed, boost to the program. Davis brought with him a wealth of knowledge and a track record of success to a Bronco team looking for a turnaround. In his first season with the program, Davis posted the largest win increase for a first-year coach in Bronco history, leading the squad to 13 wins, five more than in 2005. Davis eclipsed Darlene Bailey, the winningest head coach in school history (342 victories), who led Boise State to a four-match turnaround in 1979.

While the season was far from living up to his own standards, a number of milestones from his first year suggest that the program is headed in a new direction. For the first time since joining the Western Athletic Conference in 2001, Boise State swept two of its conference opponents (Louisiana Tech and Fresno State). The Broncos also defeated Nevada for the first time since Nov. 14, 1997, ending the longest losing streak against a single team in school history.

As an assistant coach with Notre Dame for four seasons, and as an associate head coach for one season, Davis helped lead the Fighting Irish to five consecutive Big East Conference championships and appearances at the NCAA Championship Tournament, reaching the Round of 16 in 2005. Notre Dame also finished the year with its highest-ever national ranking in 2005, No. 12 in the CSTV/AVCA poll and No. 11 in the Molten/Volleyball Magazine poll.

While at Northern Arizona, Davis helped lead the Lumberjacks to their first-ever trip to the NCAA tournament in 1999. He also assisted in delivering a conference regular season co-championship in 2000, another first for the program.

Before joining the Division I ranks, Davis spent 10 years as the head coach at Biola. While with the Eagles, Davis earned three Far West Region Coach-of-the-Year awards. En route to amassing a record of 221-80, a staggering winning-percentage of .734, Davis led the school to a runner-up finish at the NAIA Championship Tournament in 1997 and two other finishes in the top five. Davis left the school as the winningest coach in program history.

Davis’ successes at his previous schools, coupled with his accomplishments in his first season at Boise State, have created a buzz around the Bronco program. Boise State has yet to make an appearance at the NCAA Championship Tournament and has not won a league championship since 1988. However, a head coach with a knack for achieving “firsts” at every stop he has made has the Broncos thinking quite differently about their post-season possibilities.