Andy Read
	Position: Interim Head Coach

Andy Read enters his third season as the interim head coach at Long Beach State after spending the previous 13 years as an assistant to Alan Knipe. Read will serve as the interim head coach at LBSU through the 2012 season while Knipe is at the helm of the United States Men's National Volleyball Team.

Read is no stranger to men's volleyball and has been a head coach once before, leading UC Irvine from 1992-1996. Read is known for his knowledge of the many technical intricacies of volleyball.

Last year, Read guided the 49ers to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament semifinals for the first time since 2008. Long Beach State finished the campaign with a 15-14 overall record and saw three of its players earn All-MPSF honors. In addition, Antwain Aguillard was tabbed an AVCA Division I-II second-team All-American.

In 2010, Read's first year at the head of the LBSU program, the squad went 12-17 overall. Dean Bittner was named to the AVCA All-America second team, while Bittner, Aguillard and Dan Alexander also garnered All-MPSF recognition.

As an assistant to Knipe for the 49ers, Read worked primarily with the setters. He tutored Chris Seiffert, a three-time All-American and a former starter on the U.S. Men's National Team, and Tyler Hildebrand, also a three-time All-American and former National Team member.

Read has coached several USA Developmental Teams including seven players from the 2008 Gold Medal USA Olympic Team. In 2009, Read guided the USA Boy's Youth National Team to a 10th-place finish at the World Championships in Italy. During the summer of 2008, he also led the Boy's Youth National Team, which went undefeated at the NORCECA Championships in Miami, Fla.

Read was also the head coach for the USA Men's Junior National Team in 2006, helping the squad to a second-place finish at NORCECA and a berth in the Men's Junior World Championships in Morocco.

At the World Championships, the USA team finished seventh (tied for the best finish ever by a USA Men's Junior Team), and along the way defeated then reigning champion Russia in straight sets. Read has also served as a scout/consultant for the U.S. Men's National Team in several international tournaments, most recently the 2006 World Championships in Japan.

In January 2005, Read was named the USA Development Coach of the Year, after serving as head coach of the USA Boy's Youth National Team that earned a gold medal at the NORCECA Youth Championships in Mexico City with a record of 6-0. The team won its last 17 games in a row en route to earning a berth in the 2005 Boy's Youth World Championships. Read also worked with the USA Men's National Team in Colorado and Texas in 2005.

Prior to the 2004 season, Read was an assistant on the U.S. Men's Volleyball team that competed in the World University Games in Korea. Read helped lead the squad, that included former 49ers, David Lee, Scott Touzinsky, and Tyler Hildebrand, to a third-place finish with a 3-2 victory over France in the medal round. Read also spent time as an advisor to the U.S. Men's Volleyball National team that competed in Mexico in a qualifying tournament for the 2004 Olympics in Greece. On that squad were former 49ers Tom Hoff, Jim Polster, and David McKienzie.

In 2002, Read coached the USA Youth "High Performance" camp at the Colorado Springs Training Center. In the summer of 2001, Read served as the head coach for the U.S. Junior National Team which traveled to Brazil. Former 49ers Scott Touzinsky and Jeff Wootton were members of that U.S. squad.

Read was the head coach of the U.S. Youth National Team from 1998-99, while also assisting the USA Volleyball staff at the 1999 World Cup in Japan. In addition, he was an assistant coach for the World University Games in 1995 and 1997.

Prior to his stint at UC Irvine (1992-96), Read was an assistant coach at Pepperdine from 1990-92. In his final year at Pepperdine, the Waves captured the 1992 NCAA National Championship.

Read's connection with Long Beach State began when he was the head coach of the Marina High School boy's team from 1988-89, where he coached 49er head coach Alan Knipe.

Aside from his coaching duties, Read also serves as a science teacher at Westminster High School. Read, who resides in Garden Grove, graduated from Biola University in 1981 with a degree in biological science.