Kiraly, the only athlete to win Olympic gold medals in both indoor and beach volleyball, takes over for Hugh McCutcheon, who led the women's team to a silver-medal finish at the London Olympics. McCutcheon, who also coached the men's national team that won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing games, has moved on as coach of the women's team at the University of Minnesota. After his retirement as a player in 2007, Kiraly served as a beach volleyball commentator for NBC in Beijing. A chance meeting on a flight to Seattle brought Kiraly together with McCutcheon, who suggested he join the coaching staff for the U.S. women. The U.S. women, currently ranked No. 1 in the world by the sport's international governing body, have never won the gold medal in volleyball, while their male counterparts have won it three times since the sport joined the Olympics in 1964. The U.S. women have never won one of the so-called "triple crown" events, a World Championship, a World Cup or an Olympics.
Source: http://www.chron.com/sports/article/Kiraly-takes-over-as-US-women-s-volleyball-coach-3857136.php
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