Patrick Powers

Patrick "Pat" Powers
portrait
birthday	February 13, 1958
place of birth	Los Angeles, USA
size	1.95 m
Indoor volleyball
position	Diagonal
National team
1978-1986	A national team
successes
1984 - Olympic Champion Los Angeles 1985 - World Cup Winner in Japan 1986 - World Champion in France
beach volleyball
partner	1986, 1990 Mike Dodd 1987, 1988 Karch Kiraly 1987, 1989, 1990 Andrew Smith 1987–1990 Jon Stevenson
successes
1988 - World Champion in Rio de Janeiro
As of September 1, 2011

Patrick "Pat" Powers (born February 13, 1958 in Los Angeles , California ) is a retired American volleyball and beach volleyball player .

Career

Pat Powers was a member of the US national junior team in 1978 and played in the "Pan-American Team" in 1979. With the "Trojans", the team from the University of Southern California , he was in 1980 NCAA champions. As a diagonal player, alongside Karch Kiraly , Steve Timmons and Craig Buck, he became Olympic champion in Los Angeles in 1984 , world cup winner in Japan in 1985 and world champion in France in 1986 .

From 1986 to 1990 Steve Timmons also played beach volleyball successfully on the US AVP tour. With his teammate from the Karch Kiraly national team, he became the unofficial world champion in Rio de Janeiro in 1988 .

After his active career, Pat Powers was head coach of the Trojans from 1997 to 2001 at the University of Southern California . Today he runs a volleyball camp in the USA.

Private

Pat Powers is married and has two daughters.

Web links

• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
• Website Pat Powers Volleyball Camp (English)