Terry J. Pettit

(1946- ) lives in Lincoln. Educator, volleyball coach, his University of Nebraska-Lincoln women’s volleyball team won NCAA Division I national championship in 1995, the first from outside the warm-weather states of California, Hawaii, and Texas, credited with development of volleyball popularity in Nebraska from 1977 to 1999, where his teams played in 18 consecutive NCAA tournaments, advancing to the final four on six occasions; his 26-year career record was 743 wins, 159 losses, and 11 ties. Consult Sports Illustrated, December 25, 1995/January 1, 1996, pp. 47-48 and Lincoln Journal Star, August 20, 1997, pp. C-1, C-3 and December 15, 1999, pp. B-6, C-1, C-3 and UNL Nebraska Alumnus, Spring 2000, p. 10 and Omaha World Herald, November 10, 2001, pp. A-1, A-2 and November 1, 2005 pp. A-1, A-2.

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