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Fresh off his sixth Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year award in the past nine seasons, Tom Hilbert enters his 12th season at the helm of the CSU women's volleyball team. Under Hilbert's guidance, the Rams have developed into one of the top programs in the nation, qualifying for the NCAA tournament for 13 consecutive years. The streak is a school record for consecutive postseason appearances in any sport. A deeper look inside Hilbert's coaching record reveals some remarkable achievements. Hilbert has amassed a 113-19 record in Mountain West Conference play and has led the Rams to six regular-season conference titles and four tournament titles. He also ranks 10th among active Division I head coaches in winning percentage (.761). Last season, Mekana Barnes became the fifth player Hilbert has coached at Colorado State to be named to the AVCA All-American team. While at CSU, Hilbert has a record of 284-72 (.798), and is 458-144 (.761) overall in 19 seasons as a head coach. He has led his teams to 20 or more wins every season since 1992 - a span of 16 straight years - with the 1999 Rams setting the school's single-season record for winning percentage after going 30-3 (.909). Before coming to Colorado State, Hilbert led Idaho to the Eastern Division title in 1996 (its first season in the Big West) and in the Big Sky Conference his teams won either the regular season or the tournament championship from 1992-95. Hilbert accumulated a 174-72 (.707) record at Idaho. He coached the Big Sky's only All-American in Mindy Rice. Hilbert also guided Idaho to its first national ranking and the Vandals were the first Big Sky institution to ever be nationally ranked. Prior to Idaho, Hilbert spent five seasons as an assistant at his alma mater, the University of Oklahoma, from 1984-88. A native of Norman, Okla., Hilbert earned his bachelor's degree in business administration and marketing from OU in 1984. He also received a master's in sports and recreation management from Idaho in 1993. Hilbert and wife Leslie have been married for 20 years, live in Fort Collins and have one daughter, Myles, who will be 8 in September.
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