JONESBORO, Ark. (1/11/12) – Arkansas State
University Director of Athletics Dr. Dean Lee announced Wednesday that David
Rehr (Pronounced: REAR) has been named the head coach of the Red Wolves
volleyball team.
Rehr becomes the seventh head coach in ASU
volleyball history after serving as the head volleyball coach at Blinn College
the previous nine years. During his time at Blinn he led the Buccaneers to two
NJCAA National Championships (2008 and 2011), was a two-time NJCAA National
Tournament Coach of the Year, a three-time AVCA Southwest Region Coach of the
Year and a nine-time NJCAA District Coach of the Year.
“We feel Coach Rehr will be a tremendous addition
to the stable of head coaches we have here at ASU,” ASU Director of Athletics
Dr. Dean Lee said. “He brings an unbelievable measure of success to our program
and will allow us to continue to win championships in volleyball.”
While at Blinn, Rehr posted a 313-35 record and led
the Buccaneers to eight regional championships including six straight from
2003-08. He helped Blinn win its first national championship in 2008, guiding
the Buccaneers to a 33-2 mark. He again led Blinn to a national title in 2011
with a perfect 38-0 record that ended with a four-set victory over Western
Wyoming in the NJCAA National Championship match.
When he arrived at Blinn in 2003 he won his first
41 matches as head coach and led the school to their first appearance in the
NJCAA National Tournament that same year. He was inducted into the NJCAA
Volleyball Coaches Hall of Fame on Nov. 16, 2011.
From 2007-11 Rehr served as Blinn's Director of
Athletics and helped guide to the school to success in other sports. In 2009
the Buccaneer football team won the NJCAA National Championship, the fourth in
the program's history. The squad was led by eventual 2010 Heisman Trophy winner
Cam Newton.
“I am very excited to be joining the Arkansas
State family,” Rehr said. “It is with a heavy heart that I leave Blinn after
helping put them on the map, but I am excited to come to Jonesboro and continue
to build on the great success the Arkansas State volleyball program has had in
the past.”
Prior to coaching at Blinn College, Rehr coached
for three seasons at Frank Phillips College, where he amassed an 80-28 record.
In 2002 he led the squad to the regional championship and an NJCAA tournament
appearance. The Lady Plainsmen won the Western Junior College Athletic
Conference title in 2001 and 2002, going undefeated in conference play both
seasons. Rehr was named the WJCAC Volleyball Coach of the year both seasons, as
well as winning the District C Volleyball Coach of the Year award in 2002.
During his career, Rehr has helped lead teams to
10 conference championships, 10 NJCAA regional championships and nine NJCAA
tournament appearances. He has coached 14 NJCAA All-Americans, 11 AVCA
All-Americans, 10 NJCAA Academic All-Americans, 55 all-region players and 46
all-conference players.
A native of Tampa, Fla., Rehr attended Brevard
Community College in Melbourne, Fla., where he was a student assistant with the
volleyball program. He earned both his Bachelors of Science in Wellness and
Masters of Arts in Physical Education from the University of South Florida in
Tampa.
He and his wife, Felicia, were married in 2005,
and they have one son Noah (2).
