About doug blystone
Doug Blystone has been coaching for over 20 years. His experience alone speaks for itself. Doug is a life long learner with a passion to teach athletes, coaches and any enthusiast of the sport.
Doug has earned a ton of awards in his prestigious career as one of the area’s top coaches. Those awards include:
- Penn State Abington Jim McGettigan Coach of the Year
- Nominee for Double-Goal Coach Award
- USA Volleyball Rober L Lindsay Meritorious Service Award
- Bucks Mont Chapter awarded Saint Basil Sportsmanship Award
- Bucks Mont Chapter awarded Saint Basil athlete the Individual Sportsmanship Award
- Bicentennial Athletic League Coach of the Year
In addition for “formalized” education, Doug also has done all of the following:
- California Coaches Clinic
- USAV High Performance Clinic
- Gold Medal Squared Clinic
- Pat Powers VBClinics.com (assistant coach)
Doug has led more than 100 camps and clinics for both coaches and athletes in the past 20 years.
Doug also has his share of playing experience. He has retired from playing the sport competitively but used to be rated a AA outdoor grass player and an indoor A player. Indoor, Doug specialized as a setter running a 5-1 for his league teams. Doug also played on the Widener University Men’s club team in multiple positions during his tenure with the team.
Doug was formerly a PIAA basketball official before becoming a dedicated coach to the great sport of volleyball. Doug is also a certified PIAA official for volleyball.
college coaching experience
Penn State Abington
- Winningest Coach since going Division III
- Almost all records are held by players coached directly by Doug
- Led team to ECAC Championship Tournament
- Led to first NEAC Playoff
- Led team to first Winning season as a Division III program
high school
Saint Basil Academy
- All time winningest coach in school history
- 67-33-8
- Led team to States in AAA (SBA was a AA school)
- Multiple all state athletes
- Made playoffs every year
club
TNT Volleyball
- Coaching Education Director
- Head Coach, 12, 13,16,17 Age Group
- Assistant Coach, 14 Age Group
- First coach to take teams to Nationals for TNT
- Trusted member of club leadership
High Line Volleyball
- Club Director and Founder
- Lead Technical Coach
- Coaching Education Director
- Head Coach: 15-18 age groups
Highlight: Earned a medal every single season coaching club from the first year.
education
Master’s Degree-Coaching and Athletic Administration-Concordia University, Irvine CA
International Sport Science Association
- Certified Level II Strength & Conditioning Coach
- Certified Personal Trainer
- Certified Specialist in Sports Nutrition
- Certified Nutritionist
USA Volleyball
- CAP Cadre
- CAP Level III (Indoor)
- Beach CAP Level II
- VCAP (Volleyball Conditioning)
- IMPACT Instructor
Positive Coaching Alliance
- Certified Double Goal Coach
CPR Certified
Master’s Degree, Information Science, Widener University
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Indiana University of PA