MALIBU, California – Pepperdine coaching legend Marv Dunphy added to his lengthy list of career accomplishments today when USA Volleyball announced that he would be the recipient of its most prestigious honor, the 2022 Harold T. Friermoon "Frier" Award.
 
The award recognizes individuals who have made significant accomplishments to the sport of volleyball for a minimum of 30 years, and who have encouraged volunteer leadership service and effective relationships, either nationally or internationally. The award is named after the second president of USA Volleyball, who served from 1952-55 and is primarily responsible for volleyball's inclusion in the Olympic Games.
 
"I'm tremendously honored to have been selected for this award," Dunphy said. "The most significant aspect for me in receiving the Frier Award is that he was one of the main individuals to get volleyball into the Olympics, and I was a beneficiary of his efforts.
 
"I was fortunate to work with some of the best who have ever played the game and to learn from and work for some people who revolutionized how the game was analyzed, taught and coached, people like Doug Beal, Jim Coleman and Carl McGown, and of course Burt DeGroot and Harlan Cohen here at Pepperdine."
 
The award ceremony is set for May 25 in Orlando, Florida, at the annual Dorothy C. Boyce Banquet.
 
Dunphy, who currently serves as Pepperdine's head coach emeritus and remains a fixture around the athletics department, stepped down as head coach following the 2017 season. During 34 years in charge, he led the Waves to a 612-277 (.688) record and four NCAA championships.
 
Dunphy was the 2005 National Coach of the Year and a three-time MPSF Coach of the Year. Twenty-two of his players earned 38 All-American first team accolades, and overall, 45 players were named All-Americans a total of 75 times. Six different Waves would earn either AVCA or Volleyball Magazine National Player of the Year honors.
 
He has also had a long, successful tenure with USA Volleyball. During his run as head coach of the USA men in the 1980s, the Americans went 197-31 (.864) and won gold at the 1988 Olympics, 1987 Pan American Games, 1986 World Championships and 1985 World Cup.
 
Since then, Dunphy has been either an assistant coach, consultant coach or scouting coach at seven more Olympics for either the U.S. men or women. Four of those teams medaled (two gold, one silver and one bronze).
 
Eleven of his Pepperdine athletes would play in the Olympics, with six of them winning gold medals.
 
Dunphy graduated from Pepperdine in 1974 with a degree in kinesiology and was a middle blocker for the Waves during the sport's formative years at the intercollegiate level. He served as an assistant coach before being promoted to head coach in 1977.
 
His career honors include the Southern California Indoor Volleyball Hall of Fame (2017), the U.S. Olympic Achievement Award (2011), Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame (2010), AVCA Hall of Fame (2009), FIVB All-Time Great Coaches Award (1999) and International Volleyball Hall of Fame (1994).