2024 Season

[SiouxFan100]

Needing a 3-0 win we lose 3-0 to kc.

attendance was nonexistent 

extremely low chance of just making the conference tournament 

[SiouxFan100]

But it seems not a lot of folks care

sad

[SiouxFan100]

mber	League	Overall
South Dakota State	13-1	24-1
Omaha	12-2	14-11
South Dakota	10-3	18-6
St. Thomas	8-6	16-10
North Dakota State	6-8	10-13
Denver	6-9	11-14
Kansas City	4-10	6-19
North Dakota	2-12	9-16
Oral Roberts	2-12	4-23

[gfhockey]

The ad don’t care why should we

[SiouxFan100]

Lose in three to sdsu. 1st game went extra. One game left vs ndsu

[fightingsioux4life]

On 11/14/2024 at 8:44 PM, SiouxFan100 said:

But it seems not a lot of folks care

sad

Apathy.

It's what happens when the AD keeps rewarding mediocrity.

[loyalundfan]

2 hours ago, HoopsFan03 said:

What is the head coaches annual salary? 

From the Herald:

The contract for new UND volleyball coach Jesse Tupac, who the school named as head coach Dec. 21, is a four-year deal starting at a base salary of $93,635.

The base salary grows annually, eventually reaching $102,500 in the fourth season.

The Tupac contract has 16 different incentives, including $1,000 for conference regular season championship and $2,000 for conference tournament championship. A conference coach of the year honor would also net $2,000.

The contract also has academic bonuses included, such as $2,000 for a semester cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or better, as well as $2,000 for a team single-year Academic Progress Rate of 985 or better.

[loyalundfan]

5 minutes ago, loyalundfan said:

From the Herald:

The contract for new UND volleyball coach Jesse Tupac, who the school named as head coach Dec. 21, is a four-year deal starting at a base salary of $93,635.

The base salary grows annually, eventually reaching $102,500 in the fourth season.

The Tupac contract has 16 different incentives, including $1,000 for conference regular season championship and $2,000 for conference tournament championship. A conference coach of the year honor would also net $2,000.

The contract also has academic bonuses included, such as $2,000 for a semester cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or better, as well as $2,000 for a team single-year Academic Progress Rate of 985 or better.

Plus you have to add wife’s salary: from open payroll:

University of North Dakota (UND) records show Kristen Hahn Tupac held one job between 2023 and 2024. One of the most recent records in 2024 lists a job of Asst Coach - Volleyball and a pay of $45,260. 

[gfhockey]

Name one good chaves hire

[Dustin]

I still think Tupac is a step above the later years of Pryor when one eye was out the door, and incredibly better than Tiffin. They’ve been in most sets this year. You have remember how low the program sank after the glory years. But I wouldn’t give Tupac a lifetime contract, or even an extension. The W-L record must be better next year or the leash is getting short. 

[NewUndFan]

On 11/17/2024 at 12:02 AM, Dustin said:

I still think Tupac is a step above the later years of Pryor when one eye was out the door, and incredibly better than Tiffin. They’ve been in most sets this year. You have remember how low the program sank after the glory years. But I wouldn’t give Tupac a lifetime contract, or even an extension. The W-L record must be better next year or the leash is getting short. 

I would agree as well.  They were doing well before conference started and their best freshman got hurt with a season ending injury.  Not that she would have made up for all these losses.  i think she would have been in the running for freshman of the year.  Looks like he has a really good recruiting class coming in for 2025.  I hope that we give them another year or two to see what they can do.  100% improvement over Tiffin.  

[iramurphy]

The 6 recruits just signed appear to be a talented group. 

[SiouxFan100]

Let’s go out on a high note and beat the bisons!

[SiouxFan100]

Lose 3-1 to the bison. Good close match. Season is over

[SiouxFan100]

We finish 2 - 14 in The Summit League 

[forksandspoons]

On 11/19/2024 at 11:16 PM, SiouxFan100 said:

We finish 2 - 14 in The Summit League 

Where is Chaves?? This program used to be one of the best on campus and the best in the Dakotas…

[fightingsioux4life]

On 11/19/2024 at 11:16 PM, SiouxFan100 said:

We finish 2 - 14 in The Summit League 

Definitely not "turning the corner".

[forksandspoons]

UND volleyball in the five years prior to Chaves: 

125-51

UND volleyball since Chaves started:

57-138

 

What happened??

[jdub27]

2 minutes ago, forksandspoons said:

UND volleyball in the five years prior to Chaves: 

125-51

UND volleyball since Chaves started:

57-138

 

What happened??

Hardee getting himself in trouble was pretty much where it all started.
Pryor rode what Hardee had built for a bit and ended up running it into the ground as he was trying to figure out how to get back to Texas.
Tiffin couldn't turn around the mess he inherited.

I do think the new staff has the connections and ability to get them back to where they were. Injuries were part of the problem this year but the depth still isn't where it needs to be.
 

[forksandspoons]

15 minutes ago, jdub27 said:

Hardee getting himself in trouble was pretty much where it all started.
Pryor rode what Hardee had built for a bit and ended up running it into the ground as he was trying to figure out how to get back to Texas.
Tiffin couldn't turn around the mess he inherited.

I do think the new staff has the connections and ability to get them back to where they were. Injuries were part of the problem this year but the depth still isn't where it needs to be.
 

Hardee has not been the coach since 2013. That is plenty of time to turn things around to at least be competitive in the league 

[SIOUXFAN97]

45 minutes ago, forksandspoons said:

UND volleyball in the five years prior to Chaves: 

125-51

UND volleyball since Chaves started:

57-138

 

What happened??

those numbers are chilling....good research forks.

[jdub27]

25 minutes ago, forksandspoons said:

Hardee has not been the coach since 2013. That is plenty of time to turn things around to at least be competitive in the league 

Agreed, but he was the one who built the program into what it was. The next coach carried that for a bit but always seemed to be on the way out and let it fall into the mess it was. Seems like he knew the cupboard was bare when he finally moved back to Texas to coach a DIII team. Previous coach got more time than he probably should have but Covid probably kept him here an extra year before he was let go.

[SIOUXFAN97]

1 hour ago, forksandspoons said:

UND volleyball in the five years prior to Chaves: 

125-51

UND volleyball since Chaves started:

57-138

 

What happened??

too lazy  to do it........but what are the records of all of chaves hires....probably goes from chilling to absolutely stone cold......

[loyalundfan]

On 11/21/2024 at 11:08 AM, jdub27 said:

Agreed, but he was the one who built the program into what it was. The next coach carried that for a bit but always seemed to be on the way out and let it fall into the mess it was. Seems like he knew the cupboard was bare when he finally moved back to Texas to coach a DIII team. Previous coach got more time than he probably should have but Covid probably kept him here an extra year before he was let go.

This is the way of mid major programs. Get a good hire, they recruit well, have success and usually move on (normally to bigger programs, but not in our case….). Then new coaches, program slumps for a while until either they build it back up or another good coach is hired. Move their way to the top then move on again, repeat. 
 

look at the Dakota schools over the last 15-20 years. SDSU top of the summit 2005-2007, then NDSU 2009-2011, while UND and USD were transitioning. Then UND and USD get good coaches and the other two coaches leave. Then UND USD good 2013-2017 while the other two slump. Now it’s reversed again with SDSU on top. 
 

Tupacs will figure it out or not but at some point the pendulum swings back our way (hopefully sooner rather than later)

[SiouxFan100]

For some reason I always thought that Tupac would turn the program around. The results don’t show it which surprises me. He glazes over the losses  at press conferences - doesn’t seem to acknowledge we just lost another game. Talks about individual accomplishments not team accomplishments. He sure know statistics.

He seems to know what he doing. Idk - something doesn’t work. Hopefully he is bringing in better players and the wins start happening. I enjoy UND volleyball and would enjoy more if we win more.