Volleyball - Coaches

Russell Borgeaud - Head Coach

Russell Borgeaud
Russell Borgeaud was appointed as the Head Coach for the AIS/VTAM program in 2005. Russell was previously Assistant Coach of AIS/VTAM from 2002 - 2004, including the 2002 World Championships and the 2004 Olmypics. Before his appointment at the AIS, he was Head Coach of the Queensland Academy of Sport from 1994-2002. Russell also helped coach the National Junior Men's Team from 1995-1998. Russell is a former player who played 153 matches for Australia (1981 - 1991), captaining the team on 34 occasions.

Andrew Strugnell - Assistant Coach

Andrew Strugnell
Andrew Strugnell is the Assistant Coach of the program since 2005. Andrew has been involved in the AIS/VTAM program since 1992 and in that time has coached hundreds of Youth and Junior internationals, as well as filling the roles, at various times, of VTAM assistant coach, Manager, trainer and/or statistician in over 13 years. He has recently been coaching in Sweden with professional club, Team Valla.

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Australia is one of only two nations to have competed in every modern Summer Olympic Games.

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700 athlete scholarships are offered annually at the AIS.
263 current and former AIS athletes competed at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
142 Olympic medals have been won by athletes from the AIS since its establishment.
40 thousand kilometres were swum by Petria Thomas while at the AIS.
1 million people visit the AIS each year.
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