Volleyball: Kiwi named coach of year

New Zealander Hugh McCutcheon has been named coach of the year by the United States Olympic Committee. McCutcheon, formerly from Christchurch, guided the US men's volleyball team to an 8-0 record en route to winning the Olympic gold medal in Beijing last year. Early in the Games programme, his father-in-law was stabbed to death in the Chinese capital. Last December he became head coach of the US national women's team.