COACH Dyba, Wally

Wally Dyba

Wally Dyba has had quite a run as head coach of the men’s volleyball program as he heads into his 41st year at York University.
 
During his time with the Lions, Dyba has directed his teams to nine CIS championship berths, 36 OUA playoff appearances and a total of seven OUA championships. He has been named as the OUA and/or OUA East coach of the year six times. His teams have won 381 regular-season matches, the most career wins of any men’s volleyball coach in the OUA.
 
Dyba has been involved with volleyball at several levels. He has coached numerous age groups and teams to provincial and national medals. A former provincial team coach, he has served as a guest coach with the Canadian national team on several occasions. Dyba was selected as head coach of the Canadian World University Games men’s beach volleyball teams in 2004.
 
The last tenured professor in York’s School of Kinesiology & Health Science that also coaches a varsity team, Dyba has a master’s degree in physical education from the University of Western Ontario and has authored the book Incredible Volleyball.