Arizona Volleyball head coach Dave Rubio is entering his 30th season with the Wildcats. During his tenure, Rubio has turned the Wildcats into a program that not only contends in the dominant Pac-12 Conference, but on a national level as well.
 
In his time in Tucson, Rubio has led the Wildcats to 20 NCAA Tournament appearances, which has included a trip to the Final Four, four Elite Eight appearances and eight trips to the Sweet 16, including a regional semifinal run in 2016.
 
Rubio has guided the Wildcats to eight NCAA Tournaments the last 12 years, UA's best streak since going to 10 straight from 1996-2005, a 10-year period when the Wildcats finished in the top half of the Pac-10 nine times.
 
Rubio has cemented himself as a legend in Arizona Athletics, having been named Coach of the Year three times and being the 14th winningest coach in Division I Volleyball with 659 wins. In 2018, Rubio became the second coach in Pac-10/12 history to win 500 career matches. Currently, he leads all active Pac-12 coaches with 537 victories.
 
During his tenure, he has recruited and coached four first-team All-Americans, including Arizona's first ever consensus two-time honoree Dana Burkholder, an AVCA Freshman of the Year, an AVCA Pacific South Region Freshman of the Year, a Pac-10 Player of the Year, a Pac-12 Setter of the Year, two Pac-10/12 Freshman of the Year honorees, 33 All-Pac-10/12 performers, 14 All-Pac-10/12 freshman players and 68 academic all-conference athletes. Wildcat athletes have also earned 46 Pac-10/12 Player of the Week honors under his guide.  

Most recently, Rubio coached Sofia Maldonado Diaz to AVCA Pacific South Freshman of the Year and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors during the 2020-21 season.
 
See below for a full timeline of Coach Rubio's 30-year career at Arizona.

Timeline of Dave Rubio's 30 Years at Arizona

August 1992	- Dave Rubio hired as Head Coach of Arizona Volleyball
September 4, 1992	- Rubio earned his first win at Arizona vs. #20 Pepperdine
1993	- Arizona Volleyball made the Sweet 16 for the first time in program history - Rubio was named AVCA West Region Coach of the Year
1994	- Sweet 16
1996	- NCAA Tournament - Second Round
November 16, 1997	- Rubio's 100th career win (at Oregon State)
1997	- NCAA Tournament - First Round
1998	- NCAA Tournament - Second Round
1999	- Sweet 16
2000	- Pac-10 Champions - Elite 8 - Rubio named Pac-10 Coach of the Year - Dana Burkholder named first team All-American and Pac-10 Player of the Year
2001	- Final 4 - Rubio named ASICS/Volleyball Magazine Coach of the Year - Dana Burkholder and Jill Talbot named first team All-American
September 6, 2002	- Rubio's 200th win (vs. New Mexico)
2002	- Elite 8 - Kim Glass named AVCA National Freshman of the Year and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
2003	- NCAA Tournament - First Round
2004	- NCAA Tournament - Second Round
2005	- Elite 8 - Kim Glass named first team All-American
September 14, 2007	- Rubio's 300th win (vs. UC Irvine)
2009	- NCAA Tournament - First Round
2010	- NCAA Tournament - First Round
2011	- NCAA Tournament - First Round
September 7, 2013	- Rubio's 400th win (vs. Utah Valley)
2013	- NCAA Tournament - Second Round
2014	- NCAA Tournament - Second Round
2015	- NCAA Tournament - First Round
2016	- Sweet 16 - Penina Snuka named Pac-12 Setter of the Year
September 14, 2018	- Rubio's 500th win (vs. New Mexico State)
2018	- NCAA Tournament - First Round
2021	- Sofia Maldonado Diaz named AVCA Pacific South Freshman of the Year and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year