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Lindy Vivas was a former volleyball coach.

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Vivas served as the head coach of the Fresno State women's volleyball team from 1991 to 2004, becoming the school's all-time winningest coach in that sport in the process. Vivas today remains the winningest coach in Fresno State women's volleyball history with a 263-167 overall record and .612 overall winning percentage. In eight of her 14 seasons at Fresno State, her teams won more than 20 games, including 24 wins during the 1997 campaign. Six times, her teams finished in the top three of the Western Athletic Conference standings, and three times she was named the WAC Coach of the Year. Vivas lead Fresno State to the school's best single-season winning percentage of .767 during the 2002 season when the Bulldogs finished 23-7 overall. Three times under her leadership, Fresno State reached the NCAA Tournament (1991, 1998, 2002) and three times (1992, 1994, 1995) the Bulldogs reached the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC) in Kansas City, Mo. Three times under Vivas, the Bulldogs reached the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 national poll. On November 9, 2003, the Bulldogs' home match versus the University of Hawaii drew 4,708 fans—a new school record—shattering the previous mark of 1,982 fans versus UH on Nov. 23, 1996. That crowd of 4,708 remains the largest home crowd in Fresno State volleyball history through the 2008 season. On December 6, 2004, Vivas was fired from the Fresno State head coaching position amid Title IX problems. Vivas filed with the U.S. Department of Education Office over alleged gender based discrimination related to the firing and sued the university. Following a court trial, on July 9, 2007, a jury of her peers agreed unanimously with Vivas, and she was awarded $5.85 million for back pay and expenses. [3]

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