Dain Blanton serves as Head Coach for University of Southern California's Beach Volleyball program in Los Angeles. The USC source profile places this role in context by noting DAIN BLANTON —an Olympic gold-medalist and the 2024 AVCA National Coach of the Year—is in his sixth season (2024-25) as head coach of the USC beach volleyball program. Blanton has led the Women of Troy to NCAA championships in each of the last four seasons (2021, ’22, ’23, ’24) and made USC the first team ever to capture four straight titles in the sport and the first women’s program at USC to win four consecutive national crowns.
The same profile adds more background on Blanton's coaching path and competitive experience. He also guided the Trojans to two Pac-12 championships; the first in 2022 and a second in 2024, which was the final Pac-12 title awarded. Including the shortened 2020 season—his first as a collegiate head coach—Blanton holds a remarkable 142-20 (.877) overall record as USC’s head coach. Blanton was inducted into the USA Volleyball Hall of Fame as an All-Time Great Beach Athlete in 2024. For the ICDB record, that background gives readers a fuller picture of the experience Dain Blanton brings to the Beach Volleyball staff.
