Pac-12 | Breaking down Jim McLaughlin’s 300 Washington volleyball wins

In 12+ seasons, Washington’s winningest coach has the edge on most opponents

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Washington coach Jim McLaughlin
-photo by Shutter Geeks Photography

When third-ranked Washington swept Loyola-Chicago Sunday, it was coach Jim McLaughlin’s 300^th victory at the school. We thought we’d break down that impressive milestone.

His very first weekend coaching Washington, back in 2001, the Huskies lost their first and third matches, to BYU and Texas, with a win against Purdue sandwiched between.

• Since that weekend, Washington has lost only three more nonconference matches in 13 seasons, twice to Hawai’i (both times in Hawai’i, 3-1 in 2002 and 3-2 in 2008), and once more to Texas (3-2 in 2006). The 3-2 Texas loss was 15-13 in the fifth set; the 3-2 loss to Hawai’i was 16-14 in the fifth set.
• The current nonconference win streak is 46 in a row, and counting.
• BYU and Texas are the only teams Washington has played under McLaughlin without a win. UW is 0-2 under McLaughlin against both. The 3-2 loss to BYU in the 2007 Tournament was—you guessed it—15-13 in the fifth set.

Only three other schools have winning records against McLaughlin at Washington: his teams are 10-14 against USC, 9-18 against Stanford and 1-2 against Minnesota. UW is 2-2 against Nebraska.

• Under McLaughlin, UW is 1-2 against Stanford in the NCAA Tournament, and has not faced USC in postseason.
• Four of the losses to Stanford—and six defeats at the hands of USC—were by 3-2 margins.
• Other than Minnesota and Nebraska, Washington under McLaughlin is 10-0 against teams currently in the Big Ten.

McLaughlin’s most success has come against Oregon State, with 22 wins, followed closely by Oregon, Arizona State and Washington State, with 20 wins each.

• McLaughlin’s Washington teams have never lost to a non-Pac-12/Pac-10 team from the Northwest.

JIM McLAUGHLIN’S LANDMARK VICTORIES AT WASHINGTON

1	09.01.01	3-1	Purdue	Seattle
100	10.22.05	3-0	Oregon State	Corvallis
200	08.29.09	3-0	San Diego State	Seattle
300	09.15.13	3-0	Loyola-Chicago	Chicago

JIM McLAUGHLIN’S WIN-LOSS RECORD AT WASHINGTON (2001-2013)

W	L
118	5	nonconference
153	69	Pac-12/Pac-10
25	7	NCAA Tournament
300	81

JIM McLAUGHLIN’S RECORD: PAC-12/PAC-10

W	L
22	2	Oregon St
20	3	Arizona St
20	4	Oregon
20	4	Washington St
18	5	Arizona
15	10	UCLA
13	12	California
10	14	USC
9	18	Stanford
6	0	Utah
5	0	Colorado

JIM McLAUGHLIN’S RECORD: WEST COAST RIVALS

W	L
8	0	Boise St
8	0	Gonzaga
8	0	Portland St
5	0	Seattle U
4	0	Portland
3	1	Colorado St
3	0	Fresno St
3	0	Idaho
3	0	Long Beach St
2	0	St. Mary’s
1	0	San Diego
1	0	Santa Clara
0	2	BYU

JIM McLAUGHLIN’S RECORD: BIG TEN OPPONENTS

W	L
3	0	Purdue
2	0	Wisconsin
2	2	*Nebraska
1	0	Penn St
1	0	Illinois
1	0	Michigan
1	0	Michigan St
1	0	Northwestern
1	2	Minnesota

*includes two matches against Nebraska when it was in the Big 12

JIM McLAUGHLIN’S RECORD: SELECT NATIONAL POWERS

W	L
4	3	Hawai’i
2	0	Ohio
1	0	Florida
1	0	Florida St
1	0	Kansas
1	0	Tennessee
0	2	Texas

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Photos courtesy Shutter Geeks Photography