Scott Touzinsky

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| fullname = Scott Joseph Touzinsky

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|4|22}}

| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

| college = California State University, Long Beach

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| position = Outside hitter

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Scott Joseph Touzinsky (born April 22, 1982) is an American volleyball player and coach. He was a member of the U.S. national team 2007–2018. With the national team, Touzinsky played in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won a gold medal.

Personal life

Touzinsky was born in St. Louis to Charles and Anne Touzinsky, who are of Polish origin.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} He attended St. John Vianney High School in Kirkwood, Missouri, where he graduated in 2000.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} In 2006, Touzinsky married Angelique Vogel, a promotional spokesmodel.{{Cite news|url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/athletes/Scott-Touzinsky|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411014126/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/athletes/Scott-Touzinsky|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 11, 2015|title=Scott Touzinsky|work=Team USA|access-date=2018-02-15|language=en}}

College career

Touzinsky attended Long Beach State and finished his career as the single-season ace leader. In 2004, his senior season, he was an AVCA First Team All-American and became the all-time ace leader for Long Beach State. In January 2004, he became just the third player in NCAA Division I-II to score 40 or more kills in an all rally-scoring match when he posted 40 versus BYU. He led the 49'ers to the 2004 NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship match, where they finished as runners-up to BYU. In addition, he was the 2001 MPSF Freshman of the Year and was a Second Team All-American in 2003.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

Professional career

In 2004, he tore his anterior cruciate ligament and was told he might never play volleyball at a professional level again. After six months, he returned to volleyball and was playing with a professional team in Belgium.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=607/bio/index.html|title=Long Beach leader: NBC Olympics profile}} In January 2017, he announced his retirement from professional volleyball.{{Cite web |url=http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2017/January/18/Mens-Update-Touzinsky-Retires |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202050429/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2017/January/18/Mens-Update-Touzinsky-Retires |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |title=Men's Update: Touzinsky Retires |last=EVANS |first=B.J. HOEPTNER |date=January 18, 2017}}

College coaching

Touzinsky was a Long Beach State assistant coach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.the562.org/2019/05/01/volleyball-world-comes-to-long-beach-for-ncaa-finals/|title=Volleyball World Comes To Long Beach For NCAA Finals|first=Mike|last=Guardabascio|date=May 1, 2019}}

=Suspension=

He was suspended by USA Volleyball in July 2018 because of a pending investigation by the United States Center for SafeSport.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ocregister.com/scott-touzinsky-leaves-long-beach-state-volleyball-program-after-sexual-misconduct-probe|title=Scott Touzinsky leaves Long Beach State volleyball program after sexual misconduct probe|date=April 25, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-long-beach-hawaii-ncaa-volleyball-championship-20190503-story.html|title=Long Beach State vs. Hawaii will be a battle of volleyball titans for national title|date=May 4, 2019|website=Los Angeles Times}} Since the NCAA does not fall under SafeSport jurisdiction, Touzinsky was not prohibited from coaching in college.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2020/01/22/why-arent-college-coaches-subject-to-safesport-bans-for-sexual-misconduct|title=Why aren't college coaches subject to SafeSport bans for sexual misconduct?|date=January 22, 2020}} The complaint against Touzinsky related to when Touzinsky was a player on the U.S. National Team. Touzinsky left the program in April 2019 after it was revealed he was sanctioned by SafeSport following an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct.{{Cite web|url=https://www.presstelegram.com/hawaii-reviewing-mens-volleyball-coach-charlie-wades-sexual-misconduct-case|title=Hawaii reviewing men's volleyball coach Charlie Wade's sexual misconduct case|date=April 26, 2019}}