Jozsef Forman
	Last College: Hungarian University of Physical Education Position: Head Volleyball Coach

Jozsef Forman enters his first season as the head volleyball coach at Coastal Carolina University.

Prior to being named the head volleyball coach of Coastal Carolina, Forman served as the associate head coach of Auburn University. The Tigers finished the 2010 season ranked 42nd in the RPI after putting together one of the best seasons in program history. Auburn recorded a program-best 21 wins, finishing the season with a 21-13 overall record and reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time. The Tigers also posted a season-best 11 Southeastern Conference wins. Forman was named Auburn's interim head coach in the spring of 2011 before remaining on the staff under new head coach Rick Nold.

Forman was the head volleyball coach at the University of New Orleans for three seasons (2008-10) before moving to Auburn, Ala. The University of New Orleans posted a 58-39 record during that time and recorded a season-best 13 Sun Belt Conference wins during the 2008 season, finishing 22-10 overall and 13-5 in league play. During the 2009 season, the University of New Orleans volleyball team earned its first ever Sun Belt West Division Championship, after compiling a 12-6 conference record and a 20-13 overall record. The Privateers earned a GPA above 3.0 each of the three years that Forman was head coach.

While at the University of New Orleans, Forman had the opportunity to be the assistant coach of the USA/Bring it Promotions u20 Development Team in 2008 which played in the European Global Games in Pula, Croatia and Italy.

Before being named the head coach of the University of New Orleans Forman served as the first assistant volleyball coach from 2004-07 at Mississippi State University. The Bulldogs set a school record for conference wins each of the three years, winning eight during the 2006 season, while accumulating a 17-13 overall record. In 2007, the Bulldogs tallied the best overall team GPA ever recorded for Mississippi State women's volleyball with a 3.48.

During the summer of 2005, Forman returned to his native Hungary to serve as associate head coach of the Hungarian men's national team that defeated Serbia-Montenegro, the runners-up in the 2005 World League Championships.

Forman began his collegiate coaching career in the United States when he served as the first assistant volleyball coach at Baylor University during the 2003 season.

In 1999, Forman established the NRK-Nyiregyhaza Club, that became middle Europe's top women's volleyball club. The club won the Hungarian Championship three straight years (2000, 2001 and 2002) and the Middle European Champions League (MEVZA) title in 2000. He led the team to an overall record of 176-13 for a winning percentage of .931. During his tenure as a club coach from 1990-00, he guided teams to elite eight finishes in the European professional CEV Champions League in 1990 and 1994, as well as CEV Cup League in 1991 and 1999.

Forman started his coaching career as the head coach of the Vasas Sports Club, which made it to the 1990 Hungarian Cup title and a fifth-place finish in the European CEV Champions League. The following year, while serving under the direction of famed Chinese champion coach Sun De Lee, the team captured the Hungarian Cup and posted another fifth-place finish in the European CEV Cup League.

In addition to his club experience, Forman has head coaching experience on the international level. He began coaching the Hungarian junior national team in 1993 before taking the head coaching position of the Hungarian women's national team for four years. The Hungarian junior national team finished 10th in the 1992 European Championship and went on to take 5th place in the World Championship held in Brazil in 1993. In 1997, while coaching the Hungarian women's national team, the Forman-led squad earned wins over Canada, Germany and the United Sates en route to a first-place finish at the 1997 Canada Cup.

Forman, as a player, was a setter for the Hungarian Junior championship team from 1979-83 and was the collegiate national champion of Hungary from 1984-89 at Semmelweis University.

He is a 1989 graduate of the Hungarian University of Physical Education where he also earned a master's degree in physical education and sports science from the institution.