[1] He is credited with transforming the United States women's national volleyball team into a powerhouse in the 1980s.

[1] Due to his athleticism and jumping ability, Selinger was on the Israel men's national volleyball team from 1954 to 1963.

[1] Selinger served as the head coach of the United States women's national volleyball team from 1975 to 1984, a team that would go on to win the bronze medal in the 1982 FIVB World Championship in Peru[3] and the silver medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

[5] Selinger also won the silver medal as coach for the Netherlands men's volleyball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

[7] Selinger was born in Poland, and during World War II was in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp from 1942 to 1945 before being liberated by Allied forces.