Since then, the teams have won a combined 9 NCAA national championships (women's: 7; men's: 2).
Tait began building the Penn State women's volleyball program in the early 1970s, elevating them from club to varsity status.
Tait officially elevated the men's team from club status to an NCAA Division I Program in 1977.
Tait also coached the men's United States national volleyball teams in 1984 and 1988.
[1] Tait retired from teaching at Penn State in 1996, and was a Distinguished Service Professor of Exercise Science and Coaching at Brevard College from 1996 through 2006.