Returning to his alma mater, the 2014 campaign marks Schwob's third season as an assistant coach of the Mason men's volleyball team.
Last season Schwob helped the Patriots post an overall record of 15-12 and 11-3 in the EIVA. The Patriots advanced to the EIVA Tournament for the 13th-consecutive season but exited early with a 3-2 loss to Harvard in the semifinals. Mark Jones was named the Uvaldo Acosta Memorial EIVA Co-Player of the Year, while five additional Patriots collected all-conference honors.
In 2013, Schwob helped lead the Patriots to an appearance in the finals of the EIVA Championship at Penn State University in addition to having three athletes named to the All-EIVA squad.
A native of Buffalo, Schwob was a four-year member of the volleyball team at George Mason and competed on the school's 1985 and 1988 NCAA Final Four teams. He earned All-East honors in each of his last two seasons at the school.
After graduating, Schwob went to the Naval Academy where he served as an assistant coach in the men's program, and was elevated to head coach two years later. Schwob guided the men's team to a 54-41 record during its remaining three seasons as a varsity sport before leading the squad to a pair of national top-10 rankings among club teams over the next two years.
He transitioned over to the Navy women's program as an assistant coach during the 1995 season before being named as head coach the next year. As the women's head coach, he led Navy to an overall record of 221-238 and earned Patriot League Coach of the Year Accolades in 1997.
Schwob holds a Bachelor's Degree from George Mason and a Master's Degree from Loyola (Md.). He and his wife, Susan, a former All-ACC volleyball player at Maryland, are the parents of four boys.
