Daniel Altro enters his sixth season as head coach of the Pace
University women's volleyball team, posting a career 55-79 (.410)
mark. Altro is looking to build on the past success of the
program, with emphasis on recruiting to improve on last year's
13-15 overall record and 5-9 in the Northeast-10 Conference.
Coach Altro will look to get the Setters back on track to regain
their dominance of the NE-10 in 2009.
Coach Altro comes to Pace as the former head coach of Carmel (NY)
High School. During his tenure at Carmel, Coach Altro was
able to turn around a program that finished 2-22 the year before he
took control, to a team that finished 23-6 in his first
season. Prior to Carmel, Coach Altro was the associate head
coach for Western Connecticut State University. Through his
recruiting efforts, the Colonials achieved one ECAC and three NCAA
postseason playoff runs.
Coach Altro is currently the director for the Downstate Junior
Volleyball Club. Under his guidance, Downstate has produced
numerous NCAA Division I and II scholarship athletes. Several
of his former players have gone on to achieve all-American status
in college. In addition to these honors, several of his
players are currently playing professionally in Europe and Puerto
Rico.
Coach Altro guided his women's USA Volleyball GEVA Regional
championship team, "DAC Team Kaepa" to a 2nd place finish at the
2007 USA Volleyball 10th annual Women's AA championships.
Coach Altro has remained active with USA Volleyball and the New
York State Empire Games for the past 20 years and continues to play
volleyball every chance he can get. He currently resides in
Ossining, NY where he returned after proudly serving his country in
the United States Navy.
