Aiu Dismissed After 12 Seasons as Coach
Six weeks after ending a season in which the volleyball team lost seven of its final eight matches, athletic director Mike Bohn fired head coach Pi鈥檌 Aiu (DistSt ex鈥89) on Jan. 12. Aiu served a dozen seasons as head coach and was the winningest coach in program history (199-154) but went 13-16 (7-13 in the Big 12) in 2008. The Buffs missed the NCAA tournament for the second straight year and just the third time in the last 18 seasons, although they did deal national semifinalist Nebraska one of its three losses in 2008. Aiu had been with the program in some capacity since its debut in 1986.
Bohn lauded Aiu鈥檚 service at CU but said, 鈥淎fter reviewing this season and the overall state of the volleyball program, we recognize that it鈥檚 time for a new direction and it is best for Pi鈥檌 to step down at this time.鈥