Shibuya and Rasay have been fixtures on the Stanford sideline since 2007 and 2010, respectively. The pair helped guide the Cardinal to the 2010 national championship in front of a sold out crowd at Maples Pavilion and a national runner-up finish in 2014.
“I want to thank Ken and Daniel for their unwavering dedication to the growth of our young men,” said John Kosty, The Birkhofer Family Men’s Volleyball Head Coach. “I’m most thankful for their commitment and fortitude to our program during COVID and the cutting of our program. Their resolve helped guide us out of that turbulent time and to back-to-back MPSF Championship matches.”
Shibuya handled much of the scouting, game-planning and recruiting for the Cardinal, while Rasay had a hand in almost every logistical aspect of the program as well as his background in sports psychology.
In addition to the 2010 national title, the pair helped lead Stanford to back-to-back appearances in the MPSF final in 2022 and 2023 for the first time in program history.
During Shibuya’s tenure, the Cardinal earned 34 AVCA All-America honors and 59 All-MPSF selections. Additionally, he mentored AVCA National Player of the Year Kawika Shoji (2010), AVCA National Freshman of the Year Erik Shoji (2009), two MPSF Players of the Year in Brad Lawson (2010) and James Shaw (2016).
Shibuya’s collegiate coaching journey began during his undergraduate days. He was instrumental in starting Virginia’s first men’s club team, before assisting the Cavaliers’ women’s varsity from 1990-94.
Shibuya established himself as a head coach in the small-college ranks, first with the women’s team at Sweet Briar (Va.) College from 1994-95, where the team set a school mark for consecutive victories.
He then led the Christopher Newport women to their best success. The Newport News, Virginia, program had one 20-win season in 21 years until Shibuya led the Captains to three consecutive 20-win campaigns (1999-2001), capturing the 2001 Dixie Conference title with the school’s first undefeated conference season, and reaching the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time in school history. Twice during his four seasons, he was named conference coach of the year.
Shibuya next took over the men’s team at Juniata College (Huntingdon, Pa.) in 2002 and…
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