Men's Volleyball
- Title:
- Head Coach (8th season)
- Email:
- ryan.perrotte@pfw.edu
- Phone:
- (260) 481-4192
Ryan "Rock" Perrotte was named the head coach of the Purdue Fort Wayne men's volleyball program in 2016 after spending 13 seasons as an assistant coach under Hall of Fame head coach Arnie Ball.
Perrotte received a master's degree in professional communications from Purdue Fort Wayne and a bachelor's degree in business accounting from IU Fort Wayne. Rock has been a sports broadcaster since 1999 for the ESPN Radio, Purdue Fort Wayne Athletics broadcasts, and College Access Channel, providing outstanding play-by-play and insightful color commentary.
A proud native of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Perrotte came to Purdue Fort Wayne in the fall of 1995 and was a four-year starter at middle blocker for the Mastodons. He was a member of the 1999 MIVA championship team that earned a berth to the national semifinal.
Perrotte resides in Fort Wayne.
• AVCA All-America First Team (1): Matt Zbyszewski (2004)
• AVCA All-America Second Team (3): Jeff Ptak (2003), C.J. Macias (2006, 2007)
• AVCA All-America Honorable Mention (9): Andrew Sellan (2014), Luis Bertran (2016), Pelegrin Vargas (2018, 2019, 2020), Troy Gooch (2022), Jon Diedrich (2022, 2024), Mark Frazier (2024)
• AVCA National Player of the Week (6): Josh Stewart (5/2/2006), C.J. Macias (1/16/2007), Tony Price (3/13/2018), Michael Keegan (1/8/2019), Pelegrin Vargas (2/2/2019, 1/21/2020)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2): Bryce Walker (2022-23), Wilmer Hernandez (2022-23)
• MIVA Player of the Year (2): Jeff Ptak (2003), Matt Zbyszewski (2004)
• MIVA All-Tournament Team (8): Matt Zbyszewski (2005), Colin Lundeen (2006, 2007), C.J. Macias (2006, 2007), Brock Ullrich (2006, 2007), Colton Stone (2019), Zach Solomon (2022), Kade Bontrager (2022)
• All-MIVA First Team (27): Serdar Sikça (2004, 2005, 2006), Matt Zbyszewski (2005), C.J. Macias (2006, 2007, 2008), Colin Lundeen (2007), Josh Stewart (2007), Jason Yhost (2008), Darryl Shank (2010, 2011), Ivan Matos (2012), Eddie Rivera (2013), Andrew Sellan (2014, 2016), Luis Bertran (2016), Pelegrin Vargas (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021), Troy Gooch (2021, 2022), Jon Diedrich (2022, 2023, 2024), Bryce Walker (2023), Mark Frazier (2024)
• All-MIVA Second Team (26): Angel Ruiz (2002), Matt Zbyszewski (2003), Dennis Santiago (2004), Colin Lundeen(2006), Brock Ullrich (2007), Josh Stewart (2008), Darryl Shank (2009), Ben Duckworth (2009), Oliver Kook (2010), Corey Frain (2011), Eddie Rivera (2011, 2012, 2014), Omar Rivera (2014, 2015), Andrew Sellan (2015), Alex Harthaller (2015), Luis Bertran (2015), Michael Keegan (2018), Tomas Gago (2018, 2020), Richie Diedrich (2019, 2020), Vicente Ibarra (2021), Bryce Walker (2022), Rico Wardlow (2022)
• All-MIVA Honorable Mention (2): Alex Harthaller (2016), Pelegrin Vargas (2017)
• MIVA Freshman of the Year (1): Matt Pliske (2006)
• MIVA All-Freshman Team (2): Pelegrin Vargas (2017), Tomas Gago (2018)
• MIVA Player of the Week (19): Arcangel Ruiz (3/18/2002), Jeff Ptak (3/24/2003), Matt Zbyszewski (1/20/2004, 3/2/2004, 3/30/2004, 4/20/2004, 2/7/2005, 4/4/2005), Josh Stewart (5/2/2006), C.J. Macias (2/7/2006, 2/21/2006, 1/16/2007), Vitor Oliveira (2/20/2007), Colin Lundenn (4/30/2007), Dan Meske (2/27/2007), Jason Yhost (1/22/2008, 4/7/2008), Darryl Shank (2/17/2009), Ben Duckworth (4/13/2009)
• MIVA Offensive Player of the Week (28): Darryl Shank (2/15/2010, 3/8/2010, 1/18/2011, 1/31/2011), Ivan Matos (2/6/2012), Eddie Rivera (1/13/2014), Bryan Saunders (2/18/2014), Andy Sellan (4/8/2014, 1/20/2015), Omar Rivera (1/27/2015), Alex Harthaller (4/7/2015), Nick Smalter (3/21/2017), Tony Price (3/13/2018), Michael Keegan (1/8/2019), Colton Stone (1/29/2019), Pelegrin Vargas (2/26/2019, 4/2/2019, 1/21/2020, 1/28/2020, 3/10/2020), Jon Diedrich (1/14/2020, 3/23/2021, 4/5/2022, 1/24/2023, 2/6/2024, 3/19/2024, 3/26/2024), Andrej Polomac (1/9/2024)
• MIVA Defensive Player of the Week (24): Shaun Dryden (2/8/2010, 2/15/2010), Corey Frain (3/7/2011), Darryl Shank (3/28/2011), Luis Bertran (2/10/2015, 2/2/2016), Scott McNerney (1/31/2017), Michael Keegan (1/16/2018, 2/6/2018), Tomas Gago (1/23/2018), Kolbie Knorr (1/8/2019), Richie Diedrich (1/15/2019, 3/12/2019), Pelegrin Vargas (3/5/2019, 3/19/2019), Troy Gooch (2/16/2021, 1/11/2022, 2/15/2022), Zach Solomon (3/1/2022), Emmanuel Jurineack (1/10/2023), Noah Melendez (2/7/2023), Mark Frazier (2/28/2023), Sergio Carrillo (4/4/2023), Wilmer Hernandez (2/27/2024)
• Academic All-MIVA (194): Nick Belman (2005), Mike Daiga (2005, 2006), Jason Hemphill (2005, 2006), Steve Rogers (2005, 2006, 2008), Josh Stewart (2005, 2006, 2008), Brock Ullrich (2005, 2006, 2008), Matt Zbyszewski (2005), Colin Lundeen (2006), C.J. Macias (2006), Serdar Sikça (2006), Corey Stewart (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010), Graydon Ainsworth (2008), Nathaniel Berg (2008, 2009), Oliver Kook (2008, 2009, 2010), Matt Pliske (2008, 2009), Darryl Shank (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), Garrett Bitter (2009, 2011), Patrick Blubaugh (2009), Chris Brigson (2009, 2010), Eric Hardek (2009), Ivan Matos (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), Corey Frain (2010), JW Kieckhefer (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014), Jonathan Meyer (2010, 2011, 2012), Patrick Pinto (2010, 2011, 2012), Robert Samp (2010, 2011, 2013), Elon Fyfield (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014), Kevin Villela (2011, 2013, 2014), Jordan Armstrong (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015), Grant Cornay (2012, 2013), Tyler Golsteyn (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), Adam Quinn (2012), Andrew Sellan (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), Luis Bertran (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), Scott McNerney (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), Nick Smalter (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), Albert Klimek (2014), Gabriel Quinones (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), Ramon Burgos (2015), Alex Harthaller (2015, 2016), Edward Keesecker (2015), Brett Stetson (2015), Jeremy Swartz (2015), Alex Dickmann (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), Kyle Fitzgerald (2016, 2017), David Frazee (2016), Max Hansen (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), Michael Keegan (2016, 2018, 2019), Graydon Schroeder (2016), Colton Stone (2016, 2017, 2018), Jaysen Zaleski (2016, 2017), Austin Neace (2017, 2018), Pelegrin Vargas (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021), Matt Zeske (2017), Kade Bontrager (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022), Richie Diedrich (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021), Austin Gerwig (2018), Kolbie Knorr (2018, 2019), Tomas Gago (2019), Troy Gooch (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022), Jacob Mailloux (2019, 2020, 2022), Tony Price (2019), Shawn Trznadel (2019), Jon Diedrich (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024), Frederico Santos (2020, 2021), Mason Gamero (2020), Mitch Geiger (2020, 2021, 2022), Wilmer Hernandez (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024), Bryce Walker (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024), Rico Wardlow (2021, 2022), Axel Melendez Watts (2022), Davey Singer (2022, 2023, 2024), Emmanuel Jurineack (2023, 2024), Cal Krohn (2023), Noah Melendez (2023), Casey Lyons (2024), Andrew Mayer (2024), Logan Muir (2024), Raul Papaleo Jr. (2024), Peter Soczewka (2024)
• Off the Block Freshman All-American (1): Zach Solomon (2022)
As Head Coach (2016-present)
• Beat No. 3 UC Irvine 3-2 on the road in 2018
• Swept No. 14 Concordia Irvine on the road in 2018
• Beat No. 12 Ball State 3-0 twice in 2019, which was the first time sweeping the Cardinals twice in a season in program history
• Hosted the first round of the MIVA Tournament in 2019 after earning the No. 3 seed
• Advanced to the MIVA Tournament semifinal in 2019 after beating Lindenwood 3-0 in the quarterfinal
• Led his team to the MIVA Tournament final in 2022, upsetting No. 2 Loyola Chicago in the semifinal
As Assistant Coach (2002-04, 2006-15)
• Two NCAA Tournament berths (2006, 2007)
• Two MIVA Tournament championships (2006, 2007)
• Beat No. 8 Ball State 3-1 in 2006
• Beat No. 8 Loyola 3-1 in 2006
• Swept No. 8 Penn State in 2006
• Beat No. 1 Pepperdine 3-1 in 2007 NCAA Tournament
• Swept No. 6 Ohio State in 2007
• Beat No. 11 Lewis 3-2 in 2011
• Beat No. 8 Ohio State 3-2 in 2013
• Play-by-play and color commentator for Purdue Fort Wayne women's volleyball matches (1999-present)
• All-America Selection at the 2006 U.S. Adult Open Championships
• Gold medal winner at the 2019 U.S. Open Adult National Championships (40 and over)
• Head coach for 2019 Team USA in the World University Games in Napoli, Italy
• Coached players from Stanford, Penn State, Loyola, UCLA, Princeton, Long Beach State, Concorida Irvine, Lewis and Ohio State in World University Games
• Coach of USA Volleyball High Performance A3, A2, and A1 summer camps (2012-present)
• Played for the Mastodons from 1996-1999
• All-MIVA Second Team in 1999
• Earned a berth to the NCAA Tournament in 1999
• 23-4 record as a senior in 1999
• Defeated No. 7 Lewis 3-2 and No. 5 Ohio State 3-0 en route to a MIVA Tournament championship in 1999
• Led the Mastodons to an AVCA Top-15 Coaches Poll ranking as high as No. 3 in 1999
• Recorded a triple-double vs. USC (10 kills, 17 digs, 10 blocks) on March 20, 1999
• Averaged 1.97 kills per set, 1.68 digs per set, and 1.37 blocks per set in his career
• Had a .352 career hitting percentage, which ranks in the top 10 in program history
• Notched 467 total blocks, which ranks seventh in program history
| Year | School | Position | Overall Record | Conference Record | Conference |
| 2002 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Assistant Coach | 8-16 | 6-10 | MIVA |
| 2003 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Assistant Coach | 15-10 | 10-6 | MIVA |
| 2004 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Assistant Coach | 14-11 | 12-4 | MIVA |
| 2006 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Assistant Coach | 23-7 | 11-3* | MIVA |
| 2007 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Assistant Coach | 23-8 | 9-3* | MIVA |
| 2008 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Assistant Coach | 12-15 | 5-7 | MIVA |
| 2009 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Assistant Coach | 12-15 | 3-7 | MIVA |
| 2010 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Assistant Coach | 12-17 | 4-8 | MIVA |
| 2011 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Assistant Coach | 16-12 | 5-7 | MIVA |
| 2012 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Assistant Coach | 13-15 | 5-7 | MIVA |
| 2013 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Assistant Coach | 13-13 | 5-9 | MIVA |
| 2014 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Assistant Coach | 21-7 | 9-5 | MIVA |
| 2015 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Assistant Coach | 18-12 | 8-8 | MIVA |
| 2016 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Head Coach | 10-19 | 3-13 | MIVA |
| 2017 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Head Coach | 5-23 | 2-14 | MIVA |
| 2018 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Head Coach | 18-11 | 6-8 | MIVA |
| 2019 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Head Coach | 17-12 | 8-6 | MIVA |
| 2020 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Head Coach | 10-7 | 3-5 | MIVA |
| 2021 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Head Coach | 6-9 | 6-8 | MIVA |
| 2022 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Head Coach | 17-13 | 6-8 | MIVA |
| 2023 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Head Coach | 16-13 | 7-7 | MIVA |
| 2024 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Head Coach | 14-12 | 8-8 | MIVA |
| Totals | 313-346 (.475) | 141-162 (.465) | *Tournament champion | ||
| Totals as Head Coach | 113-119 (.487) | 49-77 (.389) | |||
