Nataphon
Srisamutnak
 Former
national player Nataphon Srisamutnak took
on his first role of national coach for
Thailand's teams in 1995, just two years
after he retired as a player. That year he
guided the men's team to ninth place in the Asian Senior Men's Volleyball
Championship in Korea and to the gold medal
at the South East Asia Games in Thailand.
His
honors continued in 1997 with second place
in the South East Asia Senior Games,
Indonesia and 10th place in the Asian
Senior Men's Volleyball Championship,
Qatar. In 1998 his team registered a fifth
Place at the Asian Games, Thailand and
finished 20th at the World Championship in
Japan. One year later his team finished
second in the 1st AVC Cup Men's Club
Volleyball Tournament, Thailand.
1999 also signalled a change when
Srisamutnak started coaching women's
Volleyball. His first result included a
fourth place finish at the 8th Asian
Senior Women's Volleyball Championship,
Hong Kong.
In 2000, teams under his coaching were
fifth in the 2nd AVC Cup Women's Club
Volleyball Tournament, China and won the
gold medal at the South East Asia Senior
Women's Club Volleyball Tournament,
Vietnam. This was capped by another gold
medal in the South East Asia Games,
Malaysia in 2001.
Over that period of time
Srisamutnak has built a well drilled unit
who have began to play consistent Volleyball at
the top level. A 17th place finish at the 2002
World Championship was followed by a ninth place
finish at the 2003 World Grand Prix. In this
year's edition of the World Grand Prix they will
looking to make further steps in the right
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Thailand
28 July-01 Aug.