the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Kiraly coached the US women to a gold medal, becoming the second player to win gold medal as player and coach. The first person is Lang Ping from China. Personal life Kiraly resides in Heber City, Utah, with his wife Janna and two sons, Kristian and Kory. His father, Laszlo Kiraly, played for the Hungarian junior national volleyball team. Kiraly studied biochemistry in college, and considered pursuing a career in medicine after completing college. Kiraly babysat Misty May-Treanor when she was a youngster. On the same day Kiraly led the national team to their historic gold medal win at the 2020 Summer Olympics, he revealed that he was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2017 and had to have doctors remove part of his colon in order to fight the disease. Trying to keep the team in good working order, he did not want to make his team feel sad and decided not to share the news with them until he went into cancer remission in 2021. Publications Kiraly is the author of two books, Karch Kiraly's Championship Volleyball, co-authored with Jon Hastings, and published by Simon and Schuster in 1996, and Beach Volleyball, co-authored with Byron Shewman and published by Human Kinetics in 1999. Awards and honors College All American (1979, 1981, 1982) and silver medal (1980) NCAA Volleyball Tournament Most Outstanding Player (1981, 1982) UCLA Hall of Fame (inducted 1992) Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB: International Federation of Volleyball) FIVB Best Player in the World (1986, 1988) FIVB Best Player of the 20th Century American Volleyball Professionals (AVP Professional Beach Volleyball) AVP Best Offensive Player (1990, 1993, 1994) AVP Best Defensive Player (2002) AVP Comeback Player of the Year (1997) AVP Most Valuable Player (1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998) AVP Sportsman of the Year (1995, 1997, 1998) AVP Outstanding Achievement Award (2004) Other NORCECA Championship (1983, 1985) and silver medal (1981) Olympic Games (1984, 1988, 1996) MVP Olympic Games (1988) World Cup (1985) MVP World Cup (1985) World Championship (1986) Goodwill Games silver medal (1986) Pan American Games (1987) Italian Championship (1990/1991) Club World Cup (1991) MVP Club World Cup (1991) European Champions Cup (1991/1992) European Super Cup (1991) Volleyball Hall of Fame inducted 2001. American Volleyball Coaches Association AVCA Hall of Fame inducted 2005. College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-America Hall of Fame inducted 2009. U.S. Olympic Hall of