Career

• 1972 Punahou Volleyball team
• 1979 UCLA Assistant Coach 1 season
• 1979 to 1980 San Jose Diablos, Professional Volleyball player
• 1980 to 1983 Texas A&M
  Texas A&M University
  Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...
  
   Aggies associate coach
• 1983 Texas Magic, Professional Volleyball player
• 1984 to 1987 Washington Huskies
  Washington Huskies
  Washington Huskies is the nickname of the University of Washington's athletic teams. The school is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference. The athletic program is made up of 9 men's sports and 10 women's sports Washington Huskies is the nickname of the University of Washington's athletic teams. The...
  
  , Head coach
• 1988 Executive Director/Commissioner of Major League Volleyball
• 1989 Bay Area Real Estate Agent
• 1990 San Jose State assistant coach
• 1991 to 2004 Fresno State Head Coach
• 1992 USA National "B" team. assistant coach

Vivas served as the head coach of the Fresno State women's volleyball team from 1991 to 2004, becoming the school's all-time winningest coach in that sport in the process. Vivas today remains the winningest coach in Fresno State women's volleyball history with a 263-167 overall record and .612 overall winning percentage. In eight of her 14 seasons at Fresno State, her teams won more than 20 games, including 24 wins during the 1997 campaign. Six times, her teams finished in the top three of the Western Athletic Conference standings, and three times she was named the WAC Coach of the Year. Vivas lead Fresno State to the school's best single-season winning percentage of .767 during the 2002 season when the Bulldogs finished 23-7 overall. Three times under her leadership, Fresno State reached the NCAA Tournament (1991, 1998, 2002) and three times (1992, 1994, 1995) the Bulldogs reached the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC) in Kansas City, Mo. Three times under Vivas, the Bulldogs reached the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 national poll. On November 9, 2003, the Bulldogs' home match versus the University of Hawaii drew 4,708 fans -- a new school record -- shattering the previous mark of 1,982 fans versus UH on Nov. 23, 1996. That crowd of 4,708 remains the largest home crowd in Fresno State volleyball history through the 2008 season. On December 6, 2004, Vivas was fired from the Fresno State head coaching position amid Title IX

Title IX

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a United States law, enacted on June 23, 1972, that amended Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In 2002 it was renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, in honor of its principal author Congresswoman Mink, but is most...

 problems. Vivas filed with the U.S. Department of Education Office over alleged gender based discrimination related to the firing and sued the university. Following a court trial, on July 9, 2007, a jury of her peers agreed unanimously with Vivas, and she was awarded $5.85 million for back pay and expenses.

External links

• http://gobulldogs.collegesports.com/sports/w-volley/mtt/vivas_lindy00.html
• First takes on Dave Shoji
  Dave Shoji
  Dave Shoji is Head Coach of the University of Hawaii at Mānoa Rainbow Wahine Volleyball team since 1975. Under his leadership, the Rainbow Wahine won four national titles ....
  
  against the Kalani High School. http://starbulletin.com/98/10/24/sports/story3.html
• http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/womensbasketball/2005-02-16-on-womens-basketball_x.htm