Behrouz Ataei

Behrouz Ataei (Persian: بهروز عطایی, born August 5, 1970, in Amol, Mazandaran Province) is an Iranian volleyball coach and current manager. He is currently head coach of Iran men's national volleyball team.[1] He started playing volleyball in 1985, and two years later, for eight consecutive years, he was a member of the national teams of different categories of youth and adults.

Behrouz Ataei
Behrouz Ataei in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Behrouz Ataei Nouri
Nickname	Emperor
Born	(1970-08-05) August 5, 1970 Amol, Iran
Height	195
Weight	85
Spike	350
Block	330
Coaching information
Current team	Iran
Previous teams coached Teams Kalleh Mazandaran Matin Varamin Kalleh Mazandaran Iran U-21 Haraz Amol Iran U-23 Iran
Volleyball information
Position	Head Coach
Career
Years Teams 1988–1989 1990 1991–1992 1993 1998–1999 2002 2003–2005 Pas Tehran Janbazan Mazandaran Fajr Amol Farmandari Mahabad Peykan Tehran Loolehsazi Ahvaz Persepolis
National team
Iran

Ataei began coaching in 2007 and in 2008 he won the first division league of the country with Kalleh Mazandaran team and brought this team to the Super League. Ataei has been the head coach of the Kalleh team for eleven years.[2][3][4][5] He also led Matin Varamin's volleyball team in 2015 for a year.[6] He became the head coach of the Iranian national youth team in 2017, and this contract was extended in 2019. Ataei inspired Iran to win the 2019 FIVB U21 World Championship for the first time. He returned to the Kalleh team in 2018 and remained the team's head coach until 2020.[7]