Hugh McCutcheon, of the United States of America, MNZM, for services to volleyball
Mr Hugh McCutcheon represented New Zealand in volleyball. He coached the USA Men’s Team to the Gold Medal in the 2008 Olympic Games, and the USA Women’s Team to the Silver Medal in the 2012 Olympic Games. He is the only head coach, in any US Olympic team sport, to lead a men’s and women’s team to the podium. He now coaches NCAA Division 1 Volleyball at the University of Minnesota and was named National Coach of the year in 2015 by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. He contributes to the New Zealand Volleyball community and has hosted New Zealand coaches and teams at the USAV training centre in Anaheim and Minneapolis.