Steve Dennis Timmons (born November 29, 1958) is an American former

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player who represented the United States at three consecutive

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starting in

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, winning gold in 1984 and

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plus a bronze in

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

. Steve played volleyball and basketball at

Newport Harbor High School Newport Harbor High School is a public high school in Newport Beach, in Orange County, California, in the United States. It is part of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District. The school primarily serves students in western Newport Beach and sou ...

. He then attended Orange Coast College (OCC), playing for the OCC Pirates basketball team that won the

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(CCCAA) state basketball championship and the Pirates volleyball team that was runner-up in the CCCAA state volleyball championship. Timmons then attended the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

, playing for the Trojans volleyball team that won the 1980 NCAA men's volleyball tournament. Timmons' Olympic teammate,

Karch Kiraly Charles Frederick "Karch" Kiraly () (born November 3, 1960) is an American volleyball player, coach and broadcast announcer. In the 1980s he was a central part of the U.S National Team that won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. He ...

, has also been a teammate on other teams, including the USA team at the 1986 World Championship and the

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, as well as professional teammates with Italian league team

Porto Ravenna Volley Porto Ravenna Volley was a historical volleyball club from the city of Ravenna in Emilia-Romagna. Ravenna founded by a group of businessmen and lovers inspired by Giuseppe Brusi, it landed in A1 at the end of the eighties, continuing a tradition ...

, where they won the

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in 1991 and the

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in 1992. Timmons co-founded and is the former president of Redsand, an action sports clothing and lifestyle brand, which he sold in 2003. Timmons was married to basketball executive

Jeanie Buss Jeanie Marie Buss (born September 26, 1961) is an American sports executive who is the controlling owner and president of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A daughter of Jerry Buss, who owned the Lakers and oth ...

, daughter of

Jerry Buss Gerald Hatten Buss (January 27, 1933 – February 18, 2013) was an American businessman, investor, chemist, and philanthropist. He was the majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning 10 l ...

, from 1990 to 1993. From 1997 to 2018, he was married to actress

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(Heidi on ''

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'') and they have three children together.

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Volleyball Hall of Fame
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Timmons, Steve 1958 births Living people Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in volleyball Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball Sportspeople from Newport Beach, California USC Trojans men's volleyball players American men's volleyball players Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Newport Harbor High School alumni Goodwill Games medalists in volleyball Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Opposite hitters Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games

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