Jen Flynn Oldenburg
| Current position | |||||||||||||||
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| Title | Head Coach | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Ohio State | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Big Ten | ||||||||||||||
| Record | 89–54 (.622) | ||||||||||||||
| Annual salary | $275,000[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Biographical details | |||||||||||||||
| Born | July 26, 1978 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Ohio State University | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | |||||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | Ohio State | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 |  U.S. National Team | ||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Setter, Outside Hitter | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
| 2003–2012 | Illinois (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Ohio State | ||||||||||||||
| Head coaching record | |||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 7–3 (.700) (NCAA Division I) | ||||||||||||||
| Accomplishments and honors | |||||||||||||||
| Awards | |||||||||||||||
| Big Ten Coach of the Year (2020) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jen Flynn Oldenburg (born July 26, 1978) is an American former volleyball player and current head coach of the Ohio State women's volleyball team.
Career
[edit]Before getting into coaching, Flynn Oldenburg was a four-year starter on the Ohio State University women's volleyball team. Additionally, she was a member of the United States women's national volleyball team. She played at the 2002 FIVB World championship,[2] where team USA won a silver medal.
Coaching
[edit]University of Illinois: 2003-2012
[edit]She coached as an assistant for the University of Illinois from 2003 to 2012[3]
Club
[edit]After Illinois, she spent six years as the club/associate director of the Pittsburgh Elite Volleyball Association. She was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the club, handled recruitment for potential collegiate athletes and worked as a private lessons instructor.[4]
Ohio State University
[edit]In January 2020, Flynn Oldenburg was named the head coach of the Ohio State women's volleyball team.[5]
In her first season as head coach, she was named Big Ten Coach of the Year after Ohio State finished 15–3 in league play and made the NCAA tournament's round of sixteen. In the same year, she coached Emily Londot, who was named the league's Freshman of the Year as well. She is the only head coach in Ohio State history to earn an appearance in the national tournament during their first year.[6]
Head coaching record
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Ohio State Buckeyes (Big Ten) (2020–present) | |||||||||
| 2020 | Ohio State | 16–4 | 15–3 | 4th | NCAA regional semifinal | ||||
| 2021 | Ohio State | 27–6 | 15–5 | T–3rd | NCAA regional semifinal | ||||
| 2022 | Ohio State | 22–10 | 15–5 | T–3rd | NCAA regional final | ||||
| 2023 | Ohio State | 10–18 | 7–13 | T–9th | |||||
| 2024 | Ohio State | 14–16 | 7–13 | 14th | |||||
| Ohio State: | 89–54 (.622) | 59–39 (.602) | |||||||
| Total: | 89–54 (.622) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
[edit]- ^ "Ohio State Salaries". Retrieved November 4, 2021.
- ^ "Team Rosters - USA". November 18, 2010. Archived from the original on November 18, 2010. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ "Assistant Volleyball Coach Jen Oldenburg Resigns after Nine Seasons". University of Illinois Athletics. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ "Oldenburg Ohio State Biography". January 21, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
- ^ "New Ohio State volleyball coach Jennifer Flynn Oldenburg broadens Baldwin connection | TribLIVE.com". triblive.com. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ "LONDOT NAMED BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR; OLDENBURG RECOGNIZED AS COACH OF THE YEAR". April 8, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
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