Current position | |||||||||||||||
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Title | Head Coach | ||||||||||||||
Team | Ohio State | ||||||||||||||
Conference | Big Ten | ||||||||||||||
Record | 75β38 (.664) | ||||||||||||||
Annual salary | $275,000 | ||||||||||||||
Biographical details | |||||||||||||||
Born | (1978-07-26) July 26, 1978 (age 45) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Ohio State University | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | |||||||||||||||
1996β1999 | Ohio State | ||||||||||||||
2001β2002 | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Setter, Outside Hitter | ||||||||||||||
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
2003β2012 | Illinois (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
2020β | Ohio State | ||||||||||||||
Head coaching record | |||||||||||||||
Tournaments | 7β3 (.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 theββOhio State women's volleyball team.
Careerβ»
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, where team USA won a silver medal.
Coachingβ»
University of Illinois: 2003-2012β»
She coached as an assistant for the University of Illinois from 2003ββto 2012
Clubβ»
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.
Ohio State Universityβ»
In January 2020, "Flynn Oldenburg was named the head coach of the Ohio State women's volleyball team."
In her first season as head coach, she was named Big Ten Coach of the Year after Ohio State finished 15β3 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 historyββto earn an appearance in the national tournament during their first year.
Head coaching recordβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Ohio State Buckeyes (Big Ten) (2020βpresent) | |||||||||
2020 | Ohio State | 16β4 | 15β3 | 4th | NCAA regional semifinal | ||||
2021 | Ohio State | 27β6 | 15β5 | Tβ3rd | NCAA regional semifinal | ||||
2022 | Ohio State | 22β10 | 15β5 | Tβ3rd | NCAA regional final | ||||
2023 | Ohio State | 10β18 | 7β13 | Tβ9th | |||||
Ohio State: | 75β38 (.664) | 52β26 (.667) | |||||||
Total: | 75β38 (.664) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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External linksβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Ohio State Salaries". Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ^ "Team Rosters - USA". 2010-11-18. Archived from the original on 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ "Assistant Volleyball Coach Jen Oldenburg Resigns after Nine Seasons". University of Illinois Athletics. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ "Oldenburg Ohio State Biography". 21 January 2020. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ^ "New Ohio State volleyball coach Jennifer Flynn Oldenburg broadens Baldwin connection | TribLIVE.com". triblive.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ "LONDOT NAMED BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR; OLDENBURG RECOGNIZED AS COACH OF THE YEAR". 8 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-04.