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Jen Flynn Oldenburg
American volleyball player
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.
| Current position | |||||||||||||||
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| Title | Head Coach | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Ohio State | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Big Ten | ||||||||||||||
| Record | 75–38 (.664) | ||||||||||||||
| Annual salary | $275,000[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Biographical details | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (1978-07-26) July 26, 1978 (age 45) 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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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
University of Illinois: 2003-2012
She coached as an assistant for the University of Illinois from 2003 to 2012[3]
Club
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
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]
| 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 | |||||
| Ohio State: | 75–38 (.664) | 52–26 (.667) | |||||||
| Total: | 75–38 (.664) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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- "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.