Kelly Sheffield
American college volleyball coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kelly Sheffield (born July 14, 1970) is an American college volleyball coach and the current head coach for the women's volleyball team at the University of Wisconsin. He is also a former head coach of Dayton and Albany. In his rookie season coaching the Badgers' Sheffield took his team to the NCAA championship match, he is one of only three head coaches to lead their teams to the final match in their first seasons. The 12th-seeded Badgers upset the No. 1 seeded and defending national champion Texas Longhorns only to fall in the championship match to No. 2 Penn State in the 2013 NCAA championships.[1][2][3] In 2021, Sheffield coached the Badgers to the program's first ever National Championship, defeating No. 10 Nebraska in 5 sets.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Wisconsin |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Record | 294–61 (.828) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 14, 1970 Muncie, Indiana |
| Alma mater | Ball State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1997 | Houston (assistant) |
| 1998–1999 | Virginia (assistant) |
| 2000 | Clemson (assistant) |
| 2001–2007 | Albany |
| 2008–2012 | Dayton |
| 2013–present | Wisconsin |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 567–173 (.766) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA national champions (2021) 3x America East regular season champions (2004-2006) | |
| Awards | |
| Zimbrick Honda Madison Sportsman of the Year (2014) 3x Big Ten Coach of the Year (2014, 2019, 2022) | |
On January 20, 2017, the University of Wisconsin announced that Sheffield had signed a contract extension through January 31, 2022.[4]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Great Danes (America East Conference) (2001–2007) | |||||||||
| 2001 | Albany | 4–20 | 1–13 | 8th | |||||
| 2002 | Albany | 16–15 | 5–7 | 4th | |||||
| 2003 | Albany | 24–10 | 9–5 | 4th | |||||
| 2004 | Albany | 27–7 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2005 | Albany | 28–4 | 11–1 | 1st | |||||
| 2006 | Albany | 19–13 | 10–2 | 1st | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2007 | Albany | 24–10 | 9–4 | 2nd | NCAA second round | ||||
| Albany: | 142–79 (.643) | 58–33 (.637) | |||||||
| Dayton Flyers (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2008–2012) | |||||||||
| 2008 | Dayton | 21–13 | 11–2 | 2nd | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2009 | Dayton | 30–4 | 14–1 | 1st | NCAA second round | ||||
| 2010 | Dayton | 28–4 | 15–0 | 1st | NCAA second round | ||||
| 2011 | Dayton | 25–7 | 14–1 | 1st | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2012 | Dayton | 27–5 | 14–0 | 1st | NCAA second round | ||||
| Dayton: | 131–33 (.799) | 68–4 (.944) | |||||||
| Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten Conference) (2013–Present) | |||||||||
| 2013 | Wisconsin | 28–10 | 12–8 | T-4th | NCAA National runner-up | ||||
| 2014 | Wisconsin | 31–3 | 19–1 | 1st | NCAA Regional final | ||||
| 2015 | Wisconsin | 26–7 | 16–4 | 3rd | NCAA regional semifinal | ||||
| 2016 | Wisconsin | 28–5 | 17–3 | 2nd | NCAA Regional final | ||||
| 2017 | Wisconsin | 22–10 | 11–9 | T-7th | NCAA regional semifinal | ||||
| 2018 | Wisconsin | 25–7 | 15–5 | T-4th | NCAA Regional final | ||||
| 2019 | Wisconsin | 27–7 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA National runner-up | ||||
| 2020 | Wisconsin | 18–1 | 15–0 | 1st | NCAA National semifinal | ||||
| 2021 | Wisconsin | 31–3 | 17–3 | 1st | NCAA Champions | ||||
| 2022 | Wisconsin | 28–4 | 19–1 | 1st | NCAA Regional final | ||||
| 2023 | Wisconsin | 30–4 | 17–3 | 2nd | NCAA National semifinal | ||||
| Wisconsin: | 294–61 (.828) | 176–39 (.819) | |||||||
| Total: | 567–173 (.766) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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*Denotes AVCA National Player of the Year
First Team
- Lauren Carlini - 2014, 2015, 2016 (Wisconsin)
- Dana Rettke - 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021* (Wisconsin)
- Sydney Hilley - 2019, 2020, 2021 (Wisconsin)
- Sarah Franklin - 2023* (Wisconsin)
Second Team
- Lindsay Fletemier - 2010 (Dayton)
- Samantha Selsky - 2012 (Dayton)
- Lauren Carlini - 2013 (Wisconsin)
- Taylor Morey - 2014 (Wisconsin)
- Courtney Thomas - 2014 (Wisconsin)
- Haleigh Nelson - 2015, 2016 (Wisconsin)
- Sydney Hilley - 2018 (Wisconsin)
- Molly Haggerty - 2019 (Wisconsin)
- Lauren Barnes - 2020, 2021 (Wisconsin)
- Anna Smrek - 2023 (Wisconsin)
Third Team
- Lyndsay Fletemier - 2009 (Dayton)
- Megan Campbell - 2011 (Dayton)
- Tionna Williams - 2016 (Wisconsin)
- Molly Haggerty - 2016 (Wisconsin)
- Madison Duello - 2018 (Wisconsin)
- Devyn Robinson - 2020, 2022 (Wisconsin)
- Danielle Hart - 2022 (Wisconsin)
- Sarah Franklin - 2022 (Wisconsin)
- Carter Booth - 2023 (Wisconsin)
Honorable Mention
- Blair Buchanan - 2004, 2005 (Albany)
- Lindsay Fletemier - 2008 (Dayton)
- Jessica Yanz - 2010 (Dayton)
- Samantha Selksy - 2011 (Dayton)
- Rachel Krabacher - 2011, 2012 (Dayton)
- Megan Campbell - 2012 (Dayton)
- Ellen Chapman - 2013 (Wisconsin)
- Dominique Thompson - 2014 (Wisconsin)
- Haleigh Nelson - 2014 (Wisconsin)
- Taylor Morey - 2015 (Wisconsin)
- Tionna Williams - 2015, 2017 (Wisconsin)
- Tiffany Clark - 2018 (Wisconsin)
- Grace Loberg - 2019, 2020 (Wisconsin)
- Molly Haggerty - 2020 (Wisconsin)
- Devyn Robinson - 2023 (Wisconsin)
Coaching Awards
- 2023 AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year
- 2022 Big Ten Coach of the Year
- 2022 AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year
- 2019 AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year
- 2019 Big Ten Coach of the Year
- 2014 Zimbrick Honda Madison Sportsman of the Year
- 2014 Big Ten Coach of the Year[6]
- 2013 Volleyball Magazine National Coach of the Year
- 2014 AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year
- 2012 AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year
- 2012 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year
- 2011 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year
- 2010 AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year
- 2010 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year
- 2006 America East Coach of the Year
- 2004 America East Coach of the Year
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