Jen Flynn Oldenburg (born July 26, 1978) is an American former
volleyball player
This is a list of top international volleyball players.
A
* Foluke Akinradewo
* Carolina Albuquerque
* Todor Aleksiev
* Ana Ida Alvares
* Thiago Soares Alves
* Dante Amaral
* Andrea Anastasi
* Matt Anderson
* Stéphane Antiga
* Halina Aszki ...
and current head coach of the
Ohio State
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best public ...
women's volleyball team.
Career
Before getting into coaching, Flynn Oldenburg was a four-year starter on the
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...
women's volleyball team. Additionally, she was a member of the
United States women's national volleyball team
The United States women's national volleyball team participates in international volleyball competitions and friendly games, and is governed by USA Volleyball. The current head coach is three-time Olympic gold medalist and retired dominant beac ...
. She played at the
2002 FIVB World championship, where team USA won a silver medal.
Coaching
University of Illinois: 2003-2012
She coached as an assistant for the
University of Illinois
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the University ...
from 2003 to 2012
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.
Ohio State University
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 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.
Head coaching record
External links
USA - Player's biography
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oldenburg, Jennifer Flynn
1978 births
Living people
American women's volleyball players
American volleyball coaches
Ohio State Buckeyes women's volleyball coaches
Ohio State Buckeyes women's volleyball players
Illinois Fighting Illini women's volleyball coaches
Volleyball players from Pennsylvania
Sportspeople from Pittsburgh