INSIDE VOLLEYBALL
BY DIANE NORDSTROM
@BadgerVBall
SHEFFIELD'S RECORD
Kelly Sheffield named
head volleyball coach
12-year veteran tabbed to lead Badgers
K
elly Sheffield takes over
as the Badgers' head volleyball coach after five years
as the head coach at Dayton.
"The University of Wisconsin is one of the elite jobs
in our sport," said Sheffield.
"Because of the conference,
the academics, the administrative and fan support,
and the facilities, it is a place
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where you can compete and
win at the highest level."
Since taking over the Dayton program in 2008, Sheffield has molded the Flyers
into one of the nation's elite
programs. Dayton has won
four straight Atlantic 10 Conference championships and
has made five straight NCAA
tournament appearances.
Coaching Record
12 years: 272-112 (.709)
NCAA Tournament Appearances
2012, '11, '10, '09, '08, '07, '06, '04
Conference Championships
2012, '11, '10, '09, '06, '05, '04
Coach of the Year
• 2012 Atlantic 10 Conference
• 2012 AVCA Northeast Region
• 2011 Atlantic 10 Conference
• 2010 AVCA Northeast Region
• 2010 Atlantic 10 Conference (co)
• 2006 America East Conference
• 2004 America East Conference
All-Americans
• Blair Buchanan (Albany) – 2004, 05
• Megan Campbell (Dayton) – 2011, '12
• Lindsay Fletemier (Dayton) – 2008,'09,'10
• Rachel Krabacher (Dayton) – 2011 '12
• Samantha Selsky (Dayton) – 2011, '12
• Jessica Yanz (Dayton) - 2010
All-Conference Honors
• Player of the Year: 3 athletes/7 honors
• Setter of the Year: 3 athletes/6 honors
• Def. Player of the Year: 1 athlete/1 honor
• Rookie of the Year: 2 athletes/2 honors
• 1st-team all-conf.: 17 athletes/32 honors
Sheffield was 131-33 (.799) in five
years at Dayton, including a 68-4
(.944) mark in Atlantic 10 play. He is
273-112 (.709) in 12 seasons as a head
coach.
"The goal is to compete for Big
Ten championships as it should be
at Wisconsin," said Sheffield. "If you
are competing for Big Ten championships, that puts you in the top echelon
of teams in the country, and that's
where we want to be. But there's also
a clear understanding that you have
to immerse yourself in the process of
getting better – that's where the daily
focus has to be."
