Head Coach Brian Schaefer

Brian Schaefer begins his fourth season as the head women's volleyball coach at UW-Oshkosh after guiding the Titans to a 110-23 record, two WIAC titles and three appearances into the NCAA Division III Championship.

Last season UW-Oshkosh advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III championship with a five-game win over UW-Platteville, before losing in five games to Washington University (Mo.), the eventually national champions. The Titans finished the season 32-6 and ranked 13th according to the American Volleyball Coaches Association.

In 2006, the Titans won their second consecutive WIAC crown and made an appearance in the NCAA Division III tournament. UW-Oshkosh, which finished the season ranked 14th in the NCAA Division III with a 32-6 record, ended its’ season with a five-game loss to the University of St. Thomas (Minn.).

Schaefer’s first full year of coaching in 2005 saw him take a UW-Oshkosh squad that was picked to finish seventh in the league standings to a top-10 national ranking, a WIAC title and a place into the second round of the NCAA Division III championship. Schaefer received Coach of the Year honors in both the WIAC and the NCAA Division III Midwest Region and finished the season with a 36-5 record as the tenth ranked team in the country.

Schaefer's tenure as head coach of the Titans began in 2004 when he replaced Marty Petersen for the final 16 matches. Serving as UW-Oshkosh's interim head coach, Schaefer piloted the Titans to a 10-6 record and a top-25 national listing.

Prior to being named UW-Oshkosh’s interim head coach, Schaefer served as an assistant coach to Petersen for six years. During that time the Titans compiled a 143-58 record, competed in two NCAA Division III Tournaments and captured one WIAC championship. UW-Oshkosh ranked 12th in the final NCAA Division III poll in 2000, ninth in 2001 and 21st in 2003.

During Schaefer's association with the UW-Oshkosh women's volleyball program he has coached athletes to nine NCAA Division III All-America, 14 NCAA Division III All-Midwest Region and 19 All-WIAC awards.

Besides coaching, Schaefer has developed the UW-Oshkosh Volleyball Alumni Club and the Titan Tykes club, an organization that helps local children learn the game of volleyball. The UW-Oshkosh volleyball program also fundraises for Camp Heartland, a charity devoted to helping children with HIV or AIDS and Relay for Life.

Before joining Petersen's staff at UW-Oshkosh, Schaefer held assistant women’s volleyball coaching positions at Lakeland College in 1995 and 1996 and NCAA Division I UW-Green Bay in 1997. During his time at UW-Green Bay, Schaefer also served as the school’s assistant sports information director.

Schaefer, a Kaukauna High School graduate, received a bachelor’s degree in social work from UW-Oshkosh in 1996. He also earned a master’s degree in educational leadership from the school in 2002.

As a student, Schaefer was a member of the UW-Oshkosh men’s volleyball club team that won the 1996 National Intramural Recreation Sports Association (NIRSA) Division II title. In 1999 and again in 2000, Schaefer helped the team to the Wisconsin Volleyball Conference title. He was an all-league first team selection in 2001.

Schaefer has been the head coach of the UW-Oshkosh men's volleyball club team since the 2000 season, guiding the Titans to a 350-113-6 record. He has coached UW-Oshkosh to Wisconsin Volleyball Conference (WVC) titles in 2000, 2004 and 2006 and Midwest Ten Conference championships in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

After finishing fifth at the NIRSA Division I Championship in 2003 and 2004 and second in 2005, Schaefer has directed UW-Oshkosh to two consecutive national titles. During his tenure coaching the UW-Oshkosh men, Schaefer has coached 14 players to 23 NIRSA All-America and 54 All-WVC awards. He was named the 2005 NIRSA Division I National Coach of the Year.

Assisting Schaefer, who also serves as UW-Oshkosh's assistant sports information director, are Ashley Fischer and Rick Kreiter.

Fischer played for the Titans from 2003-05, receiving NCAA Division III All-America and All-WIAC first team honors her final season. Kreiter is a former UW-Oshkosh men's volleyball club player who helped Schaefer coach the men’s team to national titles in 2006 and 2007.

* - Written February 15, 2008

Assistant Coach Ashley Fischer

At UW-Oshkosh Since 2006-07 UW-Oshkosh 132 Kolf Sports Center (920) 424-1392

Assistant Coach Rick Kreiter

At UW-Oshkosh Since 2006-07 UW-Oshkosh 132 Kolf Sports Center (920) 424-1392