The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Delaney Clesen Named Assistant Beach Volleyball Coach
1/24/2023 3:52:00β―PM | Women's Beach Volleyball
BIRMINGHAM β Head Coach Terri Del Conte has announced the hiring of Delaney Clesen as UAB's new assistant coach for the Blazers' Beach Volleyball program.
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A libero for the University of Pittsburgh (2011-14) and a beach player for Florida Atlantic University (2015-16), Clesen comes to Birmingham after most recently serving as the assistant coach for beach and indoor at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla. for two years (2021-22).
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Clesen was with the Eckerd beach program for 2021 and 2022, and coached the indoor team during the 2022 season in which the Tritons went 24-7 and made the NCAA Division II Tournament.
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"Delaney is an extremely decorated player who comes with a lot of high-level experience," Del Conte said. "I know she's going to come in and elevate our whole program with her knowledge of the game, leadership skills and heart of gold."
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Clesen was one of the best defensive players in Pitt volleyball history as she ranks third all-time in career digs with 1,607. Upon graduation from Pittsburgh, she did a graduate transfer to FAU where she earned Honorable Mention All-America honors on the sand in 2016.
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Following her collegiate playing career, Clesen played indoor professionally for VBC Kerzers in Switzerland from 2017-18. She then returned to America in 2018 and has been a professional player on the AVP beach circuit since 2019.
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Along with playing professionally, Clesen has been coaching since 2018 which included stints as the program director for Chicago Sand Volleyball (2018-19), Montini Catholic freshman volleyball coach (2018-19), New Wave Club coach (2018-19), Gold Medal Squared Independent coach (2017-2020) Legacy Volleyball Club indoor coach (2020-21) and Calvary Christian indoor and beach assistant (2020-21). Additionally, she was an elementary school counselor at Sexton Elementary in St. Petersburg from 2020-2022.
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Clesen is a native of Evanston, Illinois. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2014 with a degree in Media and Professional Communication and earned a Master of Education in counseling from FAU in 2019.
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The Blazers open the 2023 season on February 25 at the Third Coast Classic hosted by Houston Christian. While in Houston, the Blazers will play Texas A&M β Corpus Christi, TCU, Central Arkansas and HCU.
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For more information on the UAB beach volleyball team, be sure to follow @UAB_BVB on Twitter and Instagram.
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A libero for the University of Pittsburgh (2011-14) and a beach player for Florida Atlantic University (2015-16), Clesen comes to Birmingham after most recently serving as the assistant coach for beach and indoor at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla. for two years (2021-22).
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Clesen was with the Eckerd beach program for 2021 and 2022, and coached the indoor team during the 2022 season in which the Tritons went 24-7 and made the NCAA Division II Tournament.
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"Delaney is an extremely decorated player who comes with a lot of high-level experience," Del Conte said. "I know she's going to come in and elevate our whole program with her knowledge of the game, leadership skills and heart of gold."
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Clesen was one of the best defensive players in Pitt volleyball history as she ranks third all-time in career digs with 1,607. Upon graduation from Pittsburgh, she did a graduate transfer to FAU where she earned Honorable Mention All-America honors on the sand in 2016.
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Following her collegiate playing career, Clesen played indoor professionally for VBC Kerzers in Switzerland from 2017-18. She then returned to America in 2018 and has been a professional player on the AVP beach circuit since 2019.
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Along with playing professionally, Clesen has been coaching since 2018 which included stints as the program director for Chicago Sand Volleyball (2018-19), Montini Catholic freshman volleyball coach (2018-19), New Wave Club coach (2018-19), Gold Medal Squared Independent coach (2017-2020) Legacy Volleyball Club indoor coach (2020-21) and Calvary Christian indoor and beach assistant (2020-21). Additionally, she was an elementary school counselor at Sexton Elementary in St. Petersburg from 2020-2022.
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Clesen is a native of Evanston, Illinois. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2014 with a degree in Media and Professional Communication and earned a Master of Education in counseling from FAU in 2019.
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The Blazers open the 2023 season on February 25 at the Third Coast Classic hosted by Houston Christian. While in Houston, the Blazers will play Texas A&M β Corpus Christi, TCU, Central Arkansas and HCU.
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For more information on the UAB beach volleyball team, be sure to follow @UAB_BVB on Twitter and Instagram.
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