Dylynn Otte - Women's Beach Volleyball Coach

Dylynn Otte

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
dotte@uab.edu
Phone:
616-325-6502

Head Coach Delaney Clesen named former Blazer Dylynn Otte as the assistant coach of the UAB beach volleyball program on Sept. 9, 2023. Otte is in her second season as the assistant coach.

A 2024 recipient of the AVCA Thirty Under 30, Otte helped guide the Blazers to a school record 19 wins in her first season as assistant coach (2023-24). Otte helped senior Arden Copping become the winningest player in program history (70 career victories), while she and teammate Jasmine Haas had the most prolific season in school history by establishing a new school record with 21 Court 1 victories.

Additionally, the beach volleyball program had the highest collective GPA of any team at UAB during the 2023-24 school year and was awarded the AVCA Team Academic Award.

Otte was a member of the beach program from 2020-22 and served as team captain in 2021 and 2022. She was a staple in the middle of UAB's lineup playing a versatile role as a both a blocker and defender.

Otte compiled 24 total wins as a Blazer and is tied for seventh all-time for Court 2 wins.

Following graduation, Otte spent one year working in the medical field within UAB at the 1917 clinic, then moved to St. Petersburg, Fla. to train professionally in the sand while also serving as the NexGen Director and Head Coach for Optimum Beach Volleyball Club, along with doing private lessons with Edge Volleyball Training. Otte also served as a program coordinator for Alabama Performance Volleyball Club from 2020-23 while in Birmingham.

Otte was a four-year indoor player and two-year captain at SIU Edwardsville from 2016-19 before doing a graduate transfer to UAB beach volleyball in 2020. She graduated with a 3.8 GPA in public health at SIUE and earned a 3.86 GPA in her master's program of public health in Epidemiology at UAB.