Kelly Sheffield
{{Short description|American college volleyball coach}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Kelly Sheffield
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Wisconsin
| current_conference = Big Ten
| current_record = {{winpct|320|68|record=y}}
| contract =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|07|14}}
| birth_place = Muncie, Indiana
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = Ball State
| coach_years1 = 1997
| coach_team1 = Houston (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1998–1999
| coach_team2 = Virginia (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 2000
| coach_team3 = Clemson (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 2001–2007
| coach_team4 = Albany
| coach_years5 = 2008–2012
| coach_team5 = Dayton
| coach_years6 = 2013–present
| coach_team6 = Wisconsin
| overall_record = {{winpct|590|179|record=y}}
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = NCAA national champions (2021)
3x America East regular season champions (2004-2006)
4x Atlantic 10 regular season champions (2009-2012)
5x Big Ten regular season champions (2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
| awards = Zimbrick Honda Madison Sportsman of the Year (2014)
3x Big Ten Coach of the Year (2014, 2019, 2022)
Volleyball Magazine National Coach of the Year (2013)
3x Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year (2010-2012)
2x America East Coach of the Year (2004, 2006)
6x AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year (2010, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022, 2023)
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Kelly Patrick Sheffield (born July 14, 1970) is an American college volleyball coach and the current head coach for the women's volleyball team at the University of Wisconsin. He is also a former head coach of Dayton and Albany. In his rookie season coaching the Badgers' Sheffield took his team to the NCAA championship match, he is one of only three head coaches to lead their teams to the final match in their first seasons. The 12th-seeded Badgers upset the No. 1 seeded and defending national champion Texas Longhorns only to fall in the championship match to No. 2 Penn State in the 2013 NCAA championships.{{cite web|title=Wisconsin shocks No. 1 Texas|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/10169526/wisconsin-badgers-stun-texas-longhorns-reach-ncaa-volleyball-final|agency=Associated Press|work=ESPN.com|date=20 December 2013|access-date=12 May 2014}}{{cite web|last=Karp|first=Sam|title=Volleyball: Sky's the limit for coach Kelly Sheffield|url=http://host.madison.com/daily-cardinal/sports/volleyball-sky-s-the-limit-for-coach-kelly-sheffield/article_bfbff65a-cf5c-11e3-8620-001a4bcf887a.html|work=The Daily Cardinal|date=29 April 2014 |publisher=Madison.com|accessdate=12 May 2014}}{{cite web|title=Penn State beats Wisconsin for NCAA volleyball title|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/volleyball/2013/12/22/penn-state-nittany-lions-wisconsin-badgers-ncaa-volleyball-championship/4163683/|work=A Gannett Company|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=12 May 2014}}
In 2021, Sheffield coached the Badgers to the program's first ever National Championship, defeating No. 10 Nebraska in 5 sets.
Head coaching record
On January 20, 2017, the University of Wisconsin announced that Sheffield had signed a contract extension through January 31, 2022.{{cite web|last1=Keith|first1=Braden|title=Wisconsin Extends Head Coach Kelly Sheffield Through 2022|url=https://volleymob.com/wisconsin-extends-head-coach-kelly-sheffield-2022/|publisher=VolleyMob|date=20 January 2017|accessdate=21 January 2017}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Start|
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|poll=no
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=Albany Great Danes
|startyear=2001
|conference=America East Conference
|endyear=2007
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2001
| name = Albany
| overall = 4–20
| conference = 1–13
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2002
| name = Albany
| overall = 16–15
| conference = 5–7
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2003
| name = Albany
| overall = 24–10
| conference = 9–5
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =conference
| season = 2004
| name = Albany
| overall = 27–7
| conference = 13–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA first round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =conference
| season = 2005
| name = Albany
| overall = 28–4
| conference = 11–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =conference
| season = 2006
| name = Albany
| overall = 19–13
| conference = 10–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA first round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2007
| name = Albany
| overall = 24–10
| conference = 9–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA second round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Albany
| overall = 142–79 (.643)
| confrecord = 58–33 (.637)
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=Dayton Flyers
|startyear=2008
|conference=Atlantic 10 Conference
|endyear=2012
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2008
| name = Dayton
| overall = 21–13
| conference = 11–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA first round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =conference
| season = 2009
| name = Dayton
| overall = 30–4
| conference = 14–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA second round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =conference
| season = 2010
| name = Dayton
| overall = 28–4
| conference = 15–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA second round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =conference
| season = 2011
| name = Dayton
| overall = 25–7
| conference = 14–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA first round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =conference
| season = 2012
| name = Dayton
| overall = 27–5
| conference = 14–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA second round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Dayton
| overall = 131–33 (.799)
| confrecord = 68–4 (.944)
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=Wisconsin Badgers
|startyear=2013
|conference=Big Ten Conference
|endyear=Present
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2013
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 28–10
| conference = 12–8
| confstanding = T-4th
| postseason = NCAA National runner-up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =conference
| season = 2014
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 31–3
| conference = 19–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Regional final
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2015
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 26–7
| conference = 16–4
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NCAA regional semifinal
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|championship =
|season = 2016
|name = Wisconsin
|overall = 28–5
|conference = 17–3
|confstanding = 2nd
|postseason = NCAA Regional final
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|championship =
|season = 2017
|name = Wisconsin
|overall = 22–10
|conference = 11–9
|confstanding = T-7th
|postseason = NCAA regional semifinal
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|championship =
|season = 2018
|name = Wisconsin
|overall = 25–7
|conference = 15–5
|confstanding = T-4th
|postseason = NCAA Regional final
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|championship = conference
|season = 2019
|name = Wisconsin
|overall = 27–7
|conference = 18–2
|confstanding = 1st
|postseason = NCAA National runner-up
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|championship = conference
|season = 2020
|name = Wisconsin
|overall = 18–1
|conference = 15–0
|confstanding = 1st
|postseason = NCAA National semifinal
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|championship = national
|season = 2021
|name = Wisconsin
|overall = 31–3
|conference = 17–3
|confstanding = 1st
|postseason = NCAA Champions
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|championship = conference
|season = 2022
|name = Wisconsin
|overall = 28–4
|conference = 19–1
|confstanding = 1st
|postseason = NCAA Regional final
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|championship =
|season = 2023
|name = Wisconsin
|overall = 30–4
|conference = 17–3
|confstanding = 2nd
|postseason = NCAA National semifinal
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
|championship =
|season = 2024
|name = Wisconsin
|overall = 26–7
|conference = 17–3
|confstanding = 3rd
|postseason = NCAA regional final
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = {{winpct|320|68|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|193|42|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall= {{winpct|593|180|record=y}}
AVCA All-Americans Coached
= First Team =
- Lauren Carlini - 2014, 2015, 2016 (Wisconsin)
- Dana Rettke - 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021* (Wisconsin)
- Sydney Hilley - 2019, 2020, 2021 (Wisconsin)
- Sarah Franklin - 2023*, 2024 (Wisconsin)
= Second Team =
- Lindsay Fletemier - 2010 (Dayton)
- Samantha Selsky - 2012 (Dayton)
- Lauren Carlini - 2013 (Wisconsin)
- Taylor Morey - 2014 (Wisconsin)
- Courtney Thomas - 2014 (Wisconsin)
- Haleigh Nelson - 2015, 2016 (Wisconsin)
- Sydney Hilley - 2018 (Wisconsin)
- Molly Haggerty - 2019 (Wisconsin)
- Lauren Barnes - 2020, 2021 (Wisconsin)
- Anna Smrek - 2023 (Wisconsin)
= Third Team =
- Lyndsay Fletemier - 2009 (Dayton)
- Megan Campbell - 2011 (Dayton)
- Tionna Williams - 2016 (Wisconsin)
- Molly Haggerty - 2016 (Wisconsin)
- Madison Duello - 2018 (Wisconsin)
- Devyn Robinson - 2020, 2022 (Wisconsin)
- Danielle Hart - 2022 (Wisconsin)
- Sarah Franklin - 2022 (Wisconsin)
- Carter Booth - 2023 (Wisconsin)
- Charlie Fuerbringer - 2024 (Wisconsin)
= Honorable Mention =
- Blair Buchanan - 2004, 2005 (Albany)
- Lindsay Fletemier - 2008 (Dayton)
- Jessica Yanz - 2010 (Dayton)
- Samantha Selksy - 2011 (Dayton)
- Rachel Krabacher - 2011, 2012 (Dayton)
- Megan Campbell - 2012 (Dayton)
- Ellen Chapman - 2013 (Wisconsin)
- Dominique Thompson - 2014 (Wisconsin)
- Haleigh Nelson - 2014 (Wisconsin)
- Taylor Morey - 2015 (Wisconsin)
- Tionna Williams - 2015, 2017 (Wisconsin)
- Tiffany Clark - 2018 (Wisconsin)
- Grace Loberg - 2019, 2020 (Wisconsin)
- Molly Haggerty - 2020 (Wisconsin)
- Devyn Robinson - 2023 (Wisconsin)
=Coaching Awards=
- 2023 AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year
- 2022 Big Ten Coach of the Year
- 2022 AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year
- 2019 AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year
- 2019 Big Ten Coach of the Year
- 2014 Zimbrick Honda Madison Sportsman of the Year
- 2014 Big Ten Coach of the Year{{Cite web |url=http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/120214aaa.html |title=Postseason Volleyball Honors Big Ten Conference Official Site |access-date=2015-01-10 |archive-date=2015-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110053912/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/120214aaa.html |url-status=dead }}
- 2013 Volleyball Magazine National Coach of the Year
- 2014 AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year
- 2012 AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year
- 2012 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year
- 2011 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year
- 2010 AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year
- 2010 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year
- 2006 America East Coach of the Year
- 2004 America East Coach of the Year
{{cite web|last1=Hernandez|first1=Rob|title=Madison Sports Hall of Fame: Final Four coaches Bo Ryan, Kelly Sheffield to receive Madison Sportsman Award |url=http://host.madison.com/sports/college/basketball/men/madison-sports-hall-of-fame-final-four-coaches-bo-ryan/article_fa4a4aba-a316-5f74-81fe-e616f2f6d827.html|website=Madison.com|date=24 May 2014 |accessdate=5 June 2014}}
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