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Dan Meske
American indoor volleyball player and coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dan Meske (born December 15, 1984) is an American former indoor volleyball player and current head coach of the Louisville Cardinals women's volleyball team.[1]
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Early life and playing career
Meske grew up in Willow Springs, Illinois outside of Chicago in the Chicago metropolitan area. He attended Lyons Township High School where he excelled at volleyball, earning first team all state and finishing 4th in the state championship.[2]
Meske went on to play four years at Ohio State. During his career, he would help lead OSU to a 2005 national semifinal appearance and two MIVA championships before graduating in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in construction management.[3]
Meske spent one season playing professionally for the BNI Taplus Volleyball team in 2008.
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Coaching career
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Nebraska
Meske began his collegiate coaching career at the Nebraska where he began as the team's graduate manager in 2007 before serving as a volunteer coach and eventually became a full-time assistant coach.[2]
Augustana
Meske's first head coaching experience came at Augustana, a NCAA Division II school in Sioux Falls where he coached women's volleyball team from 2015 to 2016. In his two seasons leading the team, the Vikings made their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2008 and won their first tournament game since 2006.[4]
Louisville
In 2017, Dan Meske left Augustana and joined the Louisville coaching staff as an assistant coach to head coach Dani Busboom Kelly. In his eight years under Busboom Kelly, he helped the Louisville program reach new heights including eight straight NCAA Tournament appearances, the first Elite Eight appearance in program history, winning four ACC Championships, three national semifinal appearances, and two national championship appearances. In 2022, Meske was named the AVCA National Assistant Coach of the Year.[1][5]
Meske was named the eighth head coach of the University of Louisville women's volleyball team following the departure of Busboom Kelly in January 2025.[6]
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Personal life
Dan Meske is married to his wife Laurel, who played volleyball at Creighton. They have three children together.[4]
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