Dan Behnke enters his third season as head volleyball coach at Huston-Tillotson University. Last season, Behnke led the Lady Rams to a 13-13 record, 7-7 in the Red River Conference with a 2nd straight RRAC tournament appearance.
Prior to HT, Behnke was the Volunteer Assistant Coach at Texas State University in 2014. He performed many duties, but most significantly Behnke was their serving coach. The Bobcats had 169 service aces finishing 2nd in the Sun Belt Conference and 47th in Division I.
Previously, Dan coached junior volleyball for 9 years with various clubs: Austin Juniors, Texas Eclipse, Jollyville and Austin Stars. During his final 2 seasons, his 18’s and 15’s teams qualified and competed at the USA Junior National Championships.
As a player, Behnke was Team President and right side hitter for the University of Wisconsin-Stout men’s club team. During his tenure, the team earned top 25 national rankings in NIRSA. After his collegiate career, he competed in several professional AVP beach volleyball tournaments and began to pursue a career in coaching and training athletes.
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Directly after college, Behnke began a 14-year career educating youth and families in the field of social services. In 2008, for his work in that arena, he received the Champions for Children Award, an award for non-profit and business professionals in recognition of changing children’s lives in the greater Austin community. Originally from Neenah, WI, Behnke earned his Bachelor of Arts in psychology with a minor in sociology at Wisconsin-Stout in 2000. He now resides in Austin, TX with his wife Ashley and 2 sons, Theo and Oliver.
