WSC Volleyball Camps - Wayne State College

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Head Coach Scott Kneifl

In three seasons as head volleyball coach at Wayne State College, Scott Kneifl has elevated the Wildcat program to new heights. He has directed the Wildcats to an impressive 79-30 record, including a 38-12 mark in the Northern Sun Conference. WSC has qualified for the NCAA Div. II North Central Regional Tournament the last three seasons and added the school's first-ever NSIC Tournament title in 2007 to its list of milestones accomplished in recent years.

Kneifl coached Wayne State to a 24-12 record in 2007 and a third place finish in the Northern Sun Conference with a 13-5 league mark. The Wildcats peaked at the end of the season and captured the school's first-ever Northern Sun Conference Volleyball Tournament title as the Wildcats defeated MSU Moorhead 3-1 in the title match. WSC then advanced to its third straight NCAA Division II North Central Regional Tournament where the Wildcats suffered a hard fought 3-1 loss to eventual national champion Concordia-St. Paul in the first round.

The Wildcats recorded a stellar 30-8 mark in 2006, advancing to the NCAA Division II North Central Regional Tournament for the second straight season and reaching the semi-finals for the first time in school history. Kneifl also coached the school's first-ever All-American as junior middle hitter Emily Schroeder received Second Team All-American honors from AVCA and Daktronics while junior libero Laura Dolezal was named NSIC Libero of the Year for the second straight season. WSC also made a mark on the national scene, finishing the season ranked 20th in NCAA Division II while ranking 8th in home attendance, averaging over 520 fans per home match. The 2006 WSC volleyball squad also earned the Game Plan/AVCA Team Academic Award, maintaining an impressive 3.452 grade point average during the 2006-07 academic year.

In his first season as head coach in 2005, Kneifl directed the Wildcats to a 25-10 overall record and the team's first-ever berth in the NCAA Division II North Central Regional Volleyball Tournament. WSC finished tied for second in the Northern Sun Conference with a 10-4 league mark and for his efforts, Kneifl was awarded the NSIC Co-Coach of the Year Award.

Kneifl has coached at both the high school and college level and brings 12 years of experience to the Wildcat program. He served as assistant coach with the Wildcat volleyball program for two seasons before moving up to the head coaching position in 2005. The Wildcats made a 10-game improvement from 2003 to 2004 under the assistance of Kneifl, going from 10-24 in 2003 to 20-14 in 2004.

He got his start as the head girl's volleyball coach at Allen High School in 1995. Kneifl's 1996 team finished district runner-up. After three years at Allen High School, Kneifl chose to make the jump to the collegiate level and became the assistant women's volleyball coach at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. While at Doane, the Tigers made it to the NAIA national tournament.

In 1998, Coach Kneifl was named head girl's volleyball coach at Millard South High School. In just his second year at the helm, Kneifl took MSHS to the district finals where they finished runner-up.

A native of Newcastle, Nebraska, Kneifl has also worked with many club volleyball programs including: Logan Valley, Tri-State, and Nebraska Juniors. In 1997, his Tri-State team won the regional tournament and earned a berth to the national club volleyball tournament.

Scott earned his bachelors degree from Wayne State in 1995 and achieved his masters degree in 2004 in sport management, also from Wayne State College. He and his wife Jennifer have two sons, Jacob, (5) and Brooks, (3), and they reside in Wayne.