Dan O'Keefe is in his fourth season as an assistant coach with Wright State, having joined the staff prior to the 2018 season.
The spring 2021 Raiders were undefeated in Horizon League play, going 14-0 during the regular season with 11 three-set matches on the way to claiming the Horizon League regular season and tournament titles, culminating in the program’s second consecutive trip to the NCAA Championship. Wright State finished the season with a 17-2 overall mark and tallied its first-ever NCAA win with a three-set victory over Samford in the opening round. The Raiders collected seven postseason Horizon League honors, tied for the most in program history, including Jenna Story (Defensive Player of the Year) and Lainey Stephenson (Setter of the Year) earning two of the League's major awards.
In 2019, O’Keefe helped guide the Raiders to their first Horizon League regular season championship in program history, a 24-6 overall record that included a perfect 11-0 record at home during the regular season and a 16-game winning streak from August 31-October 9, which was the longest streak in the NCAA during the run. Wright State garnered seven postseason Horizon League honors and earned the athletic department's first-ever at-large NCAA Tournament bid when they were selected to take on Purdue in the first round of the 2019 tournament.Â
The 2018 season saw Wright State finish 15-14 overall, its first .500 or better season since 2003, while finishing with seven Horizon League wins, the most for the program since 2008, as the Raiders qualified for the Horizon League Tournament for the first time in 10 years.
Before coming to Wright State, O’Keefe was on the staff at Dayton for the 2017 campaign after graduating from Saint Xavier University. He coached six Atlantic 10 All-Conference players during his time at Dayton, including the Setter of the Year (Jane Emmenecker) and Player of the Year (Amber Erhahon). Senior middle blocker Amber Erhahon was also named a member of the AVCA Honorable Mention All-America Team after finishing the 2017 season ranked fourth nationally with a .422 hitting percentage and 54th nationally with 1.22 blocks per set. Her .413 career hitting percentage is a Dayton program record. The Flyers finished the 2017 season with an overall record of 23-8, with a conference record of 13-1.
O'Keefe has been an active coach in the club, high school, and local volleyball community in Chicago since 2014. During his time at Michio Chicago Volleyball Academy, he helped lead the Michio 17 National Team to a fifth-place finish at the USAV Girls Junior National Championship (17 Open) in 2015, followed by a ninth-place finish at AAUs (16 Open) with the Michio 16 National Team in 2016.
O'Keefe served as the Junior Varsity Girls’ Volleyball Head Coach at St. Ignatius College Preparatory High School in 2016, after a successful season as the head coach of the freshman team in 2015. During his time with the Wolfpack, O'Keefe tallied a 41-17 (.707) record. Additionally, O'Keefe has been a camp and clinic coach for Elite Volleyball Program on the south side of Chicago since 2014. He has worked dozens of camps and clinics with Elite, from fundamental camps for grade school athletes to high level high school clinics with some of the best coaches in the area.
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