Kent Clayberg

  • Title
    Head Coach
  • Email
    kclayber@su.edu
  • Phone
    540.665.4797
  • Alma Mater
    Central '90
  • Year at Shenandoah
    5th (328-260)
  • Master's Degree
    Iowa State '97
Clayberg Year-by-Year
Year School Record Conf. Record
2003 Central 26-10 8-0, 1st
2004 Central 28-9 8-0, 1st
2005 Central 26-10 8-0, 1st
2006 Central 24-10 6-2, T1st
2007 Central 27-9 8-0, 1st
2008 Central 21-15 6-2, 3rd
2009 Central 22-12 4-4, 6th
2010 Central 20-13 5-3, T3rd
2011 Central 24-11 4-4, T4th
2012 Central 9-20 2-5, 6th
2013 Central 13-19 2-5, T5th
2014 Central 21-10 4-3, 4th
2015 Central 15-18 1-6, 7th
2016 Central 14-15 4-4, T4th
2017 Central 9-24 1-7, T8th
2019 Shenandoah 9-19 3-9
2020 Shenandoah 6-6 5-5
2021 Shenandoah 7-17 3-9
2022
2023
Shenandoah
Shenandoah
8-17
8-20
4-8
2-10
Total   328-260 88-87

The Shenandoah University volleyball program entered a new era in March, 2019 with the addition of Kent Clayberg as its new head coach.

Clayberg is the fifth full-time head coach in program history. 

Clayberg comes to Shenandoah with an impressive resume, having won 290 matches as the head coach at Central (Iowa) from 2003 through 2017. In his tenure as head coach, the Dutch won five Iowa Conference titles while making four NCAA Division III Tournament appearances. 

He was the Iowa Conference Coach of the Year in 2003, 2005 and 2007.

Prior to his head coaching experience, the 1990 Central graduate was an assistant coach at his alma mater from 1998 through 2002. In that time, Central won three Division III national championships, five Iowa Conference titles and an appeared in the NCAA Tournament four additional times. 

Off the court, his squads were honored for a national record 17 conference years with the AVCA Team Academic Award and 112 players earned conference All-Academic accolades.

Following his departure from Central, Clayberg served as an assistant at DI Charleston Southern University before going into private business.  






















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