Meet 3-time National Coach of the Year Kirsten Bernthal Booth, Creighton Bluejays volleyball coach

Meet @gocreighton volleyball head coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth. She shares her amazing journey to Creighton and offers some amazing insight on how she built a successful volleyball program in the Big East. Three-time National Coach of the Year Kirsten Bernthal Booth continues to lead one of the nation’s best programs at Creighton. Her influence on the sport has never been more prominent, as she’s currently the President of the American Volleyball Coaches Association and is one of 17 members on the AVCA’s Board of Directors. Booth has steadily built a program that has appeared in the AVCA’s Top 25 poll each of the last 12 years. CU has reached 13 of the last 14 NCAA Tournaments and earned six national seeds, including a 2016 postseason run to the Elite Eight, Sweet Sixteen trips in 2015, 2016 and 2023, and an unprecedented 10 straight BIG EAST regular-season titles. Since the start of 2014, CU is 176-13 against league foes. Last year’s team battled a myriad of injuries to finish 29-5, won five different tournaments, and boasted a pair of Academic All-Americans in Kendra Wait and Kiana Schmitt. Wait was named BIG EAST Player of the Year and Setter of the Year, while Schmitt claimed MVP honors at the BIG EAST Tournament. CU finished a perfect 15-0 at home, including 3-0 sweeps over Colgate and Minnesota en route to a return to the Sweet 16.