Dan O'Keefe joined the Dayton volleyball staff during the summer of 2017 and will be in his first season as a Flyer this year. He is a recent graduate of Saint Xavier University.
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 Girl's 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.
O'Keefe, a native of Chicago, was a 2016 Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Second Team and All-Academic Team selection at Saint Xavier. He was also a two-time SXU Student-Athlete Gold Medal winner.
