Dominican University Athletics

A 2013 recipient of the AVCA “Thirty Under 30” Award, Ryan Baumgartner returns to Dominican University as an assistant coach with the men's volleyball team after a three-year stint as the Stars' head women's volleyball coach from 2011-2013.

Under Baumgartner, the Stars went 76-24 with three appearances in the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball National Tournament, a conference championship in 2011 and a conference tournament championship in 2013. 

Baumgartner joined the Stars after two years as an assistant with the Simpson College women’s volleyball program.  In 2009, his first season with Simpson, Baumgartner helped head coach Lana Smith guide the Storm to a 21-14 overall record, an Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) regular season and tournament title and NCAA Division III national tournament appearance.  While with the Storm, Baumgartner coordinated the program’s recruiting efforts, opponent scouting and in-game statistics.

Prior to Simpson, Baumgartner worked at Neuqua Valley High School as an assistant coach, helping the girls’ volleyball team to back-to-back 22-10 seasons before joining NCAA Division II Lewis University as a volunteer assistant coach.  Additionally, the Naperville native served as the Girls Volleyball Club Director at Side Out Volleyball Club in Glendale Heights.

As an undergraduate student at Carthage College, Baumgartner starred for the Red Men volleyball team, setting the program record for digs in a season and digs per game as he earned team Most Valuable Player honors in 2007.  Baumgartner was recognized three times with All-America honors as a setter and libero, leading Carthage to NCAA Division III second place finishes in 2005 and 2007 and a third-place finish in 2006.  Simultaneously, Baumgartner served as a student assistant coach with the Lady Red volleyball program during a stretch of back-to-back-to-back-to-back College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) first place finishes.