The second head coach in program history, Dan Buehring enters his seventh season as Head Coach of Stevens Institute of Technology men’s volleyball in 2027.
During his first six seasons (2021-26), Buehring has led the Ducks to a 158-24 record (a 0.868 win percentage), including a 56-3 mark in Middle Atlantic Conference, with the team having won all 46 of its conference matches since the start of the 2022 season, in addition to five straight MAC Championships.
In just his third season at the helm, Buehring led Stevens to their second national championship in program history, as they defeated North Central (Ill.) 3-1. Along the way, the team posted a 35-3 record and won the MAC Championship, earning them an automatic berth to the tournament. The 35 wins are the most in a season in franchise history. Buehring was named AVCA East Region Coach of the Year, as well as the MAC Coach of the Year.
After a 10-4 first season, Beuhring led the Ducks to a 30-4 record and a berth to the NCAA Championship in just his first full season at Stevens. The team won the MAC Championship and were one of the last four teams remaining in the NCAA Tournament.
Buehring comes to Stevens after a seven-year stint as the head coach at Benedictine University. He started the Eagles’ men’s volleyball program in 2014 and built it from the ground up, amassing an 89-47 overall record in his time there. Buehring was named the NACC Coach of the Year in 2018 after leading Benedictine to a share of the regular season conference title.
Over his final three seasons at Benedictine, Buehring led the Eagles to a 55-14 overall record. Additionally, the program found itself inside the top-10 of the AVCA Poll in 28 of the 38 total polls from 2018-2020, including a program-best No. 3 overall ranking in 2019.
Prior to working at Benedictine, Buehring served as the Assistant Women’s Volleyball Coach for both Loyola University Chicago and University of Illinois Chicago.
As a collegiate, Buehring played for the men’s volleyball program at California Baptist University and helped the Lancers win the 2006 and 2007 NAIA National Titles. He also competed on the AVP tour from 2010-18 and ranked inside the top-50 on the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour for four straight seasons.
- 2026: First Round
- 2025: First Round
- 2024: Semifinals
- 2023: National Champions
- 2022: Semifinals
- 2026: Ryan Schmid -- First Team All-American and All-Region III
- 2026: Tyler Hoke -- Honorable Mention All-American and All-Region III
- 2026: Julius Stiemer -- Honorable Mention All-American and All-Region III
- 2025: Koby Sherman -- First Team All-American and All-Region III
- 2024 AVCA Coach of the Year
- 2024: Koby Sherman -- First Team All-American and All-Region III
- 2024: Connor Feulner -- First Team All-American and All-Region III
- 2024: Louden Moran -- Honorable Mention All-American and All-Region III
- 2024: Percy Bickford -- All-Region III
- 2024: Tyler Hoke -- All-Region III
- 2023 East Region Coach of the Year
- 2023: Koby Sherman – Second Team All-American
- 2023: Koby Sherman – All-East Region
- 2023: Percy Bickford – Second Team All-American
- 2023: Percy Bickford – All-East Region
- 2023: Louden Moran – Second Team All-American
- 2023: Louden Moran – All-East Region
- 2022: Connor Fuelner – Second Team All-American
- 2022: Connor Fuelner – All-East Region
- 2022: Jack Fyda – All-East Region
- 2022: Koby Sherman – All-East Region
- 2022: Koby Sherman – East Region Newcomer of the Year
- 2020: John Davis – All-West Region*
- 2019: Elijah Medlock – Second Team All-American*
*-While at Benedictine University
- 2026: Julius Stiemer -- First Team All-Conference
- 2026: Tyler Hoke -- First Team All-Conference
- 2026: Ryan Schmid -- First Team All-Conference
- 2026: Greg Li -- Second Team All-Conference
- 2026: Dom Ambrose -- Honorable Mention All-Conference
- 2025: Koby Sherman – Player of the Year
- 2025: Jesse Knuckles -- Second Team All-Conference
- 2025: Tyler Hoke -- Second Team All-Conference
- 2025: Joshua Levandoske -- Second Team All-Conference
- 2025: Greg Li -- Honorable Mention All-Conference
- 2024: Coach of the Year
- 2024: Koby Sherman – Player of the Year
- 2024: Connor Fuelner – Defensive Player of the Year
- 2024: Louden Moran – First Team All-Conference
- 2024: Jesse Knuckles -- First Team All-Conference
- 2024: Percy Bickford – Second Team All-Conference
- 2024: Tyler Hoke -- Second Team All-Conference
- 2024: Nathan Lancia – Honorable Mention All-Conference
- 2023: Coach of the Year
- 2023: Koby Sherman – Co-Player of the Year
- 2023: Phillip Bone – Rookie of the Year
- 2023: Koby Sherman – Co-Player of the Year
- 2023: Louden Moran – First Team All-Conference
- 2023: Connor Fuelner – First Team All-Conference
- 2023: Percy Bickford – First Team All-Conference
- 2023: Phillip Bone – Second Team All-Conference
- 2023: Nathan Lancia – Honorable Mention All-Conference
- 2022: Connor Fuelner – First Team All-Conference
- 2022: Jack Fyda – First Team All-Conference
- 2022: Louden Moran – Second Team All-Conference
- 2022: Koby Sherman – Second Team All-Conference
- 2021: Jack Fyda – First Team All-Conference
- 2020: John Davis – First Team All-Conference*
- 2019: Nick Malak – First Team All-Conference*
- 2019: Elijah Medlock – First Team All-Conference*
- 2019: Regular Season Champions*
- 2018: Marcus Riemer – First Team All-Conference*
- 2018: Elijah Medlock – First Team All-Conference*
- 2018: Adriel Rivas – First Team All-Conference*
- 2018: Kyle VanStedum – First Team All-Conference*
- 2018: Regular Season Champions*
- 2018: Coach of the Year*
*-While at Benedictine University
- Won the 2023 National Championship
- Led the Ducks to a program record 35 wins in 2023
- Finished #1 in the final 2023 AVCA poll after being ranked #1 for most of the season
- Has won five straight MAC Championships (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)
- Won 86.8 percent of all matches and 94.9 percent of all conference matches in first six seasons
- Led the Ducks to a 10-4 overall record in his first season on Castle Point after starting the season 1-3
- Named the second men’s volleyball head coach in program history
- 2025 AVCA Team Academic Champion -- highest academic mark among all men's volleyball programs across Divisions I, II, and III
- 2023 AVCA/USMC Academic Team Award
- 2023: Louden Moran – College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
- 2022 AVCA/USMC Academic Team Award
- 2021 AVCA/USMC Academic Team Award
- Started the men’s volleyball program in 2015 and built it from the ground up
- Produced four winning seasons and a pair of years with at least 20 victories, including a program-best 22-3 overall record in 2019
- Led the Eagles to back-to-back Regular season NACC titles in 2018 and 2019
- Produced an 89-47 overall record and was 55-14 over his final three seasons
- Had the program inside the top-10 of the AVCA Poll in 28 of the 38 total polls from 2018-2020
- Finished No. 9 and No. 7 overall in the AVCA Final Poll in 2018 and 2019, respectively
- Coached BenU’s first All-American, Elijah Medlock, in 2019
- Served on the NCAA DIII West Regional Advisory Committee for the NACC
- Also served as the SAAC Advisor in 2019 and 2020
- Helped improve Loyola’s women’s volleyball team’s win total by 13 wins in his first season, tops in the NCAA
- Coached the Ramblers to 30 total victories over two seasons
- Helped lead Loyola to the semifinals of the Horizon League Tournament in 2012
- Served as the program’s recruiting coordinator
- Helped the Flames women’s volleyball program win 43 total matches over three seasons
- Was a part of the 2009 and 2010 programs that advanced to the Horizon League Tournament
- Coached UIC to a win over Butler in the Horizon League Quarterfinals in his first season at UIC
- Achieved his Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction in 2011
- Competed on the AVP Tour from 2010-2018
- Ranked inside the top-50 on the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour for four straight seasons (’14, ’15, 16, & ’17)
- Holds career-best finishes of (2) 13th, (9) 17th and (3) 21st on tour
- Produced a total of 44 victories regionally from 2010-18
- Competed in 31 total tournaments over eight seasons
- Led the AVP Chicago Open in 2016 with 1.38 aces per set and was tied for the tournament lead with 11 total aces
- Finished third in digs per set and 14th in total digs at the 2016 AVP Manhattan Beach Open
- Also coached professional women’s teams, college-bound juniors and USA Volleyball High-Performance U-15 A1 camps
- Member of both the 2006 and 2007 Cal Baptist men’s volleyball teams that won NAIA National Championships
- Played a total of 59 matches over two seasons with the Lancers
- Earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in 2008
