Angie Oxley Behrens

Biography

Angie Oxley Behrens returns for her 23rd season at Creighton, and second as associate head coach. Behrens is the longest-tenured assistant coach in Creighton's Volleyball history and a key factor in the program's run of 11 consecutive regular-season BIG EAST titles and 13 straight trips to the NCAA Tournament. In 2019, Behrens was recognized as AVCA National Assistant Coach of the Year and was also part of the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year after helping the Bluejays to a sixth straight league title. Behrens works closely with CU's outside hitters and servers while assisting with scouting and recruiting. Behrens also helps to organize Creighton's volleyball camps. Behrens has trained 12 outside hitters to a combined 26 all-conference honors, including 2024 Olympian Taryn Kloth, 2018 BIG EAST Player of the Year and four-time All-American Jaali Winters, 2019 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year Keeley Davis, 2022 BIG EAST Player of the Year Norah Sis and 2022 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year Ava Martin. Behrens has helped Creighton go 502-192 in her 22 seasons on the bench. A four-year starter at Nebraska, Behrens won three Big 12 titles, was named 1997 Big 12 Freshman of the Year and was chosen as the University's female student-athlete of the year in 2001 after leading the Cornhuskers to a 34-0 mark and a national title in 2000 as a senior. She closed her career as NU's all-time digs leader with 1,086.