| Jen Flynn Oldenburg | |
| Current Title: | Head Coach |
| Current Team: | Ohio State |
| Current Conference: | Big Ten |
| Contract: | $275,000[1] |
| Birth Date: | 26 July 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Alma Mater: | Ohio State University |
| Player Years1: | 1996–1999 |
| Player Team1: | Ohio State |
| Player Years2: | 2001–2002 |
| Player Team2: |  U.S. National Team |
| Player Positions: | Setter, Outside Hitter |
| Coach Years1: | 2003–2012 |
| Coach Team1: | Illinois (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 2020– |
| Coach Team2: | Ohio State |
| Tournament Record: | (NCAA Division I) |
| Awards: | Big Ten Coach of the Year (2020) |
| Nationalyears: | 2001-2002 |
| Nationalteam: | United States |
Jen Flynn Oldenburg (born July 26, 1978) is an American former volleyball player and current head coach of the Ohio State women's volleyball team.
Before getting into coaching, Flynn Oldenburg was a four-year starter on the Ohio State University women's volleyball team. Additionally, she was a member of the United States women's national volleyball team. She played at the 2002 FIVB World championship,[2] where team USA won a silver medal.
She coached as an assistant for the University of Illinois from 2003 to 2012[3]
After Illinois, she spent six years as the club/associate director of the Pittsburgh Elite Volleyball Association. She was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the club, handled recruitment for potential collegiate athletes and worked as a private lessons instructor.[4]
In January 2020, Flynn Oldenburg was named the head coach of the Ohio State women's volleyball team.[5]
In her first season as head coach, she was named Big Ten Coach of the Year after Ohio State finished 15–3 in league play and made the NCAA tournament's round of sixteen. In the same year, she coached Emily Londot, who was named the league's Freshman of the Year as well. She is the only head coach in Ohio State history to earn an appearance in the national tournament during their first year.[6]