Dennis Janzen

Dennis Janzen

  • Title
    Assistant Coach

Formerly the head women’s volleyball coach at Fresno Pacific University (from 1983-1991 and then from 1994 until 2010), Janzen was the winningest women’s coach in all of college volleyball from 2001-2010 with a 373-18 win-loss record. With an overall career win-loss of 867-168, Janzen’s team’s also attained win streaks of 121 consecutive home court victories and 91 straight regular season wins. Winning a total of six national championships, Janzen’s teams had an NAIA record 20 national tournament appearances and appeared for 184 consecutive weeks in the NAIA national “top five” poll. This streak of national rankings included 43 straight weeks ranked #1 nationally and a total of 70 weeks overall. FPU volleyball also achieved a graduation rate of nearly 96%. A four-time national coach of the year, Janzen has been inducted on four different occasions into various Athletics Halls of Fame. He also had coaching stints as an assistant men’s coach with the U.S.A. National Team, Penn State University and the University of Southern California. He also served as Director of Athletics at FPU from 2004 to 2013.

Janzen obtained a doctorate degree in psychology of sport at USC, a master's degree in physical education at University of Northern Colorado and a bachelor's degree in P.E. and health at Tabor College.