Kansas Wesleyan University :: Athletics :: Volleyball

Coaching Staff

Rick Mischka, Head Coach
E-Mail: rick.mischka@kwu.edu
Phone: 785.827.5541 ext. 3122
Toll Free: 1-800-874-1154 (8 am to 5 pm)

Before Kansas Wesleyan, Mischka was an assistant coach at NCAA-III Saint Mary’s University (Minn.) in Winona, Minnesota. At Saint Mary’s he was responsible for all aspects of the program, and was a major part of the recruiting process. In his two-plus seasons at SMU, the Cardinals rebounded from a 10-19 record to a 17-12 overall record in 2007.

Mischka is also strongly involved in the USA Volleyball Junior Olympic program. He has spent the last five years involved with the Southern Minnesota Volleyball program, including the last two years as the head coach of the 17-elite team that finished the 2007 season 35-22 and was 34th of 64 teams at the AAU Nationals in Orlando, Fla.

Before Saint Mary’s, Mischka was assistant coach at Graceland University (Iowa), where he worked with both the men’s and women’s programs for two seasons.

Mischka played three years at Wisconsin-Stevens Point where he was co-captain, player coach and team treasurer for the Pointers’ NIRSA collegiate club team. While at UWSP, he received NIRSA Club National Championships All-National Team honors as a setter.

Mischka then transferred to Graceland where he played for two seasons as setter and right side hitter for the Yellowjackets. He graduated from Graceland in 2006 with a double major in Philosophy and Religion and is currently pursuing his Master of Arts in Human Development at Saint Mary’s.

He is also a certified firefighter, and holds a valid Emergency Medical Technician license, obtained through the Wisconsin Technical College system.

The Mischka File

PERSONAL

Hometown: Plainfield, Wisc.
Parents: Richard Mischka and Christine Ostrander

EDUCATION
High School:
Tri-County High School - 1996

College:
Saint Mary's University (Minn.)
M.A. Human Development
In Progress

Graceland University (Iowa)
Double B.A. Philosophy and Religion
2006

Univ. of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
Transferred Minor in Biology

Mid-State/North Central Tech. College
EMT Basic/Int/Paramedic
Firefighter I & II

COLLEGIATE PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Graceland University
2004 - 2006

Wisconsin - Stevens Point
2002 - 2004

VOLLEYBALL COACHING EXPERIENCE

Saint Mary's University (Minn.)
Women's Assistant Coach
2006 - 2008

Southern Minnesota Volleyball
(Rochester, Minn.)
17-Elite Head Coach
2006 - 2008

Graceland University
Assistant Varsity Coach
JV Head Coach
2004 - 2006

Various USAV Camps
Head Coach
2002 - 2008

Head 7th & 8th Grade Coach
Tri-County High School
2002 - 2003