John Klanac

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John Klanac
portrait
Date of birth July 20, 1988
place of birth Buffalo, United States
size 1.99 m
position Acceptance / outside
societies
until 2006
2007–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015 		Orchard Park High School
Ohio State University
RWE Volleys Bottrop
Kokkolan Tiikerit
Waremme VBC
Al Nasser Sports Club
Știința Explorări Baia Mare
Patriotas de Lares
National team
Junior national team
successes
2011
2013 		University
champion USA Finnish champion

As of December 6, 2018

John Klanac (born July 20, 1988 in Buffalo ) is an American volleyball coach and former volleyball player.

Career as a player

Klanac began his volleyball career at Orchard Park High School in his hometown. In 2007 he began studying history at Ohio State University , where he played on the Buckeyes team. In 2011, the outside attacker, who also played in the junior national team, won the US University Championship with a final victory over the favored team of UC Santa Barbara . This ended his time at the university and since he did not want to switch to beach volleyball , he looked for a club in Europe. Finally, the German Bundesliga team RWE Volleys Bottrop signed the American. Klanac could not prevent the relegation of the RWE volleys from the Bundesliga 2011/12 . At the end of the season he left the first division and moved to Finland to Kokkolan Tiikerit ; there he became Finnish champion in 2013. In the 2013 season he was under contract with the Belgian club Waremme VBC . At the end of 2013 he went to Bahrain for five months at the Al Nasser Sports Club in Juffair . For the 2014/15 season he moved to Știința Explorări Baia Mare in Romania . From August 2015 until the end of the year he then played with Patriotas de Lares in Puerto Rico .

Trainer

After the end of his active career, he was initially a volunteer assistant coach at the University at Buffalo until mid-2017 , after which he headed the volleyball department at the University of Houston . Since April 2018 he has been the assistant coach of the Rice Owls , the women's volleyball team at Rice University in Houston .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Harald Jelonnek: Acting US champion. The West, August 22, 2011, accessed March 19, 2012 .
  2. ↑ a b c Profile at Ohio State University ( memento of the original from January 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com
  3. ↑ Top Stories of 2011: # 2 - Klanac leads Ohio State to national volleyball title. Orchard Park Sports, February 23, 2012, archived from the original on June 12, 2012 ; accessed on March 19, 2012 (English).
  4. ↑ Todd Avery: Ohio State volleyball players Steven Kehoe, John Klanac setting up to go pro overseas. The Lantern, May 18, 2011, accessed March 19, 2012 .
  5. ↑ International Transfers. In: teamusa.org. February 1, 2013, accessed December 7, 2018 .
  6. ↑ [Transfert] Waremme attire un autre américain pour compléter son noyau: John Klanac. In: volleynews.be. May 27, 2013, accessed December 7, 2018 (French).
  7. ↑ a b c Klanac Added to Volleyball Coaching Staff. In: riceowls.com. April 16, 2018, accessed December 7, 2018 .
  8. ↑ VOLEI - Dupa un drum de 14 ore, americanul John Klanac a ajuns in Baia Mare, iar din aceasta dimineata sa alaturat colegilor de la Stiinta Explorari. In: emaramures.ro. August 21, 2014, accessed December 7, 2018 (Romanian).
  9. ↑ John Klanac - Women's Volleyball Coach. In: uhcougars.com. Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Klanac, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffalo