Raiders Volleyball
Camp Director

Kyle Van Den Bosch
Camp Director/Head Coach

States Head Coach Kyle Van Den Bosch, “Northwestern volleyball has a rich tradition.  My hope is to continue to build on what has already been established.”

In six years as head coach, Van Den Bosch has brought the Northwestern College volleyball program to an elite level within the NAIA. Since taking the reins in 2005, Van Den Bosch has guided five teams to the national tournament, reaching the NAIA quarterfinals three times (2007-09). The Raiders ended the season ranked in the top 10 in each of the last three seasons under Van Den Bosch and have been ranked in the nation’s top 25 in 41 consecutive polls. Last year, the Raiders qualified for the national tournament as the fourth seed and with a perfect 35-0 record, one of just two undefeated teams in the field. Van Den Bosch’s team took a 3-0 opening match win over Malone (Ohio) but then dropped the next two matches (Point Loma Nazarene and Lewis-Clark State) to finish the season 36-2. The win total tied for the fourth most in the program’s history; the 2010 team had the best overall win percentage (.947). In addition, Van Den Bosch guided his team to its third straight undefeated regular season in conference play, finishing with a perfect 16-0 record. They set the record by winning 58 straight GPAC matches and then went on to win their second straight and fifth overall postseason title.

Van Den Bosch guided his 2009 squad to a 36-3 overall record, finishing the season ranked third in the NAIA. Earlier that season, the Raiders were ranked second, the second highest ranking in the history of the program. Van Den Bosch led the Raiders out of pool play at the national tournament with a 3-0 record and lost in the quarterfinals to Lee (Tenn.). In 2008, the Raiders compiled an impressive 30-9 overall record, reaching the quarterfinals before falling to second-ranked Biola. In 2007, Van Den Bosch guided the Red Raiders to a 31-12 overall record and their second-straight trip to the national tournament. While there, Northwestern advanced out of pool play with a 2-1 record and then proceeded to knock off seventh-seed Columbia (Mo.), the host school, to reach the Elite Eight for the second time in school history. He also led the Raiders to the national tournament in 2006, as they finished with a 33-6 mark.

Van Den Bosch holds an impressive 190-43 record during his six-year tenure, the second most wins among past Red Raider coaches. He holds the best winning percentage in the program’s history (.815). Within the conference, his teams have finished in the top three in each of his six seasons, winning the league title the last three years with perfect 16-0 records. In both 2006 and 2007, the Raiders finished second in the GPAC. Van Den Bosch has been named the GPAC coach of the year four consecutive years (2007-10) and the AVCA regional coach of the year the past three seasons. He has accumulated an 87-9 (.906) record within the conference.

Van Den Bosch has coached 10 All-Americans and 33 all-conference players, including the GPAC player of the year the past four seasons (Megan Meyer,’07; Randa Hulstein, 2008-09; & Kaitlin Beaver, ’10) during his tenure. In addition, nine athletes earned NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors while the entire Raider team received Scholar Team accolades four times (2007-10).

Prior to coming to Northwestern, Van Den Bosch was the assistant coach at MOC-Floyd Valley in Orange City for one year. Before that, he was the head volleyball coach at Calvin Christian School in Escondido, Calif., for six years. He guided his team to one appearance in the Final Four during that time and was also named coach of the year that same season. Van Den Bosch served as the head volleyball coach at Western Christian High School in Hull, Iowa, in 1997 and directed his team to a 42-3 mark en route to a sub-state finish. Van Den Bosch also served as an assistant volleyball coach at Dordt College (Iowa) on two separate occasions.

Van Den Bosch, a 1998 Dordt College alum, also serves as an instructor in the kinesiology department. He and his wife, Dawn, a Northwestern alumna, live in Orange City and have two children, Jackson and Aubrey.