Email Coach Burch

Named the ninth head coach in Ohio State men’s volleyball history May 21, 2019
Ohio State earned an NCAA Tournament berth in both 2023-24 after winning the 2024 MIVA Tournament titles both years along with the 2023 MIVA regular-season title (11-3). The Buckeyes finished with a 22-9 record in 2024 and posted a 23-10 campaign in 2023.
Ohio State defeated King University 3-0 for Burch’s first NCAA Tournament win April 30, 2023, in Fairfax, Virginia. The Buckeyes fell to No. 3 Grand Canyon in the 2024 NCAA Quarterfinals in Long Beach, California.
Earned win No. 50 with the Buckeyes at McKendree April 1, 2023 (3-1)
Win No. 100 came against Lincoln Memorial (3-0) in Columbus jan. 30, 2026.
Shane Wetzel and Eliel Salva-Torres were named First Team All-MIVA with Stanislaw Chacinski earned Second Team honors in 2026.
Chacinski was the MIVA Newcomer of the Year in 2025
Chacinski, Wetzel and Cole Young were 2025 All-MIVA First Teamers with Daniel Henwood Rodriguez making the second team
Wetzel and Chacinski were both named Honorable mention 2025 AVCA All-Americans
Jacob Pasteur (2nd Team) joined teammates Cole Young, Wetzel and Michael Wright, all honorable mention selections, on the AVCA 2024 All-America teams
Pasteur (1st Team), Young (Honorable Mention) and Wetzel (Honorable Mention) all were named AVCA All-Americans in 2023
Pasteur and Young were 2024 First Team All-MIVA honorees with Wetzel and Wright earning second team nods.
Pasteur (1st Team), Young (1st Team) and Wetzel (2nd Team) earned 2023 All-MIVA honors as well. Pasteur was named the 2023 MIVA Player of the Year while Wetzel took home Newcomer of the Year honors.
In 2022 Pasteur was named All-MIVA First Team with senior Martin Lallemand and junior Samuel Clark making the All-MIVA Second Team
Freshman Sotiris Siapanis was named the MIVA Freshman of the Year in 2021 as well as earning All-MIVA First Team honors. Senior Martin Lallemand was a second team All-MIVA as well.
Guided the Buckeyes to an 11-8 record in first season (2020) at the helm including a pair of Top-10 victories
Mentored three 2020 All-MIVA selections in First Team members Reese Devilbiss and Martin Lallemand and Second Team honoree Samuel Clark

“Kevin Burch has constructed a blueprint for the men’s volleyball program built on the same pillars and goals utilized as the foundation to our strategic plan,” Janine Oman, Deputy Director of Athletics and men’s volleyball program administrator, said. “He has demonstrated a commitment to our eight stated values as an athletics & business advancement department – integrity, education, people, excellence, respect, innovation, community and tradition.”

Returned to Ohio State as a full-time assistant coach in May 2015 and immediately delivered on back-to-back NCAA championships (2016, 2017), extending an incredible streak of seven-consecutive academic years as a national champion
The 2016 crown completed a circle for Burch as the title-clinching stretch started with the OSU graduate serving as Ohio State’s volunteer assistant coach during the 2011 campaign:

2016-17 – NCAA Men’s National Champions – Ohio State (assistant coach)
2015-16 – NCAA Men’s National Champions – Ohio State (assistant coach)
2014-15 – NCAA Women’s National Champions – Penn State (director of operations)
2013-14 – NCAA D-III Men’s National Champions – Springfield College (assistant coach)
2012-13 – NCAA Men’s National Champions – UC Irvine (assistant coach)
2011-12 – NCAA D-III Men’s National Champions – Springfield College (assistant coach)
2010-11 – NCAA Men’s National Champions – Ohio State (volunteer assistant coach)

Coached 26 AVCA All-Americans through 2019
Mentored 62 OSU Scholar-Athletes as a Buckeye assistant coach from 2016-19
2017 recipient of the AVCA ’30 under 30' Award
Steered the Buckeye defense to Top 3 finishes nationally for opponent hitting percentage in 2016, ’17 and ’18
Secured commitments from eight AVCA High School All-Americans, three USA U19 athletes and a pair of senior national team members as OSU’s recruiting coordinator (2016-19)
Served as assistant coach and tech coordinator for the USA Boys U19 team since 2015
2012 AVCA D-III National Assistant Coach of the Year while at Springfield College
Springfield paced the entire country with a .381 team attacking efficiency in 2012 under Burch’s guidance
Earned a Sports and Leisure Studies degree from Ohio State in 2011
Initial journey to Columbus was inspired by his late grandfather, Darrell Burch, a three-time Ohio State graduate who earned bachelors, masters and PhD degrees from the University in ’51, ’53 and ’59
Garnered a 26-9 record as head coach of the Columbus State Community College women’s volleyball program in 2010
Before transitioning into coaching full-time, Burch captained the 2008 Orange Coast College men’s volleyball team

Kevin Burch Collegiate Coaching Timeline

Season(s)	School	Position
2020-present	Ohio State University	Head Coach
2016-19	Ohio State University	Assistant Coach & Recruiting Coordinator
2014	Penn State University	Director of Operations (women's volleyball)
2014	Springfield College	Assistant Coach
2013	University of California, Irvine	Assistant Coach
2012	Springfield College	Assistant Coach
2009-11	Ohio State University	Volunteer Assistant Coach
2010	Columbus State Community College	Head Coach (women's volleyball)

Kevin Burch at Ohio State

Year	Overall Record	MIVA Record	MIVA Tournament Notes	NCAA Tournament Notes
2020	11-8	2-5 (7th)	No Tournament (COVID)	No Tournament
2021	9-10	8-6 (5th)	Quarterfinals
2022	13-14	7-7 (5th)	Quarterfinals
2023	23-10	11-3 (3rd)	Regular Season-tie/Tournament Champion	NCAA First Round
2024	22-9	11-5 (3rd)	Tournament Champion	NCAA Quarterfinals
2025	18-11	11-5 (3rd)	Finals
2026	14-12	9-7 (4th-t)	Quarterfinals
Totals	110-64	59-38	1 Reg. Season/2 Tournament titles	2 NCAA Appearances

Award Winners - Kevin Burch Era

Year	All MIVA	All-MIVA Tournament	AVCA All-American	Academic All-MIVA	Academic All-Big Ten	OSU Scholar Athlete
2020	2(1st)/1(2nd)	No event		18	14	17
2021	1(1st)/1(2nd)		1(HM)	18	13	17
2022	1(1st)/2(2nd)		1(HM)	17	13	18
2023	2(1st)/1(2nd)	3 with MVP	1(1st)/2(HM)	11	8	15
2024	2(1st)/2(2nd)	3 with MVP	1(2nd)/3(HM)	9	12	15
2025	3(1st)/1(2nd)	2	2(HM)	12	10	19
2026	2(1st)/1(2nd)
Totals	13(1st)/9(2nd)	8/2 MVPs	11 total (1/1/9)	85	70	101

MIVA Player of the Year: Jacob Pasteur (2023)
MIVA Newcomer of the Year: Sotiris Siapanis (2021), Shane Wetzel (2023), Stanislaw Chacinski (2025)

Name	Title	Email Address	Phone
Kevin Burch	Head Coach	burch.105@osu.edu	614-247-2784
Nicolas Szerszen	Assistant Coach	szerszen.2@osu.edu
Megan Lush	Assistant Coach	lush.12@osu.edu
Aaron Capocci	Director of Operations	capocci.2@osu.edu

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