Christina Kremer is entering her first season as the Gardner-Webb head volleyball coach in 2020.
Kremer, who spent the previous season as an assistant coach at Penn, brings over seven years of experience as a coach at the collegiate level to the Runnin' Bulldogs.
"I am excited and honored to be the next head volleyball coach at Gardner-Webb University," stated Kremer. "I want to thank President Dr. William Downs and Vice President for Athletics
Chuck Burch for this great opportunity. It is clear that God has opened the door for me to join this community and I couldn't be more excited about the future of Gardner-Webb volleyball."
This past season at Penn, she helped lead the Quakers to an 11-10 overall record, an increase of five wins from the previous year. Under Kremer's guidance, Penn freshman Autumn Leak earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors late in the season, the first Quakers freshman to be honored since 2017.
"Christina Kremer is a proven winner, with demonstrated success everywhere she's coached," said Gardner-Webb president Dr. William Downs. "Coming to GWU from an Ivy League school, she also fully understands developing her players as true student-athletes. I'm excited to have her join our staff, because we're confident that she doesn't just want to do better than Gardner-Webb volleyball has done in the past...she wants to win championships."
"Our volleyball program will be in good hands with the addition of Christina Kremer as head coach," said Vice President for Athletics
Chuck Burch. "Her overall experience and track record of enhancing programs is impressive. We couldn't be more pleased with her decision to lead the Runnin' Bulldogs."
Prior to her arrival at Penn, Kremer spent the previous two seasons as the head coach of MidAmerica Nazarene, where the coached five student-athletes to All-Conference honors and two more to American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American honors. The Pioneers finished the 2017 season ranked No. 25 in the nation among NAIA schools and were also a NAIA Scholar Team that year.
Kremer spent the 2016 season as the head coach at St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Fla., leading the program to a 25-7 record, its best season in over a decade. She also led the program to a No. 21 ranking in the NAIA, and second-place finishes in the Sun Conference regular season and tournament.
Kremer began her collegiate head coaching career in 2013 at Central Christian College of Kansas, turning around a program that was 1-26 the season prior to her arrival to a program-record 17 wins in 2015 and the team's first appearance in the NCCAA Division I Regional Tournament.
Before joining the college ranks, Kremer was the head coach for Club West, a national recognized club program from Nashville, Tenn. for four years, and was an assistant coach at Ravenwood High School in Brentwood, Tenn. for the 2010 season. Her coaching career began in 2009 as the head coach of the Alliance Volleyball Club.
As a player, Kremer started all four years at Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Mass., where she was a three-year captain, earning multiple NCAA All-Academic and All-Conference Academic honors, as well as the President of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee.
Kremer graduated from Eastern Nazarene with a Bachelor's Degree in Sports Management and also holds a Master's Degree in Sports Administration from Belmont University.
