Kendall Bergsten will enter her third year as an Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at UC Davis. Bergsten comes to the program from the University of Oregon, where she most recently served as a volunteer assistant.
"Kendall is an eager and promising young coach." Coach Conners said. "She brings with her the experience of being with a PAC-12 program. I'm excited to see what she brings to our recruiting and our gym. I feel she will be able to hit the ground running when she gets here."
While in Eugene, Bergsten helped the Ducks to their best record (22-9) since 2012 and coached their first Pacific North Region Player of the Year in Brooke Nuneviller.
Before heading to Oregon, Bergsten spent one year as an assistant coach at Willamette University. While at Willamette, the team garnered the Volleyball Team Academic Award from the AVCA, and she helped coach five player of the week honorees.
Bergsten started her collegiate coaching career as an assistant at Pacific University in 2019. The Boxers nabbed their first-ever AVCA Player of the Week and had 4 NWC all-conference selections.
The Phoenix, Arizona native competed at North Idaho College, Arizona Christian University and Northwest Christian University. As a freshman, North Idaho went on to finish ninth at the NJCAA National Tournament and as a senior at Northwest Christian, she served as a team captain and one of her top performances came against nationally-ranked Corban, where she had 19 kills.
Bergsten graduated from Northwest Christian in December 2016 with a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis in business, marketing, and psychology.
Bergsten is being joined by her fiancé Colin, and two kids, Kinslow and Keane.
