Binghamton University Athletics

After serving as head volleyball coach for 23 seasons, Glenn Kiriyama transitioned to the role of Athletics Purchasing Officer in November 2021. 

Kiriyama was BU's coach for its entire 21-year NCAA Division I era and amassed 288 wins and three NCAA tournament berths. He took over the program in 1999 and won back-to-back Division II ECAC titles before ushering the Bearcats into the America East and Division I in 2001. His teams compiled 12 postseason trips in a 14-year span, highlighted by conference titles in 2005, 2009 and 2012. Additionally, the Bearcats reached the America East championship match in 2008 and 2017.

Kiriyama was voted America East Coach of the Year four times by his peers, in 2005, 2008, 2012 and 2016.

He coached 40 all-conference players, another 15 all-rookie selections and celebrated 16 America East All-Academic student-athletes. His teams always achieved distinction in the classroom, with national team honors in six of the last eight years, awarded by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.

Upon his arrival in 1999, Kiriyama promptly steered the program to a 47-20 record in his first two seasons, notching back-to-back ECAC Division II titles along the way.

A California native, Kiriyama came to Binghamton by way of Eastern Illinois University, where he served four years as the top assistant for the Panthers. While there, he helped lead the program to three consecutive seasons of 20+ wins, including a 24-7 mark in 1998 that culminated in an Ohio Valley Conference championship.

Prior to assuming his post at Eastern Illinois, Kiriyama held assistant posts at Rutgers (1994-95), Stephen F. Austin State (1992-94) and New Mexico State (1990-92).

Kiriyama received his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Brigham Young University in 1990, where he led the Cougars to the 1987 National Collegiate Club Volleyball Championship. He earned his master’s in education from Stephen F. Austin State in 1994.

Kiriyama is a member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA), is certified as a strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) and has directed numerous clinics and summer camps.