Allison Kwolek

Biography

In just three seasons at Clemson, Head Coach Allison Kwolek has led the Tigers to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, an ACC Semifinal berth, and a national ranking as high as No. 6 in the country. Kwolek had the Tigers ranked in the Top 20 in each of her first 2 season, including as high as No. 14 in their inaugural season. After a 14-7 record and final national ranking of No. 12 in 2025, Kwolek has a 99-34 (.744) record in her last 8 seasons as a head coach. And the momentum continues as the No. 1 recruiting class in the country comes to Clemson for the 2026 season, led by No. 1 ranked Alexa Spallina and No. 2 ranked Emma Penczek. Kwolek has now led two different programs to top-10 national rankings in 3 of her last 5 seasons. And that is leading two programs who combine for just one top-10 ranking without Kwolek as the head coach. The 2025 Tigers moved up to No. 6 in the country after road wins over No. 5 Syracuse and No. 11 Notre Dame in the span of seven days. Kwolek had led the University of Richmond into the top-10 in each of her final two seasons, before taking the head coaching job at Clemson, which did not compete until 2022. Kwolek’s success in the postseason continued in 2025 as she picked up her third postseason win in three seasons at Clemson and the 14th postseason victory of her career. After reaching the 2025 ACC Semifinals with a 15-7 win over NCAA Quarterfinalist and No. 9 ranked Duke, Kwolek led Clemson to an 11-8 win over No. 15 ranked Navy to advance to