William Condon

**Will Condon** is entering his seveth season as the head coach of the Lindenwood women’s volleyball team in 2023.

As a head coach, Condon has coached five AVCA All-Americans, all of which came during his time at Armstrong State. His players have also won 30 AVCA All-Region honors, and two AVCA Region Freshman of the Year awards. In the Peach Belt Conference, he coached 31 first-team All-Conference players and nine second-team honorees. Condon earned three conference Coach of the Year awards, and he coached five Peach Belt Player of the Year award winners, two Freshman of the Year winners, four Setters of the Year, and one Libero of the Year. In his two seasons in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, Condon has coached four All-GLVC selections and made one appearance in the league’s postseason tournament.

The Lindenwood women’s volleyball team finished its first year in the Ohio Valley Conference with a record of 12-17, including an 8-10 mark against conference opponents. The Lions made an OVC Tournament appearance, going all the way to the semifinals.Mackenzi Sifuentes garnered All-OVC first-team honors as she led the conference with a .363 hit percentage.

In the fall of 2021, Condon led the program to a 14-13 record in its final season as a member of NCAA DII and just outside the GLVC Championship Tournament field with a 7-9 league mark. The Lions strung together five straight wins in mid-September, capping an impressive 8-2 run with three consecutive conference victories at the end of the month. Mackenzie Sifuentes earned All-GLVC First Team honors under Condon for the second straight season, totaling 258 kills and 82 blocks as a middle for the Lions.

The 2020 season, played in the spring of 2021, saw Condon led Lindenwood to its first-ever appearance in the GLVC Volleyball Championship Tournament. The Lions went 11-8 during the season, all of which were conference contests, while going 6-2 at home. Condon picked up two wins against ranked opponents, a 3-0 sweep over No. 6 Rockhurst, and a 3-2 win on the road at No. 20 Drury. Lindenwood boasted one of the most efficient offenses in 2020 (spring 2021), notching a GLVC-best .241 hitting percentage, which ranked 16th in the nation. Condon coached Allie Otten and Mackenzie Sifuentes to first-team All-GLVC honors, and Hannah Borchelt and Sadie Kosciuk to second-team All-GLVC selections, for the first time in program history. In the classroom, the Lions collected GLVC Team Academic All-Conference honors, and 15 student-athletes earned Academic All-GLVC honors.

In 2019, the Lions finished 11-16 including a 2-13 mark in the GLVC under Condon. Lindenwood was one of the top teams in all of the GLVC in service aces, ranking third, with a 1.46 average for the season. Sadie Kosciuk ranked second in the conference with a 0.39 service ace average per set, and she also ranked eighth in the GLVC with 3.80 points per set.

In 2018, the Lions posted their second-consecutive winning season with Condon at the helm, finishing the year at 16-14. As a team, the Lions were 36th in NCAA DII in blocks per set at 2.19 and 68th in hitting percentage at .215. Sadie Kosciuk led the MIAA with 1.19 blocks per set and was fifth in the conference with a .317 hitting percentage. One of the highlight wins of the season for the Lions came on Aug. 31 in a road sweep of No. 22 Augustana.

In his first season with Lindenwood, Condon oversaw one of the top seasons in Lindenwood volleyball history. The Lions were 20-13, the first 20-win season in the NCAA-era of Lindenwood volleyball. Additionally, the Lions set single-season records in kills (1,483), attack percentage (.211), assists (1,374), aces (173), digs (2,044), solo blocks (52), block assists (406), and total points (1,911). Condon coached two players, Megan Hellwege and Emily Wylie, who became the first All-MIAA honorees in program history.

Prior to Lindenwood, Condon was the head coach at Armstrong State University from 2008-2016. He collected a 252-64 record at the school, and his .797 winning percentage was the best mark in program history. Under Condon, the Pirates compiled a 102-21 home record for a .829 winning percentage. Condon’s teams advanced to the NCAA Tournament in each of his nine seasons, and he won five conference regular season titles and four conference tournament crowns. Condon recorded eight seasons of 20 or more wins at Armstrong State, including four seasons of 30 or more victories. In his first season in 2008, the Pirates won the Peach Belt Conference regular season and tournament titles, and they advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight for the first time in school history. Armstrong State won 30 or more matches and won the conference title in every season from 2011-2014. The 2011 team tied a program-record with 36 wins, and the 2013 squad collected a program-best .941 winning percentage.

Before coaching at Armstrong State, Condon was the head coach for eight seasons at the University of South Carolina Aiken. He compiled a record of 161-100 and was the winningest coach in program history. He won two Peach Belt Conference regular season and tournament titles in 2006 and 2007. In each of those two seasons, Condon helped the Pacers to their first two NCAA Tournament appearances in program history.

From 1996-1999, Condon spent time as an assistant coach for Emporia State University. The Hornets finished in the top 12 nationally in hitting percentage in three of those four seasons. Emporia State went 90-53 during that stretch, and Condon worked with five first-team all-MIAA performers, and 13 total All-Conference award winners.

Condon played club volleyball at Clemson University, and he earned his bachelor’s degree there in 1996 in management. He earned his master’s from Emporia State in 1999 in business administration.

Condon is married to his wife, Lesley, and has one daughter, Ella.