| College: | UCLA, 1977 |
| Position: | Head Coach |
| Alma Mater: | 7th Year |
Prior to her
arrival at UMass Boston, Terry Condon had a reputation for turning
around struggling programs and taking them to plateaus of
unprecedented success.
In
only six seasons at UMass Boston, Condon has won more matches than
any other volleyball coach in school history and boasts the highest
winning percentage of any coach with over 25 games of experience at
the Harbor Campus. Five of her six campaigns have resulted in five
of the program's six best win totals as well as a school-record for
regular season and conference victories. The pinnacle of her UMass
Boston tenure came last season when the Beacons finished 30-5,
winning the Little East Conference regular season and tournament
championship to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the second
consecutive season. The Beacons were then able to blaze through the
New England Regional to capture the program's first-ever New
England Championship to advance to the National Championship round
in Saint Louis, MO before falling to the eventual national champion
in Calvin College, 3-1.
In
2010, her team produced the LEC Offensive Player of the Year for
the third consecutive season, the conference's Rookie of the Year
for the fourth time in five seasons, the AVCA New England Player of
the Year as well as a First Team All-American. For her efforts on
the sidelines, Condon was named the 2010 Division III New England
Region Coach of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches
Association for the second straight season.
In her
first season, she led the Beacons to their highest win total in
four seasons and followed that up with the third-highest win total
in school history with an 18-12 mark. Her success is attributed not
just to her coaching ability, but also to her knack for bringing
quality players into the UMass Boston fold, as evidenced by the
2006 Little East Conference Rookie of the Year donning a Beacons'
uniform. In 2007, Condon directed UMass Boston to a 15-14 record to
mark the first back-to-back seasons of a .500 or better record in
school history and, in the process, earned a Little East Conference
Tournament berth for the first time in seven years. She finished
the season with 40 victories in her first three seasons at UMB to
become the program's all-time coaching victory leader and currently
owns a career coaching mark of 317-174 for a .646 winning
percentage.
Condon
has an outstanding volleyball coaching and playing background and
is a legendary figure within college and United States volleyball
circles. The former UCLA standout is considered one of the greatest
players to ever step on the floor for the Bruins, having been named
to the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame in 1992 as well as being honored
as one of the 25 greatest players in UCLA history. Her number 34
was retired by the Bruins, as well. She enjoyed a tremendous career
with UCLA, helping it to an 89-12 record, which included a pair of
national titles in 1974 and 1975 and a national runner-up placing
in 1976.
Condon's amazing
accomplishments were not limited to the collegiate level, however,
as she made her mark on the world stage as well, playing for the
United States Volleyball National team throughout the 1970s. She
was named a seven-time First Team All-American, two-time Second
Team All-American and was the Player of the Year in 1971. Condon
enjoyed tremendous success with her teams, racking up three USA
Open National Championships and was a five-time member of the USA
Women's National team, including the 1970 World Championship team
and the Pan American Games teams of 1971 and 1975. Her
accomplishments were recognized by her selection to the USA
Volleyball 75th Anniversary Women's All- Era Team (1949-77) and her
honor as an All-Time Great Female Player by the United State
Volleyball Association in 1983.
Condon's
achievements transcended her playing career as she went on to a
successful coaching career as well. Following two years as the Head
Coach of California State University Bakersfield, she took over the
reigns at Texas A&M University and in six years, led the Aggies
to three NCAA tournament appearances and coached the squad to a
180-101 mark for a .641 winning percentage. The year prior to her
arrival, Texas A&M, posted an 18-21 mark and two years later,
Condon led the squad to a 40-16 record and a ninth place national
finish in 1981. She still holds the Aggies' coaching standard for
highest winning percentage in a single-season with her 33-4 (.892)
mark for the 1984 campaign.
Following her
coaching career, she returned to her alma mater as an Associate
Athletic Director for UCLA from 1986-1994 and received three
Achievement Awards. She remained in Athletic Administration when
she became a Senior Associate Athletic Director at Northeastern
University in Boston in 1994 and remained with the Huskies until
1998.
Condon's selection
as UMass Boston Head Women's Volleyball Coach is in addition to a
position that she already holds, as she was named the Senior
Associate Athletic Director for the school in February of 2006. She
is the Assistant Director of many area field hockey camps and also
works for a tax preparation business.
Highly
respected for her contributions to women's athletics, Condon was
inducted into the New Agenda: Northeast Women's Hall of Fame last
year to recognize her coaching and teaching accomplishments within
the community and the college arena.
Condon
graduated from UCLA in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science degree in
kinesiology and currently resides in Rowley, MA.
