Randall Kreider

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Assistant Women's Volleyball Coach

Randall Kreider begins his 14th season directing the women's volleyball program in 2015. It only took Kreider three seasons to put the Blue Jays into the conference title discussion and persistence was rewarded with a Commonwealth Conference championship in 2007, the program's first league title. Kreider's team is aiming to reach the postseason for the 10th time in the last 12 seasons this fall.

Kreider became only the second coach in program history to reach 200 career victories when his Blue Jays defeated Lancaster Bible, 3-0, Sept. 1, 2012. With 249 wins to his credit, Kreider ranks second amongst coaches on Elizabethtown's all-time wins list. He sits 11 wins shy of matching Bill Helm's school record of 260 entering the 2015 season.

The Blue Jays produced another winning season in 2013, going 18-16 and reaching the Commonwealth Conference semifinals in their final year as a league member. Elizabethtown will move to the Landmark Conference beginning with the 2014 season. Under his leadership, Carolyn Lukiewski '14 broke the school's career digs record, finishing with 1,924. Lukiewski ranked 22nd nationally in total digs (650), a new career best, and 37th in digs per set (5.33).

Then-junior middle hitter Kelci Scannapieco '15 also enjoyed another great season as she led the conference in blocks (125) and blocks per set (1.00). She finished the season 24th in Division III in blocks and 50th in blocks per set.

Elizabethtown had a bounce-back year behind Kreider in 2012. After struggling through a seven-win season in 2011, his toughest on the Jays' bench, Kreider got his team back into the Commonwealth Conference Tournament for the eighth time in the last nine years.

The Blue Jays went 20-13, reaching the 20-win mark for the third time since 2009. Lukiewski (digs per set) and Scannapieco (blocks per set) ranked within the top 30 in NCAA Division III in those respective categories.

Commonwealth Conference Coach of the Year three times in his career, Kreider led the 2007 Blue Jays to a Commonwealth Conference Championship and the program's second ever NCAA Division III Tournament. E-town finished with 32 wins (32-7) for its most triumphs in a season since 1998.

Kreider’s 2010 squad won 23 matches and claimed the No. 1 seed in the Commonwealth Conference Championships. The Blue Jays advanced to the conference championship match for the fifth straight season and were regionally-ranked once again. E-town eclipsed the 20-win plateau for the fifth time in Kreider’s career.

Following the 2010 season, Kreider was once again recognized as Commonwealth Conference Coach of the Year. He previously earned similar recognition in 2006 and 2007. Under Kreider, then-sophomore Holly Bubb was named Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year. Bubb also attained spots on the AVCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region and All-America Honorable Mention teams.

Both Bubb and Kelly Downs, the 2007 Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year, were coached and developed by Kreider. Bubb and Downs currently stand as the only conference Players of the Year in program history.

Twice during the 2009 season, Kreider led Elizabethtown to five-match winning streaks. His team also capitalized on the chance to play at home, compiling a stellar 11-1 mark at Thompson Gymnasium.

During his 12-year run as head coach, Kreider has coached 32 all-conference players, two conference Players of the Year, a conference Rookie of the Year, three all-region players and three All-Americans.

In addition to being the head coach of the volleyball program, Kreider works full-time for Elizabethtown College in the Information and Technology Services department as its System and Network Administrator.

Kreider alternately served as the head coach of the Ephrata Rec. Volleyball Club's 15's and 16's teams before taking the head coaching job at E-town. His 15's team won the KRVA Regional Tournament and earned a bid to the USA Volleyball Nationals in 2001.

A 1994 graduate of Gettysburg College with a major in computer science, Kreider served as the co-captain, president and vice president of the Gettysburg College Intercollegiate Men's Club Team. He played at the "A" level in the USA Volleyball Association and the KRVA.

At Cocalico High School in Denver, Pa., he was a member of the state final four, District III runner-up, and Lancaster-Lebanon League Champion 1990 boys' volleyball team.

Within the sport, Kreider received his USA Volleyball IMPACT Coaching Certification in 2000, and has been the Commonwealth Conference representative to the AVCA Division III Head Coaches Committee since 2005. He is a member of the NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional advisory committee (since 2007) and is chair of the MASCAC volleyball coaches committee.

He is a lifetime member of the PVCA and has membership in the KRVA and AVCA. He is also a certified lifeguard by the American Red Cross and is certified in CPR for adults, children and infants as well in first aid and AED.

Randall Kreider Year-by-Year
	Overall			Conference
Year	Wins	Losses	Pct.	Wins	Losses	Pct.	Postseason
2002	15	16	.484	1	6	.143
2003	18	9	.667	2	5	.286
2004	24	9	.727	5	2	.714	Commonwealth Conference Semifinals
2005	17	15	.531	4	3	.571	Commonwealth Conference Semifinals
2006	26	7	.788	6	1	.857	Commonwealth Conference Runner-Up
2007	32	7	.821	5	0	1.000	Commonwealth Conference Champions NCAA Division III Tournament Qualifier
2008	16	20	.444	5	1	.833	Commonwealth Conference Runner-Up
2009	20	10	.667	6	1	.857	Commonwealth Conference Runner-Up
2010	23	10	.697	6	1	.857	Commonwealth Conference Runner-Up
2011	7	20	.259	3	4	.429
2012	20	13	.606	6	3	.667	Commonwealth Conference Semifinals
2013	18	16	.529	6	3	.667	Commonwealth Conference Semifinals
2014	13	19	.406	3	4	.429
13 seasons	249	171	.593	58	34	.630

Updated 8/10/15