Randall Kreider

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Assistant Women's Volleyball Coach

Randall Kreider returns to bench to serve as an assistant coach in 2022. Kreider led the Blue Jays for 14 seasons, moving atop the Elizabethtown College women's volleyball all-time coaching wins list in 2015, his final season as head coach.

Kreider stepped down following the 2015 season after lifting the program to nine postseason appearances, its first conference championship and its first NCAA Tournament in more than 20 years. He compiled a 267-185 (.591) overall career record and led the Blue Jays to victory in more than 60 percent of their conference matches.

It took Kreider just 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 teams reached the postseason nine times between 2004-13 and appeared in five consecutive Commonwealth Conference championship matches from 2006-10.

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. He entered the 2015 season one win shy of 250, but quickly put that milestone in the bank following E-town's 3-0 season-opening win over Albright, Sept. 1.

Kreider's 2015 team got off to an 8-2 start, winning the Lycoming Warrior Invitational Sept. 12 after going a perfect 4-0. On Oct. 3, the Jays' 3-0 sweep of Merchant Marine gave Kreider his program-best 261st victory, surpassing Bill Helm's former school record. Elizabethtown would go on to post an 18-14 record for its 10th winning season under Kreider.

The Blue Jays went 18-16 in 2013 and reached the Commonwealth Conference semifinals in their final year as a league member. E-town moved to the Landmark Conference beginning with the 2014 season. Under Kreider's watch, Carolyn Lukiewski 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 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 nine seasons.

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's 32 wins (32-7) were its most in nearly two decades.

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 also earned the award in 2006 and 2007. Under Kreider, then-sophomore Holly Bubb was named Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year. Bubb also attained spots on the American Volleyball Coaches Association (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 Player of the Year honorees 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 14-year run as head coach, Kreider coached 34 all-conference players, two conference Players of the Year, a conference Rookie of the Year, four AVCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region players and four AVCA All-Americans.

Kreider will continue in his role with Elizabethtown College's Information and Technology Services (ITS) department as the Senior Systems Administrator.

Kreider served as the head coach of the Ephrata Recreation 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, Kreider earned his bachelor's degree in computer science, He served as the co-captain, president and vice president of Gettysburg's men's club volleyball team, while also playing 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 was the Commonwealth Conference representative to the AVCA Division III Head Coaches Committee. He also spent time as a member of the NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional advisory committee and chair of the Middle Atlantic Conference volleyball coaches committee.

Kreider and his wife, Alison, have two sons, Nick a pitcher for Randolph-Macon College (VA) and Josh a pitcher for nearby Alvernia University.

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
2015	18	14	.562	2	5	.286
14 seasons	267	185	.591	60	39	.606

Updated 8/30/2022