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“A perfect example of turning challenges into opportunities is our men’s basketball team this past season,” Tennessee Director of Athletics Phillip Fulmer said. “When you care for each other, work really hard and no one cares who gets the credit, lots can be accomplished.”

In September of 2018, Fulmer and Barnes agreed on a contract extension through the 2023-24 season.

Barnes was named the 2018 SEC Coach of the Year and was runner-up for Naismith National Coach of the Year after Tennessee became one of only eight “Power Five” teams to increase its overall wins total by 10 or more games from 2016-17. The Vols also were one of only eight “Power Five” programs to win at least 13 games away from home in 2017-18, leading to a year-end RPI of No. 10 while playing the 11th-toughest schedule in the country.

Several of Barnes’ players also collected hardware following UT’s championship season. Sophomore forward Grant Williams earned honorable mention All-America honors and was voted the SEC Player of the Year, joining Hall of Famer Bernard King as the only Vols to win that honor as underclassmen. Fellow sophomore Lamonte Turner was named the SEC Co-Sixth Man of the Year, and junior wing Admiral Schofield garnered All-SEC acclaim.

The 2018 Volunteers spent 15 straight weeks in the national top-25 and finished the season ranked 13th in the Associated Press poll and 16th in the coaches’ poll. The team finished the season rated sixth nationally in defensive efficiency while leading the SEC in scoring defense (65.7 ppg) and assists per game (15.7).

In 2016-17, Barnes took an undersized roster that featured only three upperclassmen and exceeded preseason expectations, as well as the previous year's overall and SEC win totals.

The play of 2017 SEC All-Freshman Team forward Grant Williams highlighted the collective contributions of the highest-scoring freshman class in program history (1,040 points). Freshmen led the 2016-17 team in nine different statistical categories and were responsible for 44 percent of the squad's scoring.

Despite the fact that his first Tennessee squad also was undersized—with an average roster height of 6-4—Barnes guided the 2015-16 Volunteers to multiple wins over ranked teams and victories over traditional rivals Florida, Kentucky and Vanderbilt.

Barnes personally worked with guard Kevin Punter Jr. on a complete mechanical overhaul of his jump shot, and that endeavor paid huge dividends for the senior, as Punter more than doubled his scoring average from his junior year and finished the season as the nation's 13th-leading scorer with 22.2 points per game. Punter's field-goal percentage also rose from .419 to .460 as he earned 2016 All-SEC honors.

In fitting with UT's mantra of "comprehensive excellence," Barnes' commitment to his players' academic achievement cannot be overstated. His teams have posted a perfect 1,000 score in five of the last six multi-year APR reports as well as perfect single-year APR scores every year from 2005-06 through 2014-15.

Immediately prior to Barnes' arrival on Rocky Top, he oversaw a prolific, 17-year run at Texas that included 16 trips to the NCAA Tournament.

In 31 overall seasons as a Division I head coach, Barnes has led his teams to 23 total NCAA Tournament berths, six Sweet Sixteens, three Elite Eights and one Final Four in 2003.

He boasts coaching experience in Southeastern Conference (Alabama assistant, 1985-86), Big 10 (Ohio State assistant, 1986-87), Colonial Athletic Association (George Mason head coach, 1987-88), Big East (Providence head coach, 1988-1994), Atlantic Coast Conference (Clemson head coach, 1994-98) and Big 12 (Texas head coach, 1998-2015).

His success on the "power conference" sidelines is simply staggering. He coached Providence to three NCAA Tournament berths in six seasons. He then guided Clemson to the Big Dance three times in four years. And his 17-season stint at Texas featured 16 NCAA appearances.

Not only do his players find themselves perennially positioned to play for national championships, but they also carry themselves with a top-25 swagger. Barnes' teams have spent 231 total weeks in the Associated Press Top 25, including 99 weeks in the Top 10. His Texas squad earned the program's first-ever No. 1 national ranking on Jan. 11, 2010. And he had previously coached Clemson to a No. 2 national ranking—the highest in that school's history—during the 1996-97 campaign.

On the flipside, Barnes has collected 104 career wins over Top-25 opponents. And his squads have toppled Top-10 teams a total of 35 times.

Nationally respected in player development, Barnes is the only coach in the nation that can claim two different National Players of the Year in the last 16 seasons (T.J. Ford in 2003 and Kevin Durant in 2007). Barnes also produced four consensus first-team All-Americans and three National Freshman of the Year honorees.

Barnes has produced 24 total NBA Draft picks, including 14 first-round selections. And he has coached eight players who have combined to win a dozen NBA Championships.

Durant—who refers to Barnes as "more than a coach," but also a "father figure"—was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. Durant has won an NBA Most Valuable Player Award, four NBA scoring titles, the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, and is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and NBA champion

"I think Rick is one of the elite coaches in the game," ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas said. "There is not a better person in the game. He is a man of great character; both his athletic character and his overall character are championship level. I am thrilled for Tennessee with this hire.

"Hiring Rick brings immediate credibility and immediate stability. Rick has always been a rock in his level of his competitiveness, but at the same time being a players-first coach. He's built programs everywhere he's been. He's an amazing guy."

Barnes was handed the reins to the Tennessee program on March 31, 2015.

A native of Hickory, N.C., Barnes was born on July 17, 1954. He was a standout player at Hickory High, from which he graduated in 1973. Barnes moved on to Lenoir-Rhyne College (Hickory, N.C.), where he lettered for three seasons and won the Captain's Award for Leadership as both a junior and senior.

He earned a bachelor's degree in health and physical education from Lenoir-Rhyne in 1977 and was named the college's Distinguished Alumnus in 1997. Barnes was inducted into the Lenoir-Rhyne College Hall of Fame on Oct. 5, 2002, and received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Lenoir-Rhyne on May 7, 2005.

He and his wife, Candy—who is also a Hickory native—have a son, Nick (wife, Rachel), and a daughter, Carley. Carley and her husband, Josh Lickteig, have four children: Avery, Caleb, Emma and Isla.

Tennessee was picked to finish 13th in the 14-team SEC prior to the 2017-18 campaign, but Lanier’s leadership and experience was instrumental in guiding the Big Orange to the regular-season SEC Championship, the title game of the SEC Tournament, a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament and a 26-9 record (third-most wins in program history).

Lanier spearheads the Vols’ scheduling efforts and has put together consecutive non-conference schedules that rank among the most challenging in the country, featuring matchups against the likes of Georgia Tech, Gonzaga, North Carolina and Wake Forest.

Tennessee in 2017-18 was one of only eight “Power Five” teams to increase its overall wins total by 10 or more games from 2016-17. The Vols also were one of only eight “Power Five” programs to win at least 13 games away from home in 2017-18, leading to a year-end RPI of No. 10 while playing the 11th-toughest schedule in the country. UT finished the year ranked 13th in the Associated Press poll and 16th in the coaches’ poll.

A highly effective communicator and relentless tactician, Lanier has handled the scouting duties for Tennessee’s four wins over highly-rated Kentucky teams over the last three years (during which the Vols are 3-0 vs. the Wildcats in Knoxville).

Known for his prowess on the recruiting trail, Lanier played a key role in the assembly and development of Tennessee’s 2016-17 recruiting class, which was responsible for 44 percent of the team’s scoring that season and finished the year as the highest-scoring crop of freshmen in program history (1,040 points). One member of that class, forward Grant Williams, went on to earn SEC Player of the Year honors as a true sophomore in 2018.

Texas’ three-man recruiting class in 2014 featured McDonald’s All-American Myles Turner (No. 2 recruit by ESPN), No. 86-ranked prospect Jordan Barnett and transfer Shaquille Cleare, who was rated the No. 30 prospect nationally in 2012 by ESPN.

Texas’ six-man freshman class in 2012 was ranked No. 4 nationally by ESPN and included McDonald’s All-American Cameron Ridley, while the Longhorn’s six-man freshman crop in 2011 was tabbed the No. 4 recruiting class in the country by ESPN and included McDonald’s All-American Myck Kabongo.

In total, Lanier has played a role in signing eight McDonald’s All-Americans. And 11 players that he either signed or coached have gone on to become NBA Draft Picks.

Before returning to Texas, Lanier served as assistant coach under Billy Donovan at Florida for four seasons. In those four years, Lanier helped the Gators advance to postseason play every year while posting a 99-44 (.692) cumulative record.

Florida totaled 24 and 25 victories in 2007-08 and 2008-09, respectively. In 2009-10, the Gators went 21-13 and earned an NCAA Tournament berth. Florida then registered a 29-8 mark in 2010-11, won the SEC regular-season championship (13-3 record) and advanced all the way to the NCAA Elite Eight.

Lanier’s tenure at Florida was preceded by a two-year stint as an assistant coach on Dave Leitao’s coaching staff at Virginia. During his second year in Charlottesville (2006-07), the Cavaliers posted a 21-11 record and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Despite being picked to finish eighth in the conference, Virginia registered an 11-5 mark in league play and claimed a share of the ACC regular-season championship with North Carolina. It marked the first league title for the Cavaliers since 1994-95.

Lanier spent four years as the head coach at Siena from 2001-05. During that span, the Saints posted a 58-70 mark and advanced to one NCAA Tournament and one NIT.

Siena won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament Championship in 2002 and then defeated Alcorn State in an NCAA Tournament opening-round game before losing to eventual national champion Maryland in the first round. During the 2002-03 campaign, Lanier guided Siena to a 21-11 record a third-place MAAC finish with a 12-6 league mark. The Saints earned a berth in the NIT, where they defeated Villanova in the opening round and Western Michigan in the first round, before falling to UAB in the second round. Siena also defeated Providence during the regular season, marking the first time in school history that the Saints had defeated two Big East teams (Villanova and Providence) in the same year.

Prior to becoming the head coaching at Siena, Lanier worked alongside Barnes as an assistant coach at Texas for two seasons from 1999-2001. During that first stint in Austin, the Longhorns recorded a two-year mark of 49-18 (.731) and advanced to a pair of NCAA Tournaments. Texas posted a 24-9 record in 1999-2000, finished second in the Big 12 with a 13-3 league mark and advanced to the second Round of the NCAA Tournament.In April of 2000, Texas earned a No. 15 national ranking in the final Associated Press poll (best in school history at that time) and occupied a spot in the AP top 25 all season for the first time in program history.

Junior center Chris Mihm developed into one of the top players in the nation during that 1999-2000 season, earning consensus first-team All-America honors, and he was selected as the No. 7 overall pick in the 2000 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls (traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers on draft night).

Lanier was a vital part of Texas’ recruiting success, helping the Longhorns land a consensus national top 10 signing class in 2000 that included Brian Boddicker, Royal Ivey, Jason Klotz, Brandon Mouton and James Thomas. During the 2000-01 season, Texas finished with a 25-9 record, tied for second in the Big 12 with a 12-4 league mark and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Lanier helped mold four true freshmen and eight total newcomers into a squad that ranked No. 18 in the final AP poll.

Also in 2000-01, the Longhorns tied a school record for most home wins in a season (16-1) and defeated two AP top-10 teams at home in the same season for the first time in school history (No. 5 Illinois, No. 6 Iowa State).

Prior to Lanier’s departure to take over the program at Siena, he played a major role in the recruitment of T.J. Ford, who went on to earn National Player of the Year honors with the Longhorns in 2002-03.

Lanier served as an assistant coach at Rutgers University for two seasons from 1997-99. While at Rutgers, he was instrumental in helping the Scarlet Knights secure back-to-back nationally-ranked recruiting classes. Included in Lanier’s first class was guard Dahntay Jones, who went on to earn 1999 Big East All-Rookie Team honors. Jones currently plays for the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers.

Lanier’s first full-time collegiate coaching experience came at his alma mater, St. Bonaventure, from 1992-97. Prior to that, he broke into the college coaching ranks as a graduate assistant and then a restricted-earnings assistant coach at Niagara from 1990-92.

Lanier received his first head coaching experience in the summer of 1995, when he led a group of American collegians on a tour of the Netherlands. He also coached summer All-Star teams in Italy (1996), Germany (1998) and Greece (1999 and 2000).

A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Lanier graduated from St. Bonaventure in 1990 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. A four-year letterman with the Bonnies who scored 868 career points, he was a three-year starter and team captain during his senior season. Lanier earned Atlantic 10 Conference All-Freshman Team honors in 1986-87 and was named the team’s Most Improved Player in 1988-89. A two-time scholar-athlete nominee, he went on to earn a master’s degree in educational counseling from Niagara in 1993.

Born July 24, 1968, Lanier and his wife, Dr. Dayo Lanier, have a son, Emory, and a daughter, Kai.

Lanier’s cousin, Bob Lanier, is enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Bob Lanier led St. Bonaventure to the NCAA Final Four in 1970 before embarking on a 14-year NBA career that included eight All-Star selections.

Williams was key to Tennessee’s run to the 2018 Southeastern Conference championship and No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Vols spent 15 straight weeks in national top-25 and finished the season ranked 13th in the Associated Press poll and 16th in the coaches’ poll. The team finished the season rated sixth nationally in defensive efficiency while leading the SEC in scoring defense (65.7 ppg) and assists per game (15.7).

At Charlotte, Oliver played a major role in all aspects of head coach Alan Majors’ program, including recruiting, player development, game preparation, life skills, academics and community relations.

During his five seasons working to rebuild the 49ers program, Charlotte won a pair of holiday tournament titles (2013 Great Alaska Shootout and 2014 Puerto Rico Tip-Off), knocked off three top-15 opponents, posted back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 2007 and received votes in both the AP and coaches’ poll. In 2012-13, Charlotte recorded its first 20-win campaign since 2007-08 and earned a berth in the NIT.

He spent the 2009-10 season as an assistant coach at Canisius, helping guide the Golden Griffins to the program’s highest single-season wins total in nine years.

Oliver brought with him to Tennessee five years of SEC coaching experience logged at Georgia from 2004-09. The Bulldogs made consecutive postseason appearances in 2007 (NIT) and 2008 (NCAA Tournament). And Oliver was on staff during one of the most memorable conference tournament runs in recent history when Georgia won two games on the same day to capture the 2008 SEC Tournament championship.

Prior to his tenure at UGA, Oliver spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Rhode Island, arriving at URI in 2001 with head coach Jim Baron after one season together at St. Bonaventure. In those three years of rebuilding at Rhode Island, the Rams improved from an 8-20 campaign in 2002 to consecutive 20-win seasons and postseason berths.

Oliver broke into the collegiate coaching ranks in his hometown under head coach Jack Armstrong at Niagara University in 1994. While serving the Purple Eagles, he helped recruit Alvin Young, who went on to lead all NCAA Division I players in scoring in 1999 and earn MAAC Player of the Year honors.

Oliver stayed at Niagara for three seasons before accepting an assistant coaching position at Texas A&M (then a member of the Big 12) prior to the 1997-98 season. After one year in College Station, he then spent two years at Cornell (1998-2000) and then joined Jim Baron’s staff as an assistant coach at St. Bonaventure for the 2000-01 campaign.

Oliver is a 1992 graduate of Dominican College in Orangeburg, New York, where he was a three-year starter on the basketball team (1989-92) and a two-year team captain. He also earned a Master’s degree in student personnel administration from Buffalo State in 1994.

While attending Buffalo State, he began his coaching career as a varsity assistant and head junior varsity coach at Turner-Carroll High School in Buffalo.

Following an outstanding prep career at DeSales High School in Lockport, New York, Oliver played one year at Genesee Community College in Batavia, New York, under coach Bill Van Gundy (father of NBA head coaches Jeff and Stan).

Oliver is married to the former Annette Applewaithe and they have two sons: Dante and Dallas.

Heading into Schwartz’s second season with the Vols, Tennessee was picked to finish 13th in the 14-team Southeastern Conference. Despite the low expectations, Schwartz’s leadership was instrumental in guiding the Big Orange to the regular-season SEC Championship, an appearance in the SEC Tournament Championship Game and a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament, where the Vols advanced to the second round.

He now has 16 games of NCAA Tournament experience under his belt as either a coach or administrative staff member.

Tennessee’s final record in 2017-18 stood at 26-9. Schwartz handled the scouting duties that season for 10 wins, including triumphs against 18th-ranked Purdue, Georgia Tech, Texas A&M, Florida and Wright State in the NCAA Tournament.

The 26 victories tied for the third-most wins in program history.  Tennessee became one of only eight “Power Five” teams to increase its overall wins total by 10 or more games from 2016-17. The Vols also were one of only eight “Power Five” programs to win at least 13 games away from home in 2017-18, leading to a year-end RPI of No. 10 while playing the 11th-toughest schedule in the country.

An outstanding scout and floor coach, Schwartz played a key role in the development of Tennessee’s 2016-17 freshman class, which was responsible for 44 percent of the team’s scoring that season and finished the year as the highest-scoring crop of freshmen in program history (1,040 points).

Schwartz spent the 2015-16 season as an assistant coach, offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator at Tulsa, helping the Golden Hurricane advance to the NCAA Tournament. Prior to that, he spent four seasons as the lead assistant under Rodney Terry (another former Barnes assistant) at Fresno State, including one year as associate head coach.

Shouldering responsibility for Fresno’s in-game coordination, recruiting, scouting and skill development, Schwartz helped guide the Bulldogs to their first 20-win season and postseason appearance in seven years—the finals of the College Basketball Invitational—in 2013-14. That same year, Paul Watson was named Mountain West Freshman of the Year and selected to the Kyle Macy Freshman All-American Team.

Fresno State produced an NBA guard during Schwartz’s time on staff there, as Tyler Johnson (2011-14) has spent the past two seasons with the Miami Heat. During Johnson’s three seasons with Schwartz on staff at FSU, his scoring average, field-goal percentage, 3-point percentage and free-throw percentage all improved each year.

Schwartz also helped spearhead the assembly of some of Fresno State’s highest-rated recruiting classes. The Bulldogs beat out several Pac 12 schools to sign shooting guard Marvelle Harris, who in 2016 became Fresno’s all-time leading scorer, the Mountain West Player of the Year and also earned Associated Press All-American acclaim. 

No stranger to the Southeast and East Coast, Schwartz spent six years on staff at Miami (Fla.) in the Atlantic Coast Conference—the first two as Coordinator of Basketball Operations and the final four as a full-time assistant coach.

As an assistant in Coral Gables, Schwartz helped lead the Hurricanes to an 83-52 record, appearances in the top-25 rankings and three postseason appearances in four years. His impact was immense during Miami’s historic 2007-08 campaign, which included the second-most wins in school history (23), a school-record 14 home wins and a program-best fifth-place finish in the ACC.

Miami earned a No. 7 seed in the 2008 NCAA Tournament and defeated St. Mary’s before falling to Barnes’ No. 2-seeded Texas squad in the second round.

In Schwartz’s operations role at Miami, he handled video responsibilities, film breakdown, opponent scouting, oversight of recruiting mailings and served as a liaison with the program’s managerial staff. 

Schwartz’s tenure in South Florida was preceded by a one-year stint as an assistant coach at the University of Texas at San Antonio, a position he attained after working as Barnes’ video coordinator at Texas for two seasons.

While working in a full-time capacity alongside Barnes at Texas, Schwartz was a part of a Longhorns program that posted a two-year record of 51-15, produced a pair NBA Draft picks (guards T.J. Ford and Royal Ivey) and advanced to the 2003 Final Four and the 2004 Sweet Sixteen.

Following his prep career at Beverly Hills High School, Schwartz played two seasons of college basketball at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California. He then transferred to Texas where he concluded his playing career and was a member of Barnes’ 1999 Big 12 championship team. After Schwartz earned his degree in Speech Communication Studies from Texas in 1999, Barnes appointed Schwartz to a graduate assistant position, which he held from 1999-2001.

Lanier was an assistant at Texas throughout Schwartz’s graduate tenure there.

Schwartz also boasts valuable experience with USA Basketball, having served in a support capacity for the 2000 USA Youth Development Festival, the 2000 USA National Select Team—coached by Mike Jarvis and Bob Huggins and featuring future NBA stars Shane Battier and Jason Richardson—and the 2001 Young Men’s World Championship Trials.

Schwartz and his wife, Stephanie, have two daughters: Sydney and Samantha.

Lentz began his coaching career working for nine years coaching alongside his father, legendary Lenoir-Rhyne head coach John Lentz. During that stretch, the Bears won five South Atlantic Conference regular-season titles, one SAC Tournament title and made to five NCAA Division II Tournament appearances. In his final two seasons at L-R, Bryan served as the Bears’ associate head coach.

A four-year letterwinner at Lenoir-Rhyne—which is also Barnes’ alma mater—Lentz finished his collegiate playing career with 1,374 points and ranked fifth in school history in assists (388), steals (159) and free-throw percentage (.824). He was named South Atlantic Conference Freshman of the Year in 1996-97 and earned second-team All-SAC honors as a sophomore in 1997-98.

Lentz earned his bachelor’s degree in sports management from Lenoir-Rhyne in 2000. He and his wife, Christy, have two sons, Luke and Owen.

Prior to accepting her current position, she spent three years as an assistant director on UT’s media relations staff.

In that role, she handled all administrative duties for the athletic communications staff, served as the media relations contact for the Tennessee rowing program and planned and executed the annual Big Orange Caravan summer outreach tour.

Eggert worked closely with the Tennessee football program for three seasons from 2012 to 2014, managing Tom Elam Press Box on game days and overseeing the credential application, approval and distribution process for all home games.

She also handled credentialing for the Tennessee women’s basketball program from 2012-15.

During the 2014 and 2015 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championships, Eggert was appointed as the media coordinator for the Knoxville Regionals held at Thompson-Boling Arena. 

Eggert, 29, was a graduate assistant in UT’s athletic communications office in 2011-12 prior to her hiring as a full-time staff member in July 2012.

She received her bachelor’s degree in Sport Management from Tennessee in 2011, and also earned a master’s degree in Sport Management in 2013.

Her tenure in the UT athletic department dates to her undergraduate career, during which she worked in both the men’s and women’s media relations offices.

She also served as president of Tennessee’s Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.

The former Mary-Carter Kniffen married Chris Eggert of Knoxville, Tennessee, in May of 2017. They reside in Knoxville with their dog, Maggie.

Goporo, who served as the Director of Student-Athlete Development last season at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, spent 15 years at the helm of the boys basketball program at Florida Air Academy in Melbourne, Florida. During his 15 seasons at FAA, Goporo amassed a 355-52 (.872) record while winning four 3A state titles (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007).

His teams claimed the district title in each season during his tenure and made 10 regional final appearances as well as seven trips to the FHSAA Final Four. Goporo was a two-time Space Coast Coach of the Year.

A 1996 graduate from the Florida Institute of Technology, Goporo also served as FAA’s athletic director from 2012-15. In that role, he oversaw 12 varsity and junior-varsity sports programs while managing the fundraising efforts and budgeting for the athletic department.

More than 40 of the players Goporo coached at FAA would go on to sign with Division I schools, including Sasha Kaun (Kansas), Walter Hodge and Will Yeguete (Florida), Rihards Kuksik (Arizona State) and Alvin Cruz and Juan Mendez (Niagara).

Another of Goporo’s former players, Greek forward Ioannis Papapetrou, went on to play the 2012-13 season under Barnes at Texas.

A native of the Central African Republic, Goporo represented his home nation as a member of the national team at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He recently served as the head coach of the Central African Republic national basketball team, leading the team through group play at the 2015 AfroBasket—the continental championship of Africa—in Tunisia.

Last year in the Division I collegiate ranks, Goporo helped the Ragin’ Cajuns to a 21-12 overall record and a berth in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.

Goporo—who is fluent in three languages (English, French and Sango)—is engaged to Muriel Peraste of Gravelines, France.

He also provided the program with a steadying presence and superb institutional operations knowledge during the coaching staff transition during the spring and summer of 2015.

Condon, 29, was with Tennessee during both the 2010 Elite Eight run as well as the program’s charge to the 2014 Sweet Sixteen. He also played a key operational role during Tennessee’s 2018 SEC Championship campaign.

Overall, he boasts 11 games of NCAA Tournament experience as a manager or administrative staffer.

Condon graduated from The Potomac School in McLean, Virginia, and was a member of the school’s 2008 state championship team. He owns Potomac’s career assists record.

He received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Tennessee in 2013 and also earned a master’s degree in Ag Leadership, Education and Communications from Tennessee in 2015.

Condon’s older brother, Ross, is the Director of Basketball Operations at Penn State.