Women's Volleyball coaching staff

Terry Condon
Head Coach
email: terry.condon@umb.edu
Phone: 617-287-7832


Terry Condon enters her third season as UMass Boston’s Head Coach. Since her arrival at UMB she has continued a trend that’s been prevalent throughout her coaching career. Turning around a program and enjoying continued improvement.

In her first season, she led the Beacons to their highest win total in four seasons and last year, Condon guided the squad to just the second-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.

Condon brings an outstanding volleyball coaching and playing background to UMass Boston 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 also the Assistant Director of many area field hockey camps and works for a tax preparation business as well.

Condon graduated from UCLA in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology and currently resides in Rowley, MA.

Ken McNeeley
Assistant Coach

Ken McNeeley begins his collegiate coaching tenure at UMass Boston following a very successful four-year playing career at Newbury College.  He will be responsible for the team’s hitting and blocking instruction and will be counted on for recruiting.

The Maryland native enjoyed a wildly successful senior campaign with the Nighthawks, leading the nation in blocks for the third straight year, while leading Newbury to the Eastern College Athletic Conference championship in 2007 and was also named a First Team All-New England Collegiate Volleyball Association honoree after leading the Nighthawks in kills for the second straight season.  McNeeley was selected the National Player of the Week on two occasions and landed on the NECVA All-Academic squad for the second straight year as well.  He saw Newbury win nearly 100 matches during his time in Brookline, MA and also helped it to a number nine national ranking during his sophomore season, while earning Second Team All-America honors.

A 2007 graduate of Newbury College with a degree in computer science, McNeeley is currently pursuing his masters degree in the MBA program at UMass Boston.

Yalçin Özaraydin
Assistant Coach

Yalcin Özaraydin comes to the UMass Boston volleyball staff via his home nation of Turkey, where he enjoyed an outstanding playing career.  He is a great motivator and should help the Beacons with game situations and practice skills.

Özaraydin played professionally in the Turkish Volleyball League and also saw action in a different pro league, where he helped his squad to a Turkish Series B Championship in 1996.  The former hitter experienced great success as a youth player as well, helping his youth club team to a spot in the National Championship game in 1993 and was also a member of 1989 Regional Youth Team National Championship squad.  Özaraydin was a member of the Bursa Boys High School team that finished third in the High School National Championships in 1988 and would later go on to compete with the Turkish Youth National team in 1989.

A 1991 graduate of Tophane Technical High School in Bursa, Turkey, Özaraydin is currently pursuing a business degree at UMass Boston.