Barton College Men's Volleyball

Lennox enters his fifth season as head coach of the men's and women's volleyball programs at Barton College in 2016-17. In 2012, his first year at Barton, Lennox was named a AVCA Thirty Under 30 award winner, a prestigious distinction given to up-and-coming coaching talent at all levels of the sport of volleyball. It marked the second time Lennox has recieved the award in his brief coaching career.  Lennox helped guide the Barton women's volleyball team back into the Conference Carolinas Tournament in the fall of 2012 (the Lady Bulldogs missed the eight-team tourney the year before) before he led the young men's volleyball squad to a much improved sophomore season in the spring of 2013. In 2013-14, Lennox was honored by his peers as Conference Carolinas Men's Volleyball Coach of the Year after guiding the Bulldogs to their first league tournament appearance and win. Picked to finish last in the conference, Barton produced a breakout season, going 7-7 in league play and placing fifth. The Bulldogs won their conference tourney debut at Limestone before falling to league champion Erskine in the semifinals.  The 2013-14 women's team also exceeded league expectations. Predicted to finish eighth in the conference, the Lady Bulldogs finished in a tie for third place with a 10-8 league mark, the program's best since 2010. In 2015-16, Lennox once again led the Lady Bulldogs to the league tournament, falling in the semifinals to eventual champion Erskine College. He was also named Conference Carolinas Men's Volleyball Coach of the Year for the second time after guiding the men's program to 22 wins and advancing to the finals of the league tournament. During Lennox' tenure, the Barton women's program has received six All-Conference awards, three All-State awards and nine Academic All-Conference awards. His men's teams have included two league Defensive Players of the Year, 10 All-Conference performers, one Freshman of the Year, seven Academic All-Conference selections, three All-Tournament picks and three NCAA National Statistical Champions.  Lennox, a 2008 graduate of Juniata College (Pa.), served as as head men's volleyball coach and assistant women's volleyball coach at Elmira College (N.Y.), where he obtained a master's degree before coming to the Bulldogs. In his four years of service with Head Coach Rhonda Faunce, Elmira's women's team compiled an overall record of 89-42 and claimed one championship and one runner-up finish in the Empire 8 Conference. The Soaring Eagles won the league regular season title in 2011 and played in the championship game of the conference tournament in both 2010 and 2011. He was the first coach of Elmira's new men's program in 2011 and led the Soaring Eagles to an overall record of 33-39 over two seasons. His 2012 team completed its season with a 22-18 mark and had an NCAA Division III national ranking as high as 12th. Lennox served as the primary recruiter for both volleyball teams at Elmira. The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) named him as one of its Thirty Under 30 Award recipients for 2011-12 (his first time winning the award). He also has coaching experience at Huntingdon Area High School (Pa.) and with the Nittany Valley Juniors and Kaepa Lion's Pride Volleyball Clubs.