Justin Ingram - Women's Volleyball Coach - Southern Illinois University Athletics

Justin Ingram

Title:
Head Coach
Email:
ingramjustin@siu.edu
Phone:
618-453-5473
Alma Mater:
Iowa State, 1995

Career Highlights and Awards

101-59 (.631) overall record at SIU, including 60-30 MVC record (.667)
.636 lifetime winning percentage as head coach
Salukis have made school-record five-consecutive MVC Tournament appearances and first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance
Ten NCAA Tournament appearances
Nine MVC First-Team All-Conference honorees
First AVCA All-American in program history (Taylor Pippen, 2015)
Ten MVC Scholar-Athletes
Four MVC All-Freshmen honorees
2013 MVC Freshman of the Year (Hannah Kaminsky); first from SIU in 17 years (Debbie Barr, 1996)
Six MVC All-Tournament members: Taylor Pippen (2012), Alex Rivera (2013), Jessica Whitehead (2013), Abby Barrow (2014), Andrea Estrada (2015), Nellie Fredriksson (2016)
Two Academic All-Americans (Bailey Yeager, 2012, third-team; Taylor Pippen, 2015, honorable mention)
Three Academic All-District honors (Alysia Mayes, 2012; Bailey Yeager, 2012; Taylor Pippen, 2015)

at Southern Illinois, Head Coach: 2012-Present

2015 (23-10 overall, 14-4 MVC)
- Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year
- Led SIU to the first NCAA Tournament appearance and at-large bid in school history
- Defeated nationally ranked Dayton, Wichita State, Missouri State
- Never lost consecutive matches in regular season and had a season-long nine-match winning streak
- Climbed as high as No. 39 in RPI rankings
- Three first-team All-MVC players (Taylor Pippen, Meg Viggars Andrea Estrada)
2014 (16-15 overall, 10-9 MVC)
- Became first coach in Saluki history to lead team to three-consecutive appearances at the conference tournament.
- Three All-MVC players
2013 (20-13, 13-5 MVC)
- Advanced to the MVC championship game for the first time in school history
- Posted wins over five MVC teams that ended the season ranked in the RPI top-100 -- including three victories over 61st-ranked Northern Iowa.
- SIU's win over UNI on Oct. 12, broke a 40-match slide against the Panthers that dated back to 1993.
- On Nov. 4, beat Wichita State for the first time since 2001, snapping a 23-match losing streak.
- Hannah Kaminsky MVC Freshman of the Year honors — first Saluki to win a since 1996 (Debbie Barr)
- Taylor Pippen and Jessica Whitehead named First-Team All-MVC.
2012 (21-9, 11-8 MVC)
- Opened the season with a 9-0 homestand for the program's longest winning streak since 1994
- On Sept. 28, snapped a 19-match losing streak versus Creighton and was the only MVC team to defeat the Bluejays, who advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16
- Two players were named First-Team All-MVC and one was tabbed as CoSIDA Academic All-American

at Arkansas State, Head Coach: 2009-11

Led the Red Wolves to an overall record of 60-33
Named 2011 Sun Belt Coach of the Year
Guided ASU to three-straight Sun Belt West Division titles
Seven players earned All-Conference honors, including the 2009 and 2010 Sun Belt Defensive Players of the Year.

at Kansas State, Assistant Coach: 2001-08

Served as the Wildcats' recruiting coordinator and offensive coordinator
Program posted a 171-79 record, made seven NCAA Tournament appearances and posted seven 20-win seasons.
Team finished ranked in the American Volleyball Coaches Association top-25 six seasons, including a No. 11 final ranking in 2003 when K-State went 30-5, won a Big 12 Championship and made a Sweet 16 run
K-State's final RPI ranked in the top-30 nationally during seven of Ingram's eight seasons with the Wildcats.
Mentored eight All-America selections and 22 All-Big 12 players, including four Big 12 Liberos of the Year and the 2003 Big 12 Player of the Year (Lauren Goehring).

at Houston, Assistant Coach: 1998-99

Cougars posted a 42-24 record, tallied consecutive 20-win seasons and made back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances
Houston was the Conference USA National Division champion in 1999 and the National Division runner-up in 1998
Helped mentor six All-Conference selections at Houston, including the 1999 C-USA Player of the Year

A native of Milwaukee, Wis., Ingram earned his bachelor's degree in Community and Regional Planning from Iowa State University in 1995 and a master's degree in City and Regional Planning from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 1998.

Ingram's Head Coaching Record
Year	School	Record	Conference	Accolades
2009	Arkansas State	22-11	12-6 (1st West Div.)	2 All-Conf. Players/Sun Belt Defensive POY
2010	Arkansas State	17-12	11-5 (1st West Div.)	2 All-Conf. Players/Sun Belt Defensive POY
2011	Arkansas State	21-10	12-4 (1st West Div.)	Sun Belt Coach of the Year/3 All-Conf Players
2012	Southern Illinois	21-9	11-7 (4th MVC)	3 All-Conf. Players/Capital One Academic All-American
2013	Southern Illinois	20-13	13-5 (3rd MVC)	MVC Tourn. Runner-Up/4 All-Conf./MVC Fr. of the Year
2014	Southern Illinois	16-15	10-8 (5th MVC)	3 All-Conference Players
2015	Southern Illinois	23-10	14-4 (2nd MVC)	NCAA Tournament First Round
Total	7 Seasons	140-80	83-39

Ingram's Assistant Coaching Record
Year	School	Record	Conference	Accolades
1998	Houston	21-13	11-5 (2nd National Div.)	NCAA 1st Rd.
1999	Houston	21-11	13-3 (1st National Div.)	NCAA 1st Rd.
2001	Kansas State	20-8	15-5 (3rd)	NCAA Tourn. 2nd Rd./AVCA No 18 Final Ranking
2002	Kansas State	21-9	16-4 (2nd)	NCAA Tourn. 2nd Rd./AVCA No. 22 Final Ranking
2003	Kansas State	30-5	18-2 (1st)	NCAA Tourn. Sweet 16/AVCA No. 11 Final Ranking
2004	Kansas State	20-11	13-7 (5th)	NCAA Tourn. 2nd. Rd.
2005	Kansas State	21-11	11-9 (4th)	NCAA Tourn. 2nd Rd./AVCA No. 24 Final Ranking
2006	Kansas State	12-18	4-16 (10th)
2007	Kansas State	23-9	14-6 (3rd)	NCAA Tourn. 2nd Rd./AVCA No. 16 Final Ranking
2008	Kansas State	24-8	14-6 (3rd)	NCAA Tourn. 1st Rd./AVCA No 20 Final Ranking
Total	10 Seasons	213-103	129-63