Efrain Negron - Volleyball Coach - Bowling Green State University Athletics

Ohio

Sep 25 (Thu)

6 p.m.

Efrain Negron

Title:
Assistant Volleyball Coach
Email:
enegron@bgsu.edu
Phone:
419-372-7413

Efrain Negron is in his first year on head coach Danijela Tomic's staff this year having joined the BGSU volleyball coaching staff in March 2016.

“I am excited to announce the addition of Efrain Negron to our staff. He came highly recommended from two people whose opinions I value very highly in Eve Rackham, my former assistant coach and the current associate head coach at North Carolina, and Matt Ginipro, head coach at Appalachian State with whom Efrain worked this past season,” remarked Coach Tomic. “They both identified him as a very talented, hardworking, passionate, knowledgeable and high character young coach, which he showed during the interviewing process. Efrain is a perfect fit for our program at this point. He brings a lot of experience of playing as a libero at a high level, as well as coaching serve receive and defense. I can’t wait to see him make an impact on our team in those areas.”

Negron came to Bowling Green from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina where he was the volunteer assistant coach in 2015. Prior to joining the Mountaineers’ coaching staff, Negron was an assistant coach for a year at Western Texas College in Snyder, Texas in 2014.

At Appalachian State, Negron assisted the coaching staff in all aspects of the program, including scouting, film break down, statistical analysis, and both practice and match preparation. He was also responsible for the training of the liberos and defensive specialists, as well as the team defense and serve receive during matches.

In his one year at Appalachian State, the Mountaineers went 22-8 overall, which included tying a program record 16-match win streak, and finished as the Sun Belt Conference (SBC) regular season runner-up with a conference record of 13-3. Earning the No. 2 seed in the 2015 Sun Belt Conference Championship Tournament, the Mountaineers advanced to the championship match before falling in five sets to the top seeded Arkansas State Red Wolves.

In 2015, Negron coached four American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Southeast All-Region honorable mention members in Jess Keller, Emily Corrigan, Ashton Gregory and Paige Brown. Keller, who was named the 2015 SBC Offensive Student-Athlete of the Year, Corrigan and Gregory were all named to the SBC All-Conference First-Team, while Brown earned second-team all-conference honors.

The Mountaineers finished the 2015 season ranked 43rd overall in the country and led the Sun Belt Conference in digs per set at 16.6 on the year, while senior libero Megan Mahoney ranked sixth in the SBC and 71st in the nation overall in digs per set with an average of 4.67, and finished the year ranked 80th nationally in total digs with 518.

Before his time at Appalachian State, Negron served as an assistant coach for one year at Western Texas College where he coordinated team travel and was responsible for the training of outside hitters, liberos and defensive specialists. He was also in charge of the team defense and serve receive during matches and assisted the head coach in scouting, video breakdown, statistical analysis and both practice and match preparation.

While with the Westerners in 2014, Negron worked with three National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 5 First-Team All-Conference selections. Lupita Quintanilla finished the year ranked first in the country among all NJCAA volleyball programs in total kills with 684 and was second in kills per set with an average of 4.41 per game. Vanessa Salazar ended the year ranked ninth in the country among NJCAA institutions in total digs with 787 and was 22nd in digs per set at 5.12 per frame.

The Westerners finished the year ranked 45th in the NJCAA in digs per set at 15.14 per set and were 16th in the nation in total digs with 2,362 on the season.

As a player, Negron was a four-year starter at the libero position for Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina from 2010-14, while also being a student assistant for the women's program from 2011-13.

Negron helped Lees-McRae, an NCAA Division II member, compete at the NCAA Division I level as a member of the Conference Carolinas, where he was a three-time all-conference player and became the all-time leader in program history for both digs and digs per set. During the 2012 season he finished fifth in the nation in digs per set, while during both his junior and senior seasons he ranked in the top-20 nationally.

During his time at Lees-McRae, the Bobcats earned the conference's first win over a west coast opponent in 2012 versus Cal Baptist and recorded a victory over their highest ranked opponent with a win over then No. 15 Ball State in 2011. The Bobcats also took the 2011 Final Four team and nationally ranked No. 6 Penn State to a hard fought five set match that same season.

In 2012, Negron traveled to Hawaii and Japan to compete in the 24th Asian Pacific Cup as a member of the USA volleyball team, giving him experience at the international level.

While as a student-athlete, Negron was a member of the Lees-McRae College Dean’s List, a three-time Conference Carolinas Fall Presidential Honor Roll selection and a 2014 Conference Carolinas Academic All-Conference team member.

He was drafted in 2014 to play professionally by the Indios De Mayaquez of the Liga de Voleibol Superior Masculino in Puerto Rico.

Negron began his coaching career while in college, helping the Lees-McRae women's volleyball team as a student assistant coach. He helped the women’s team capture two Conference Carolinas Championships and garner two NCAA tournament berths.

In addition, he has coached for the Blocksport Volleyball Club in Dallas, Texas and the Top Select Volleyball Academy in Orlando, Florida. He has also worked numerous high school summer camps in Texas and Alabama, as well as at camps at the collegiate level at Appalachian State, North Carolina, Virginia Tech and James Madison.

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