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Ross Condon
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11/14/2013
Lions Face Penn Saturday at The Palestra
Penn State readies for first road game of the season.
11/27/2012
Penn State Faces B.C. Wednesday
Lions have won four of last five ACC/Big Ten Challenge Games
11/29/2011
Penn State Travels To Boston College Wednesday
Nittany Lions look for fourth win in last five Big Ten/ACC Challenge games
An integral member of Patrick Chambers’ staff, in his seventh year, Ross
Condon returns to the program’s director of operations role after spending
the past two seasons as an assistant coach. In addition to overseeeing
administration of the team’s on- and off-court activities, Condon serves as
the program’s liaison with Penn State’s Student-Athlete Welfare and
Development and NCAA Compliance units. He will continue to head competition
scheduling as well as assist the coaching staff with practice planning,
opponent scouting and coordinating recruiting efforts.
Condon’s efforts in providing the program with organization and structure
have played a major role in Coach Chambers’ strategic plan for the Nittany
Lion basketball program. One example of the commitment to excellence is
highlighted by the team’s inclusion as one of seven Penn State squads that
posted a perfect Graduation Success Rate (GSR). In the most recent data
released by the NCAA, the GSR for men’s basketball, for the seventh year in
a row, ranked above the national average.
As an assistant coach, Condon helped direct the 2016-17 Nittany Lion
offense that scored 70 points or more in 21 games and averaged 70.1 points
per game during Big Ten play, both bests for the program since 2001. The
Penn State offense also broke the program records for points in a Big Ten
slate (1,262) and field goals (443). The increase in scoring resulted in
Tony Carr breaking the freshman assist record en route to his selection to
the Big Ten All-Freshman team.
Carr, Stevens and Bostick, entering their second season, were key elements
in the 2016 Nittany Lion recruiting class that was ranked in the nation’s
top 25, the best recruiting class in Penn State history. This highly
regarded class followed the trio of 2015 signees, who, at the time,
composed the program’s first-ever top 30 recruiting class.
Condon joined the Penn State staff after two seasons as an assistant coach
with Chambers at Boston University, helping guide the Terriers to
back-to-back 21-win seasons and postseason appearances both years. BU went
21-14 in 2010-11, winning the America East Conference Championship and
advancing to its first NCAA Tournament in more than a decade (2002). He
worked specifically with the Terrier guards, including 2011 America East
Player of the Year John Holland, now a member of the NBA’s Cleveland
Cavaliers, first-team all-conference guard Darryl Partin and all-conference
rookie honoree D.J. Irving.
After graduation from Villanova in 2007, Condon was hired as the director
of basketball operations for Radford University and worked under 2009 Big
South Coach of the Year Brad Greenberg. He played an important role in the
biggest turnaround in league history, which included a 2009 Big South
Championship and the Highlanders’ trip to the NCAA Tournament.
Condon was a walk-on and four-year letterwinner on Villanova’s basketball
team from 2003-07, playing his final three seasons under Chambers who was a
Wildcat assistant coach at the time. With the Wildcats, Condon was part of
a squad that captured the 2005-06 Big East regular season title and made
three straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament, reaching the Sweet 16 in
2005 and the Elite Eight in 2006.
Following his junior year at Villanova, Condon was selected to represent
the United States at the 2006 World Maccabi Games in Australia, where he
contributed to a team gold medal.
The Springfield, Va., native and former all-state high school player was an
exemplary student-athlete at Villanova. Condon was a three-year selection
to the Big East All-Academic Team and also served as the men’s basketball
team’s representative to the university’s student-athlete advisory
committee. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from
Villanova in May of 2007.
Condon married the former Mary Rabe in August 2016.
