In his 10th season with Penn State basketball, Ross Condon returns to the bench as an assistant coach in 2020-21. Condon helped direct the 2016-17 offense that scored 70 points or more in 21 games and averaged 70.1 points per game during Big Ten play, both bests in a 16-year span. The increased offensive production broke program records and resulted in Tony Carr, a member of the 2017 Big Ten All-Freshman team, breaking the freshman assist record.
Condon served as the program’s director of basketball operations from 2017-20 and oversaw the administration of the team’s on- and off-court activities and serves as the program’s liaison with Penn State’s Student-Athlete Welfare and Development and NCAA Compliance units. He leds the competition scheduling process and assisted the coaching staff with practice planning, opponent scouting and coordinating recruiting efforts.
The Nittany Lions were positioned to earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament before the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the 2020 postseason, with 21 regular-season victories, their second 20-win season in a three-year span. Penn State earned a No. 9 ranking in the Associated Press poll and won eight-straight Big Ten games with victories over four top-25 teams.
Condon’s efforts in providing the program with organization and structure played a major role in the program’s success on the hardwood and in the classroom. For the ninth-straight year, Penn State posted a Graduation Success Rate (GSR) above the national average, including eight consecutive years with a perfect GSR. In 2019-20 was honored with a Team Academic Excellence Award from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for earning at team grade-point average above 3.0.
In 2017-18, a 26-win total, second-highest ever, a second trip to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals and a National Invitation Tournament title cemented the team’s on-court success. The progress continued in 2018-19 as the Nittany Lions defeated three top-20 ranked teams in back-to-back years for the first time in program history as No. 13 Virginia Tech, No. 6 Michigan and No. 17 Maryland all fell in the Bryce Jordan Center.
The 2016 Nittany Lion recruiting class, of which Lamar Stevens, now with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Carr, were both a part, ranked in the nation’s top 25, the best recruiting class in Penn State history. This highly regarded class followed a trio of 2015 signees, who, at the time, composed the program’s first-ever top 30 recruiting class.
Condon came to Penn State after two years as an assistant coach 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). Condon worked specifically with the Terrier guards, including 2011 America East Player of the Year John Holland, with the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers roster, first-team all-conference guard Darryl Partin and all-conference rookie honoree D.J. Irving.
Condon graduated from Villanova with a degree in business administration in 2007 and was hired as the director of basketball operations for Radford University, working 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 trip to the NCAA Tournament.
A four-year letterwinner as a walk-on on Villanova’s basketball team, Condon was part of the 2005-06 squad that captured the 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, he 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, Virginia, 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.
Condon and his wife, Mary, are the parents of a son, Cooper, born April 2020.
Condon served as the program’s director of basketball operations from 2017-20 and oversaw the administration of the team’s on- and off-court activities and serves as the program’s liaison with Penn State’s Student-Athlete Welfare and Development and NCAA Compliance units. He leds the competition scheduling process and assisted the coaching staff with practice planning, opponent scouting and coordinating recruiting efforts.
The Nittany Lions were positioned to earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament before the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the 2020 postseason, with 21 regular-season victories, their second 20-win season in a three-year span. Penn State earned a No. 9 ranking in the Associated Press poll and won eight-straight Big Ten games with victories over four top-25 teams.
Condon’s efforts in providing the program with organization and structure played a major role in the program’s success on the hardwood and in the classroom. For the ninth-straight year, Penn State posted a Graduation Success Rate (GSR) above the national average, including eight consecutive years with a perfect GSR. In 2019-20 was honored with a Team Academic Excellence Award from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for earning at team grade-point average above 3.0.
In 2017-18, a 26-win total, second-highest ever, a second trip to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals and a National Invitation Tournament title cemented the team’s on-court success. The progress continued in 2018-19 as the Nittany Lions defeated three top-20 ranked teams in back-to-back years for the first time in program history as No. 13 Virginia Tech, No. 6 Michigan and No. 17 Maryland all fell in the Bryce Jordan Center.
The 2016 Nittany Lion recruiting class, of which Lamar Stevens, now with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Carr, were both a part, ranked in the nation’s top 25, the best recruiting class in Penn State history. This highly regarded class followed a trio of 2015 signees, who, at the time, composed the program’s first-ever top 30 recruiting class.
Condon came to Penn State after two years as an assistant coach 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). Condon worked specifically with the Terrier guards, including 2011 America East Player of the Year John Holland, with the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers roster, first-team all-conference guard Darryl Partin and all-conference rookie honoree D.J. Irving.
Condon graduated from Villanova with a degree in business administration in 2007 and was hired as the director of basketball operations for Radford University, working 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 trip to the NCAA Tournament.
A four-year letterwinner as a walk-on on Villanova’s basketball team, Condon was part of the 2005-06 squad that captured the 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, he 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, Virginia, 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.
Condon and his wife, Mary, are the parents of a son, Cooper, born April 2020.