Lincoln College Alum named Head Men’s Volleyball Coach

[February 24, 2020] 

Lincoln College Athletic Director, Mark Perdue announced the official hiring of Alec Esparza as the Head Men’s Volleyball Coach. Esparza is a native of the Chicagoland area, where he made the decision to attend Lincoln College as an NJCAA program. Upon completion of his associate’s degree as a Lynx, Alec then advanced his volleyball and academic careers playing for the Lynx of Lindenwood-Belleville University.

Esparza began his coaching career in the fall of 2018, where he decided to return to Lincoln College. He was named Assistant for both the men’s and women’s volleyball teams the last two season, including the full time assistant coach in the fall of 2019. Esparza stepped in as the interim head coach for the women’s program and led the team to the A.I.I. Conference Tournament Championship and their first trip to NAIA National Tournament as an NAIA program.

Perdue is very confident in Esparza, as he had this to say about him, “Alec has brought great energy and leadership to the volleyball program and will be an asset to the entire athletic department.

"He has done a great job in the transition to Interim Head Coach and it has made perfect sense for me to remove the Interim title and officially make him the Head Men’s Volleyball coach.”

“I would like to give thanks to Lincoln College for giving me the opportunity to take the position of Head Men’s Volleyball Coach. The men’s volleyball program at Lincoln college has a special place in my heart, considering I was one of the players that started the program back in 2014. I know that with the support of the athletic department and all of Lincoln College, there is great things to come for the Men’s Volleyball program,” says Esparza.

With men’s volleyball already underway, we look forward to what Alec will do this year and years to come.

[Ty Unger, Lincoln College]