PENN STATE BEHREND NAMES MARKS AS HEAD WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL COACH

Penn State Behrend athletics has selected Jared Marks to become the seventh head women's volleyball coach in program history.

Marks comes to Behrend after spending one season as the head volleyball coach at Christian Brothers University. Prior to CBU, he was the head volleyball coach for six seasons at Saint Agnes Academy in Memphis. During his time at Saint Agnes, Marks led the team to a Region Championship in three of the last four seasons, and a state tournament qualifier during all six campaigns. His 2023 squad was the TSSAA DII-AA Girls' State Volleyball Championship runners-up. 

Since 2014, Marks was the Master Coach, Recruiting Coordinator for Memphis Metro JVC. While at Memphis Metro, Marks was the head coach for club's top team in the 13-18 year old age groups. In 2022, Marks helped guide the club to a second-place finish at the Mid-East Qualifier (USA Division) and a fifth-place finish at the USAV 18 Nationals. 

The Pittsburgh, PA native studied for one semester at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Marks then received a Bachelor of Science in finance, with a minor in international business from Penn State University. He also spent four years as a teacher in the Shelby County and Green Dot Public School systems (Hamilton, Fairley).