Lycoming College

The longest-tenured and winningest coach in the Lycoming College volleyball program's history, Tim McMahon will begin his 25th season at the helm of the program in 2025.

In 2021, McMahon became the 11th coach in the history of the Middle Atlantic Conference to reach 300 career wins with a 3-1 win over FDU-Florham.

Over the course of 24 years at the helm of the Warriors, McMahon has tutored 32 all-conference selections, two all-region picks and helped two players earn league Player of the Year honors while leading the Warriors to 11 postseason appearances, two MAC Freedom Championships and two berths in the NCAA Division III Tournament.

In all, McMahon’s teams have finished above .500 10 times and he has earned one MAC Freedom Coach of the Year award after helping the 2003 team finish 24-11 overall and a perfect 6-0 in the league.

After a two-year absence from the postseason, McMahon guided the Warriors to an 18-13 season and a fourth-place finish in the school's last year in the MAC Commonwealth in 2019. The team went on to defeat Lebanon Valley, 3-1, in the first round of the MAC Commonwealth Championship to advance to the conference semifinals for the eighth time in his career.

In 2014, the Warriors started the year by winning its first six matches of the year, a school record, and finished by winning its second MAC Commonwealth Championship match in three years, downing Widener, 3-1, in the first round. Along the way, McMahon mentored all-region selections in Bethany Richardson and Catherine Burger, as that team highlighted a run of five trips to the MAC Commonwealth Championship in six years.

The 2013 squad continued to help the Warriors take their place as one of the finest programs in the Mid-Atlantic region, as McMahon led the team to a 25-11 record, the best in his tenure. While coaching two all-conference selections in Katelyn McKillop and Richardson, he helped the team reach the conference playoffs for the third straight season. With the last win of the season, a 3-2 win over Pitt-Bradford, McMahon reached 200 victories in his career.

He coached the 2012 team to its first 20-win campaign since 2003, as it finished with a 22-13 record, capping the season with a 3-2 win over Widener in the first round of the playoffs, the school's first playoff win since 2006. 

McMahon surpassed the school record of 144 career wins set by Sonny Kirkpatrick from 1992-99, tying the mark in an exciting five-set affair with the defending MAC Commonwealth champions, Elizabethtown, during the 2011 season.

From 2002-06, McMahon led the Warriors to five straight Freedom Conference championship matches, winning the title in 2004 and 2006, both in thrilling five-set matches, to earn bids to the NCAA Division III Tournament.

McMahon has an extensive background in officiating, having served as a volleyball referee since 1980. He also played and coached during that period as part of USA Volleyball, the governing body of volleyball in the United States. McMahon has played in many regional and national tournaments and has won multiple state titles.

McMahon earned degrees in electronic technology (1976) and business management (1988) from Williamsport Area Comunity College (now Penn College). He also earned a degree in management of technology from Lock Haven in 1996.

McMahon, who retired from Andritz, Inc., in Muncy, in 2020, resides in Montoursville with his wife, Stephanie. They have two children, Brandon and Corinn. Corinn and husband, Dave, have two daughters, Ella and Adelynn, and Brandon and wife, Natali, also live locally.
 

The McMahon File
Hometown: Montoursville, Pa.
Wife - Stephanie
Son - Brandon; Daughter - Corinn

	Education
1976	Associate of Electronic Technology	Pennsylvania College of Technology
1988	Associate of Business Administration	Pennsylvania College of Technology
1996	Bachelor of Science - Management of Technology	Lock Haven University
	Coaching Experience
2001-Pres.	Lycoming College	Head Coach
	Awards & Honors
2003	Freedom Conference Coach of the Year

McMahon Year-By-Year
Year	W	L	Pct.	Note
2001	10	9	.526	Coached Freedom Conference MVP Layne Haverstock
2002	14	9	.609	Reached first of five straight conference finals
2003	24	11	.686	Posted perfect 6-0 record in Freedom Conference play
2004	16	20	.444	Won Freedom Conference title with 3-2 win over FDU-Florham
2005	11	21	.344	Coached Freedom Conference Player of the Year Lindsey Artz
2006	18	16	.529	Beat Scranton, 3-2, to win second Freedom Conference title
2007	5	28	.182	Megan Schulze earned Second Team All-Commonwealth Conference honors
2008	14	18	.438	Helped team to nine-win improvement
2009	11	20	.355	Coached Emily Abel to First Team All-Commonwealth Conference honors
2010	15	17	.469	Led team to most wins since 2006 season
2011	15	20	.429	Team reaches Commonwealth Conference Tournament for first time
2012	22	13	.629	Led team to its most wins since 2003 and its first playoff win since 2006
2013	25	11	.694	Reached conference playoffs for third straight year
2014	18	17	.514	Coached Bethany Richardson and Catherine Burger to all-region honors
2015	17	14	.548	Team's fourth straight winning campaign
2016	15	20	.429	Team's seventh straight 15-win campaign
2017	14	19	.424	Coached Emily Hepner, his first CoSIDA Academic All-District selection
2018	14	20	.412	Emily Hepner breaks school's digs record
2019	18	13	.581	Team reached MAC Commonwealth Championship semifinals for first time since 2014
2020	-	-	-	Season cancelled due to COVID-19
2021	9	17	.346	Coached two all-conference selections
2022	11	13	.458	Coached two all-conference selections
2023	14	10	.583	Team's 10th winning season under Coach McMahon
2024	9	17	.346	Four Warriors earned CSC Academic All-District honors
Total	339	372	.477