Behnik has seven consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, including consecutive NCAA Final Four appearances in the 2021 and 2022 seasons, and finished the current season second in the AVCA Coaches Poll of 4. He helped lead the Panthers to show records, including ranking No. consecutive years.
“I would like to thank Scott Burns, Jack Bruns and the search committee for giving me this opportunity. From the moment I started the interview process, I knew this was the perfect place for my family and me,” said Behonick. “I would also like to thank Dan Fisher for coaching alongside me over the last 12 years. He has created the space for my assistant to grow and become a head coach. I am Oregon State Volleyball.” ready to bring championship culture to the world.
In her 10 seasons, the Panthers compiled a 258-62 mark and won four ACC Conference Championships in that span, including the 2022 crown and a third straight win in 2017-2019.
“Lindsey comes to Oregon State University with a track record of success at high levels of competition,” Burns said. It was everything we were looking for when we started.We are thrilled to welcome Lindsey and her family to Corvallis.This is a perfect fit.We can’t wait for her to start.”
In the past five seasons, no other team has achieved as much success as Behonick and Pitt, achieving an NCAA best 140 wins in five years.
“Congratulations to Scott Burns and Oregon State University on a great hire,” Fisher added. “Lindsey has a high level of knowledge about volleyball and is ready to lead. She is well respected in the volleyball community, an excellent teacher of the game and the right job awaits her. The will be a great addition to Beaver Nation, but will be missed in the pits.”
Behnick led four different Panthers to AVCA All-America honors, including two first-teamers in Courtney Bazelio and Serena Gray, as the team went 31-4 on the season. Behonick helped lead Pitt into another season as a top 10 offense, finishing sixth in the nation with 1,764 kills on the season and hitting 1,640 with 1,640, the seventh-best mark in the nation.
Behnik assists Kayla Lund with the program’s first AVCA All-America First Team selection and first four All-ACC First Team selections in the 2021 season, which saw the Panthers journey to the Final Four for the first time in program history. Did.
In 2020, after No. 3-seeded Minnesota’s biggest upset of the tournament in the Sweet Sixteen, she assisted Pitt for her first NCAA Tournament Elite Eight appearance, replacing outside hitter Lund with her coached for its most decorated season, becoming the ACC’s first two-time volleyball player. Player of the Year, Pitt’s first her two-time AVCA East Coast Region Player of the Year, two-time AVCA Second Team All-American honor, the program’s highest honor earned at the time tied.
Behonick and Pitt finished the 2019 ACC schedule unscathed, going 18-0 to win their third consecutive ACC title. The Panthers earned the 6th seed in the NCAA Tournament and finished the year in 5th place in the NCAA RPI.
Pitt finished the 2018 season ranked in the NCAA RPI Top 10 for the first time in program history. Behonick helped lead the Panthers to their first full ACC volleyball championship in school history. The Panthers secured the No. 12 seed in the NCAA Tournament and hosted the first and second rounds at home in his gym for the first time in program history.
The 2017 season began a stretch for three straight ACC titles as Behnik and Pitt shared the title with Louisville for the first ever ACC Championship in program history, back to back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003–04.
Behnik and the Panthers returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 12 years and reached the second round for the first time in 13 years during the 2016 season, continuing their 20-plus winning season.
In the 2014 and 2015 seasons, Behnick assisted the Panthers to 20 or more wins in two consecutive seasons for the first time in over a decade, as he was named an AVCA 30-under-30 winner in 2015.
Before moving to the pits in 2013, Behnik returned to his alma mater for two seasons, leading Concordia to a combined record of 75-2 in two seasons, including a 38-0 campaign that culminated in the 2012 NAIA National title. led to
A three-time All-Conference and two-time NAIA All-America middle blocker, Behnik holds the school record for games played and block assists for Concordia University from 2004-2008. She completed her undergraduate degree in Business with her Bachelor of Arts in Sports Management in 2008 and a Master of Arts in Coaching and Exercise Management from Concordia in 2014.
Originally from Dana Point, California, Behnik (ex-Campbell) is back on the West Coast with her husband, Michael, and two sons, Miles and Aiden.
During the announcement, Barnes said Behnik’s appointment is contingent on the completion of all college recruitment processes.
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