Mark Pavlik retired in May following 32 years leading the Nittany Lions men’s volleyball program. Pavlik ’82 EMS (above, left) went 716-249 as a head coach, leading all Division I-II coaches in career wins and finishing third on the career list across all divisions. He led the Lions to a national championship in 2008, along with 27 EIVA titles and a sterling 349-28 record in league play. He was named EIVA Coach of the Year 11 times, including this season, and coached 35 All-Americans, two AVCA Players of the Year, and three players who went on to become United States Olympians. Pavlik was a member of the coaching staff for the World University Games in multiple years and was an assistant under Tom Tait on the Nittany Lions’ first national championship team in 1994. “Certainly, I’ll miss being in the gym,” Pavlik said. “You ask any coach of any sport why they do it, it’s to be in the training block with their team and trying to make them better, trying to make them understand the potential that they have.” Associate head coach Colin McMillan will succeed Pavlik.

The contract of men’s gymnastics coach Randy Jepson was not renewed after 45 seasons with the program, the last 35 as head coach. Jepson ’83, ’90 MS H&HD (above, right) led the Nittany Lions to three national championships (2000, 2004, and 2007) and was named national coach of the year three times. He coached 14 individual national champions, 139 All-Americans, and three Nissen-Emery Award winners. He was a member of the USA World Championships coaching staff in 1997 and 2005. Jepson transferred to Penn State for his senior year and was a team captain and an All-American on rings in 1982. “I am so grateful to student-athletes for trusting me to lead them all these years, grateful to their families for trusting me with their sons, grateful to the staffs who have supported me along the way and most certainly grateful to Penn State for every single experience I’ve had here,” he said in a release. Tony Beck ’13 H&HD, a former Nittany Lion gymnast and longtime assistant, will succeed Jepson after spending the past four seasons as associate head coach.