Mercer University Volleyball
Steve Benson

Steve Benson

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A veteran coach with measured success throughout every stop of his 23-year coaching career, Steve Benson was named the 14th head coach in the 39-year history of the Mercer volleyball program on April 28, 2025. Benson, who spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons at Presbyterian, has coaching stops at four other collegiate institutions as well. He has compiled nearly 350 victories in 19 years as a head coach of both men’s and women’s volleyball programs. Benson mentored five all-league standouts across two seasons at the helm of the Presbyterian program, while also pacing the Blue Hose to 19 victories and two appearances in the Big South Conference Tournament. Presbyterian showcased one of the Big South Conference’s top blocking teams in each of Benson’s two seasons in Clinton, S.C., and boasted two of the league’s top hitting percentage leaders amid the 2024 campaign as well. The Blue Hose were overachievers in the classroom as well. PC sent nine student-athletes to Collegge Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District laurels across the 2023 and 2024 campaigns, while also hauling in both American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award and Team Academic Honor Roll status after posting a 3.65 team grade point average during the 2023-24 academic year. Prior to making the move to Presbyterian, Benson served seven seasons (2017-23) as the head coach of the men’s volleyball team at nearby Limestone and led the regional powerhouse to six winning seasons and nearly 100

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