Charles Waddington - Championship Standards

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Waddington, who will begin his 17th season as head coach in 2024, has guided the Belles to 11 NCAA South Central Regional Tournaments, including ten in a row from 2011-2021, and a historic run to the NCAA Elite Eight in 2016. In that time, the Belles have won four regular-season LSC Titles and four LSC Tournament Championships. He’s been named the LSC Coach of the Year four times and has helped 23 players earn AVCA All-American status. He also guided Meghan Parker to the program's first AVCA National Freshman of the Year award. He owns a career 378-137 record as head coach of the Belles, good enough for a .734 winning percentage.  The team also won a National Championship in the Covid Spring of 2021.  Waddington earned a BS in physics from RPI in 1993 and a Master’s Degree in Education at Florida Southern in 2006.  He and his wife, Mandi, have three children, Bailey (25) Jaxsen (18) and Riley (11).