Alma Mater: SUNY Brockport ‘91
Career Record: 396-323, 25 seasons
Record at SUNY Morrisville: 176-141, 11 seasons
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- SUNY Morrisville (2012 – present)
- United East Regular Season Championship Title (2022)
- United East Tournament Championship Title (2022)
- Two NEAC Regular Season Championship Titles (2018, ’19)
- Three NEAC Tournament Championship Titles (2017, ’18, ’19)
- Three NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances (2017, ’18, ’19)
- Washington & Jefferson College (143-129, nine seasons)
- University of Pittsburgh at Bradford (77-53, five seasons)
YEAR-BY-YEAR at SUNY MORRISVILLE
- 2024 - 15-12 overall, 6-3 SUNYAC
- SUNYAC Player of the Year
- SUNYAC Championship Tournament Semifinal Appearance
- 2023 - 18-13 overall record, 8-2 North Atlantic Conference
- NAC Western Division Finals
- Player of the Year
- 2022 - 23-8 overall record, 8-0 United East
- United East Regular Season Champions
- United East Tournament Champions
- Player of the Year
- Coach of the Year
- 2021 - 17-12 overall record, 4-4 United East record
- United East Tournament Finals
- 2020 - season canceled due to COVID pandemic
- 2019 – 23-8 overall record, 11-0 NEAC
- NEAC Regular Season Champions
- NEAC Tournament Champions
- NCAA Division III Tournament First Round
- Player of the Year
- Coach of the Year
- 2018 – 25-7 overall record, 11-0 NEAC
- NEAC Regular Season Champions
- NEAC Tournament Champions
- NCAA Division III Tournament First Round
- Offensive Player of the Year; Defensive Player of the Year
- NEAC Coach of the Year
- 2017 – 24-7 overall record, 8-1 NEAC
- NEAC Tournament Champions
- NCAA Division III Tournament First Round
- 2016 – 21-11 overall record, 11-2 NEAC
- NEAC Tournament semifinals
- Defensive Player of the Year
- 2015 – 11-19 overall record, 6-6 NEAC
- 2014 – 7-19 overall record, 5-7 NEAC
- 2013 – 5-20 overall record, 3-7 NEAC
- 2012 – 5-18 overall record, 2-9 NEAC
ROAD TO MORRISVILLE:
Fred Wallace joined the volleyball and softball programs in the fall 2012 and over the course of nine seasons as head coach of the women’s volleyball program, has guided the Mustangs to three straight North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Championship Tournament Titles and NCAA Division III Post-season berths.
He has produced several All-Conference selections, including Defensive Player of the Year Sam Wolf (Liverpool, N.Y.) and Offensive Player of the Year Megyan Merrill (Millport, N.Y.), while earning recognition by his peers as the Conference Coach of the Year twice in the past two seasons.
Morrisville has also gained national attention under his direction, earning AVCA All-Region and All-American recognition, while excelling off the field as well as several players have boasted academic accolades in NEAC Scholar-Athlete and Co-SIDA All-District Academic recognition.
In the spring 2020 semester, Wallace’s squad broke yet another record to add to their storied success, posting a collective 3.79 team grade point average.
Wallace came to Morrisville after nine successful volleyball seasons at Washington and Jefferson College in Pennsylvania, where he also served as the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee advisor.
Throughout his 22-year career on the sidelines of Division III volleyball programs, Wallace has collected a 341-291 overall record, going 121-109 at Morrisville throughout the past eight seasons.
While at W&J, Wallace posted a 143-129 (.526) overall record, leading the President’s to four ECAC Division III Tournament bids, a President’s Athletic Conference Championship title in 2005, six straight appearances in the conference championship final four, along with three players of the year awards and over 50all-conference player honors. His team has qualified seven times for the American Volleyball Coaches Association Academic All-American Team award.
Prior to W&J, Wallace served as the head coach of volleyball and softball at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford for five seasons, appearing in the Alleghany Mountain Collegiate Conference final four for four straight years in volleyball while earning Coach of the Year honors in 1998. In 2000, the Panthers set a school record for victories in a season and qualified for the ECAC Southern Regional Tournament, where they placed third overall.
In five seasons at the helm of the softball program, Wallace guided the team to the Alleghany Mountain Collegiate Conference championship tournament in each season, claiming the championship title in 2003, as several earned all-conference throughout his time with the Panthers.
Wallace earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education from The College at Brockport in 1991 following an eight year career in the United States Air Force. He began his coaching career at Brockport where he served as the head men’s volleyball coach for two seasons, and assistant for the women’s program from 1991-93.
Wallace then moved to the scholastic ranks, coaching the girls’ varsity team at Skaneateles High for five years, leading the team to a New York State Championship in 1997-98.
Outside of the collegiate ranks, Wallace remains active in the volleyball club circuit, and is also on the selection committee for the ECAC Volleyball Championships. He has also served as the head volleyball coach for the Empire State Games Scholastic Girl’s Division, and Director of Central New York Volleyball for the Empire State Games.
