Bill Le joined the William Paterson volleyball staff as an assistant coach in August 2023.
The 2024 season was filled with individual accolades and team achievements, highlighted by the Pioneers earning a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in the program’s 54-year history.
WP claimed its fourth New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Tournament title, and first since 1991, following a 22-win campaign to mark the first consecutive 20-win seasons since 2009-10. The Pioneers additionally went a flawless 14-0 at home and tied the program record for NJAC wins in a season with seven, the most since 1989.
As a key member of the NJAC Coaching Staff of the Year, Le saw four Pioneers collect all-conference honors in 2024, including senior Paola Molina, who became the conference’s first back-to-back Defensive Player of the Year winner since 2015-16. Molina and graduate student Hope Arce-Reed were both named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Region Team before Molina collected her second straight all-America nod.
During the 2023 campaign, the Pioneers claimed their first NJAC Tournament win and semifinal round appearance since 2009 on top of a showing in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Tournament title match.
With Le on the staff, WP finished with a 26-7 overall record and 5-3 mark in conference action in 2023. The Pioneers tied the single-season program record for wins, while recording the most NJAC victories in a campaign since 2009. Thirteen of the 26 wins came at home, marking the program’s most victories at the Sports and Recreation Center since the 2008 season.
Four Pioneers garnered all-conference accolades, highlighted by Molina being named the program’s first-ever NJAC Defensive Player of the Year. Molina additionally went on to become the first-ever selection to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-District Team and all-American in program history.
For the team’s success in 2023, the staff earned NJAC Co-Coaching Staff of the Year recognition.Â
Le brought several years of coaching experience with him to WP as he has held the role of technical director and head coach of the Garden State Elite Volleyball Club since 2018.
On top of his work at the club level, he also spent time as an assistant coach for the men’s volleyball team at New Jersey City University from 2018-20.
Prior to entering the coaching industry, he was an outside hitter for the Gothic Knights men’s volleyball team from 2012-15.
Le graduated from New Jersey City in 2015 with a bachelor’s in computer science.
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