AUBURN - Wade Benson has been named head volleyball coach at Auburn University announced Athletics Director Jay Jacobs and Senior Woman Administrator Meredith Jenkins.
Benson, 44, served as an assistant at Auburn this past season. He replaces Laura Farina, who resigned in November after six seasons at Auburn.
"It is an early Christmas present," said Benson. "I am very excited to be a part of the Auburn family. I see a great upside to the volleyball program at Auburn. Coach Farina and all previous coaches have put in a lot of hard work to give Auburn volleyball the potential for greatness in the future."
Prior to his arrival at Auburn, Benson was the head coach at Eastern Washington University for seven seasons from 2000-06 where he tallied a 154-55 record and had the best career winning percentage (.760) in Big Sky Conference history.
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