Dean College

Mark Ledwich was named the head coach of the men's and women's volleyball programs at Dean College in August 2021. 

Ledwich comes to Franklin from nearby Foxboro where he was the Director of Volleyball and Staffing at Mass Premier Courts. He also spent the 2020-21 season as the varsity volleyball coach at Mansfield High School. 

Prior to returning to Mass., Ledwich spent four years as the men's volleyball head coach at St. Joseph's College in Brooklyn. Ledwich was the varsity coach of the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn from 2018 to 2020.

Previously, he was the club director of Viper Sports NYC, a boys and girls club program based in Brooklyn.

He also had coaching stints with The Dalton School (2016-17), NYC Impact (2012-13), Starlings (2011-12) and Andover Pumas (2008-11). 

Ledwich graduated from UMass Lowell with a degree in Music Performance: Sound Recording Technology. While at UMass Lowell, Ledwich was three-year captain for the River Hawks, who competed at the club level in the New England Collegiate Volleyball League. He was a libero his freshman year before assuming the setting role his final three seasons.