Jon Bishop joined the Lebanon Valley staff in 2017-18 after two years as an assistant at Cairn. He joined CU after spending one year as the top assistant at Penn State Altoona.
In his first season with the Flying Dutchmen, Bishop helped lead LVC to its first outright conference championship since 1995, earning the program an automatic berth in the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament for the first time in more than a decade. The Dutchmen earned a thrilling 81-79 win over longtime rival Albright in the MAC Commonwealth Championship Game before bowing out to No. 18 Middlebury in the first round of NCAA play. Sam Light earned a D-III News All-America Honorable Mention nod, while Andy Orr picked up CoSIDA Academic All-America Third-Team recognition. Light was named to the Bevo Francis Top 100 Watch List and Orr became the program's third player to be named a Josten's Trophy Top-10 Finalist. Both players added all-region recognition from the NABC, D3hoops.com, and the ECAC. LVC won three games against nationally-ranked competition and the squad as a whole was named the NABC Division III National Team of the Week in early January.Â
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Other coaching experience for Bishop included an assistant coaching stint at Lancaster Bible as a student for two seasons (2009-2011), as well as assistant stop at Elizabethtown High School for two years (2011-2013).
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Bishop graduated from Lancaster Bible College in 2011 with a B.S. degree in Biblical Studies and Sports Management. He is currently working towards his M.S. in Counseling.
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While at Shenectady Christian School, Bishop's team in 2007 went 25-2 and made it to the Class C State Final Four. As an assistant at LBC, he helped the team to back-to-back NCCAA Division 2 National Tournament appearances. Bishop also aided his Elizabethtown H.S. team to a record of 33-19 over two seasons.
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Bishop has also coached AAU teams Susquehanna Wildcats and Penn Motion.
