Jon Wallace served as head coach of Santa Clara beach volleyball for six seasons from 2013-2018. Wallace also coached the Santa Clara indoor team for 20 seasons (1999-2018) and led the Broncos to 13 NCAA Tournament appearances, including a 2005 Final Four berth.

The Broncos went 15-30 (.333) under Wallace since beach volleyball was officially sanctioned by the NCAA in 2016 and 29-45 (.392) dating back to the 2014 season.

Santa Clara's lone win of the 2018 season was a 3-2 victory over Sacramento State on March 6. Michelle Gajdka/Erin Reineking posted six dual victories on the year, including a 5-4 mark at the No. 5 spot. Nearly half of the team's matches (six of 16) were decided by a single dual and the Broncos went 1-13 on the year.

SCU saved its best for last in 2017, posting three victories in a five-match span between April 12-21. The Broncos staved off elimination twice in the West Coast Conference Championship by defeating San Francisco and Pacific. Kirsten Mead/Jensen Cunningham made up Santa Clara's most successful pairing sd they scored seven dual wins at the No. 2 position. Santa Clara went 3-12 for the year.

2016 marked the Broncos' best campaign in the young history of the program. Santa Clara began the year ranked 20th by DiG Magazine and went 7-1 in its first eight matches, including six victories in a row from March 12-April 8. The No. 2 pairing of Dani Rottman and Nikki Hess went 12-4 and posted a 28-9 record in sets. Santa Clara had three players named All-West Coast Conference (Hess, Sabrina Clayton, Kirsten Mead) and six players named to the WCC All-Academic team (Rottman, Sarah Vaccaro, Madison Dutra, Mary Shepherd, Jensen Cunningham, Mead).

The Broncos also started hot out of the gates in 2015 with a 5-1 record and won six of their first eight matches overall. They were ranked No. 15, the highest ranking in program history, and spent most of the spring in the national poll. Santa Clara finished the season at 7-7.

Santa Clara began its 2014 season with a 6-4 mark through 10 matches en route to posting a 7-8 record. The Broncos scored a 3-2 road victory over Stanford on March 29.

Prior to accepting the head coaching job at Santa Clara, Wallace developed an excellent coaching reputation as an assistant coach at Pepperdine from 1992-98. In his seven years in Malibu, he helped lead the Waves to a 113-88 record and a 65-33 mark in the WCC. The program advanced to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Championship in his final season.

As a collegiate player at UC Santa Barbara, Wallace was a team captain in 1988 and `89, while earning second-team All-American and All-Western Intercollegiate Volleyball Association honors. As a junior, he directed the Gauchos to the NCAA Championship match, where UCSB fell to USC in a memorable five-game contest. He was selected to the NCAA All-Tournament team and garnered third-team All-WIVA and honorable mention All-America accolades.

Wallace began his coaching career in 1989 at Corona del Mar High School, where he began the girls' junior varsity program. In 1990, he moved on to Orange Coast Community College in Newport Beach, where he served two years as the assistant men's volleyball coach and helped lead the Pirates to two California State Community College Championships. He moved on to Golden West Community College, where he served as the head coach in 1992 and `93, and directed the Rustlers to the California State Community College Championship in his second season.

While coaching, Wallace also played professionally. He was a starting setter for Nike, the 1990 and `91 U.S. Volleyball Association champion and also played in Switzerland. Additionally, he set for Team OP in 1994 on the popular Bud Light Four-Man Beach Tour, earning the league's Best Defensive Player award after leading the circuit in digs.

In a show of respect and a demonstration of the respect and friendships that Wallace maintains with many of his coaching colleagues, he had the honor of officiating the wedding of friend and former University of Portland volleyball coach Doug Sparks.

Wallace earned his bachelor's degree in economics from UC Santa Barbara in 1989 and followed with a master's in education from Azusa Pacific in 1995. A native of Newport Beach, he is married to the former Nancy Mariani, a member of the 1991 and `92 Bronco squads. The couple has a son, Joseph David, and two daughters, Whitney and Madeline. The family resides in Los Gatos.