Volleyball: Lobos find new head coach

Jon Newman-Gonchar was announced to be the new head volleyball coach at the University of New Mexico. Photo courtesy of the UNM Athletics. Courtesy PhotoAfter 11 years, it’s a new era for the University of New Mexico volleyball program.

Jon Newman-Gonchar was named the head coach of the Lobos, the UNM Athletics Department announced on Tuesday.

Newman-Gonchar most recently served as associate head coach at Arkansas for the last three years, but has a history in college volleyball that predates that tenure.

Prior to his years at Arkansas, he was an assistant coach at Iowa State for three seasons, as well as Loyola-Marymount, Louisiana-Lafayette and UC San Diego — where he had stints helping…