JP Rader

Coach JP Rader begins his third year at the helm of the volleyball team at his alma mater in 2011.  Rader led the Eagles to their second KIAC Regular Season Title with a perfect 8-0 league mark in 2010.  Asbury won a school-record 33 matches, with only five losses, including am 18-match win streak.  Asbury was knocked out of the KIAC Tournament by Indiana-East in the championship match, their second straight appearance in the title game under Rader and fourth straight overall.  The Eagles would go on to lose in the semi-finals of the NCCAA Mid-East Regional Tournament. 

Rader's first squad posted a 24-14 record overall and a 6-2 mark in the KIAC in 2010.  The Eagles returned the KIAC Championship Game for the third year in a row but came up short against Indiana-East.  Asbury would be knocked out of the NCCAA Mid-East Region tournament in pool play.

Rader is a 1983 graduate of Asbury College where he was a four-year letterman in soccer and tennis.

Rader has been the volleyball coach for 19 years at the Seoul Foreign School in Seoul, South Korea. Rader has a career 306-73 record and was 49-0 from 2006-2009. Seoul Foreign School won 12 Korean-American Interscholastic Activities Conference League Titles and eight Tournament Titles. Rader was named KAIAC Coach of the Year three times in 2001, 2003, and 2009. Rader has also led Seoul Foreign School to five Asia Pacific Titles in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, and 2009. Rader has also been the Seoul City Volleyball Co-Director since 1995.

Rader also served Seoul Foreign School as Athletic Director from 1989-2006, Boy's Basketball Coach from 1989-2009, teacher from 1989-2008 and Assistant Principal during the 2008-2009 school year. Rader was named KAIAC Boy's Basketball Coach of the Year three times including 2009 and compiled a career 308-107 record in 18 seasons.

Rader holds a Master of Science in Physical Education from Eastern Kentucky University, a Master of Education from the University of Southern Mississippi, and a Master of Arts in Education from Eastern Kentucky University. He will also serve Asbury as a professor in the Achieve Program.

JP and his wife Helen are the parents of Kristina Rader ’06 Erny (Ben ’06), Paul Rader ’09 (Hannah ’09) and Brittney.