Two Georgia State staff members are following Rob Lanier to SMU. Chris Kreider will join the Mustangs staff as an assistant, and Kyle Condon as the DBO. They both served in similar roles under Lanier at GSU.
Chris Kreider was named an assistant coach by Head Coach Rob Lanier in April of 2022. Kreider brings 20 years of coaching experience to the Hilltop, including the past three seasons as an assistant coach for Lanier at Georgia State.
In his three seasons at Georgia State, the Panthers went 53-30, winning the Sun Belt Tournament in 2022 and advancing to the NCAA Tournament. The Panthers also made the Sun Belt Tournament final in 2021. Additionally, he led GSU to a victory over Georgia Tech, the program’s first win over an ACC opponent. The Panthers also claimed the 2019-20 2K Empire Classic Riverside Regional.
He was previously at Rice from 2017-19, where he helped recruit classes ranked fourth (2018) and third (2019) in C-USA according to 247 Sports. Guard Chris Mullins was named to the 2018-19 C-USA All-Freshman Team by both the league’s head coaches and media. Additionally, eight Owls were named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll in each of his two seasons on staff. Guard Connor Cashaw capped his junior campaign in 2017-18 earning a spot on the C-USA All-Academic Team.
Prior to his tenure at Rice, Kreider spent two seasons (2015-17) at Virginia Military Institute, serving as the recruiting coordinator and post coach. Kreider’s career also includes four seasons at George Mason (2011-15), where he helped the Patriots to a pair of 20-plus win seasons and a run to the CBI championship series in 2012 before the program transitioned to the Atlantic 10 in 2012-13. The 2011 incoming class was ranked the No. 10 mid-major class by ESPN.com before the Patriots inked one of the top recruiting classes in the A-10 in 2014.
Kreider also held the role of recruiting coordinator during his two-year stay at Georgia Southern from 2009-11. Prior to his stop in Statesboro, Kreider served at Georgia Tech from 2007-09. While with the Yellow Jackets, he held positions as an administrative assistant and volunteer assistant coach.
From 2006-07, Kreider was an assistant coach at USC Aiken after working three years at St. Francis High School where he held head coaching positions for the men and women’s basketball teams (2003-04 assistant; 2004-05 women’s coach; 2005-06 men’s coach). He got his start in coaching as an assistant coach at the University of Great Falls in 2002-03.
A collegiate letterwinner, Kreider started as a small forward at three colleges, playing one year at Mansfield University before transferring to Grove City College (Pa.). In his junior season, Kreider led the Wolverines in scoring (12.3 ppg) and steals (52). He finished his playing and academic career at Lebanon Valley College, earning a bachelor of arts degree in Spanish in 2003.
Kreider is married to the former Heather Akers of Atlanta, Ga. The couple have a daughter, Livia.
Kyle Condon was named director of operations by Head Coach Rob Lanier in April of 2022. Condon also served in that role the past three seasons for Lanier at Georgia State.
In his three seasons at Georgia State, the Panthers went 53-30, winning the Sun Belt Tournament in 2022 and advancing to the NCAA Tournament. The Panthers also made the Sun Belt Tournament final in 2021. Additionally, he led GSU to a victory over Georgia Tech, the program’s first win over an ACC opponent. The Panthers also claimed the 2019-20 2K Empire Classic Riverside Regional.
Condon went to Georgia State after a decade at Tennessee. With the Volunteers, he started as a student-manager for four years (2009-13), then was a graduate assistant for two seasons (2013-15) before becoming a full-time member of the staff.
Condon was with Tennessee during the 2010 Elite Eight run as well as the program’s charges to the Sweet Sixteen in 2014 and 2019. He also played a key operational role during Tennessee’s 2018 SEC Championship campaign. Overall, he boasts 14 games of NCAA Tournament experience as a manager or administrative staffer.
During the 2018-19 season, he served as the assistant to the head coach under Rick Barnes when Tennessee reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament and a No. 1 ranking during the season.
As a graduate assistant for Tennessee during the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons, he was responsible for several basketball operations duties, handling equipment distribution, oversight of the managerial staff and assisting with team meals and travel logistics. He also provided the program with a steadying presence and institutional operations knowledge during the coaching staff transition during the spring and summer of 2015.
The Springfield, Va., native graduated from The Potomac School in McLean, Va., and was a member of the school’s 2008 state championship team. He owns Potomac’s career assists record.
He received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Tennessee in 2013 and also earned a master’s degree in Ag Leadership, Education and Communications from Tennessee in 2015.
Condon was married to Danielle Averill on April 17, 2021.
