The 2025 Cradle of Coaches Induction Ceremony will be held on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. Join us in recognizing the legendary careers of the Class of 2025: Carolyn Condit (Volleyball), Vicki Korn (Synchronized Skating), Sean Payton (Football), Iñako Puzo (Field Hockey) and Wendy Sweney (Tennis).
 
The Cradle of Coaches Induction Ceremony and Banquet will be celebrated at The Marcum Hotel & Conference Center on Feb. 21 at 6:15 p.m. Guests can begin to arrive at 5:45 p.m., with a welcome at 6:15 p.m. and dinner served at 6:30 p.m. The induction program will begin at approximately 7:15 p.m. We also invite you to attend Miami's Basketball and Hockey games on Saturday, Feb. 22, as this year's inductees will be honored throughout the day's events. 
 
Registration can be done HERE.
 
For questions, contact the Miami Athletic Fund at (513) 529-0422 or mccoyam4@MiamiOH.edu.
 
Carolyn Condit
Condit led the Miami University volleyball team for 40 years during her legendary career. She took over the program in 1984, amassing a 682-554 record at Miami and also recording 781 wins throughout her time as a head coach. Condit compiled more career wins than any coach in any sport in the history of Miami Athletics. At the time of her retirement, she also finished her career as the longest-tenured current Division I head coach in the nation. Condit's teams captured nine regular-season MAC championships and made 13 postseason tournament appearances, including advancing to the NCAA Tournament in 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008, 2017 and 2018. Her program won five MAC Tournament titles and made 12 MAC Tournament title appearances. Condit was named MAC Coach of the Year six times. She is the only volleyball coach in the history of the Mid-American Conference to win more than 300 league matches, holding a conference mark of 376-264. Condit coached her players to five MAC Player of the Year trophies, 83 All-MAC awards, 128 Academic All-MAC awards and six CoSIDA/CSC Academic All-America recognitions. Eight of her players (out of 13 volleyball players all-time) have earned induction into the Miami Athletic Hall of Fame.
 
Vicki Korn
A three-time national coach of the year and originator of the nation's first collegiate senior-level synchronized skating program, Korn spent 25 years at Miami University until her 2009 retirement and shaped the current landscape of collegiate synchronized skating. Korn's teams captured a combined 15 national championships, including 14 at the varsity level (senior: 1999, 2006, 2009; collegiate: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009). With its commanding win at the collegiate level at the 2009 U.S. National Championships, Miami made collegiate synchronized skating history by winning an unprecedented fifth-straight national crown, a streak that extended to a U.S. Figure Skating-record 12 by 2016. Under Korn's direction, the 2006-07 senior team made U.S. Synchronized Skating history at the ISU World Championships with a second-place finish to win the first-ever medal for a United States team. Miami's senior program qualified for eight ISU World Championships over her last nine seasons at the helm. Korn garnered three PSA Synchronized Skating Coach of the Year honors in her legendary career and was named PSA/U.S. Figure Skating Coach of the Year in 2007. Korn, who passed away in April 2020, was inducted into the PSA Hall of Fame in 2020 and the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2022.
 
Sean Payton
Payton has 17 years of head coaching experience and has been involved in the game of football for over 30 years. Payton began his coaching career as an offensive assistant with San Diego State, eventually serving as Miami's offensive coordinator in 1994-95. Following his time with Miami, Payton transitioned to the NFL, serving as an assistant with the Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys. Payton was named head coach of the New Orleans Saints in 2006, a job he maintained for 15 years, highlighted by a Super Bowl title in the 2009 season. Payton is currently in his second year as head coach of the Denver Broncos.
 
Iñako Puzo
Puzo recently completed his 14th year as head coach of the Miami Field Hockey team. During his tenure as head coach, Puzo holds a 171-124 career record and in 2019, Puzo became the winningest postseason coach in program history as his teams hold a 22-11 record in postseason play. The RedHawks have captured 10 regular-season championships, 10 NCAA appearances and nine tournament championships under Puzo. The five-time MAC Coach of the Year has produced 73 All-MAC performers, eight MAC Player of the Year award winners and five MAC Freshmen of the Year honorees.
 
Wendy Sweney
Sweney captured five Mid-American Conference titles from 1985-89, compiling an 87-20 overall and 33-0 MAC record during her time as head coach of the tennis program. The 1988 MAC Coach of the Year produced 29 MAC Champions between singles and doubles. In her first year at the helm, Miami compiled an 18-3 record, which included victories over Purdue, Ohio State, Minnesota, Michigan State and Michigan. Sweney won at least 17 matches in all five years of her Miami career and never lost more than five matches in a single season.