PEORIA, Ill. ? Bradley Director of Athletics Ken Kavanagh announced the contract of tenth-year Bradley head volleyball coach Scott Luster will not be renewed at the conclusion of the 2007 season. Luster will coach the Braves through the end of the regular season, which concludes Saturday, Nov. 17 against 25th-ranked Wichita State.

"After much deliberation, I believe that we have unfortunately reached a point where a change is in the best interests of the program," Kavanagh said. "Nonetheless, this was a difficult decision to make based on a tremendous appreciation for the many positives that have occurred throughout Scott's tenure. We certainly have witnessed some of our finest seasons under his leadership and I personally want to thank him for the collective outstanding group of young women that he has recruited and who have represented BU so well in the past decade both on and off the floor. We now wish him all the best with his future personal and professional endeavors."

Luster is the second winningest coach in school history, guiding the Braves to a 133-159 (.455) record in his 10 seasons with the Braves. Prior to his arrival on The Hilltop, the Braves were a combined 71-118 (.376) in regular-season Missouri Valley Conference play, but he led Bradley to a 76-98 (.437) mark in league play and is the only coach in program history with a victory in the State Farm MVC Tournament. Luster's teams went a combined 3-4 in four trips to the MVC Tournament and reached the semifinals on three occasions.

During his first five seasons on The Hilltop, Luster guided Bradley to an 87-57 (.604) overall record and 51-39 (.567) Valley mark. His teams won 19 or more matches in three of his first five seasons, including a 24-8 record in 2001 and finished tied for second in the MVC in 1999 and alone in third place in 2001.

The 2001 Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year, Luster led Bradley to a pair of victories against top 25 opponents. During his tenure on The Hilltop, the Braves had six different players earn a total of 12 first-team all-conference honors, including the MVC's career kills leader Lindsay Stalzer, who earned 2005 MVC Player of the Year honors and is the only three-time, first-team all-conference pick in program history.

Luster's teams also shined in the classroom during his time. The Braves have totaled 18 first-team MVC scholar-athletes since 1998 and have had a total of nine ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honorees during the last seven years. The Braves finished the 2006-07 school year with a 3.46 cumulative grade point average and were awarded the Game Plan/American Volleyball Coaches' Association Team Academic Award for the third consecutive year.

He took over Bradley's program after a 13-year stint as head coach at LSU, where he owned a 308-161 (.657) record. Luster and Tigers made six NCAA Tournament appearances and advanced to the Final Four twice. A three-time SEC coach of the year, his team's won five SEC regular-season titles and he coached six All-Americans while in Baton Rouge, La.

One of two active coaches with 100 wins at three NCAA Division I institutions, Luster ventured into college coaching in 1980 at Louisville, where he led the Cardinals to a 140-90 (.609) record, two Metro Conference Championships and a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances in his five years.

Luster enters Friday's match against Indiana State with a career coaching record of 581-410 (.586) in his 28th season of coaching.

A national search for Luster's replacement will commence immediately.