Steve Shondell is an American volleyball coach.

Family

Notable volleyball coaches run in the Shondell family. His father, Dr.

Don Shondell Don Stuart Shondell (January 1, 1929 – November 23, 2021) was the patriarch of one of the best known families in American volleyball. His career was long and varied as a volleyball Coach (sport), coach, author and program coordinator. He has a ca ...

, was the head coach at Ball State University in Muncie for 34 seasons, and is a charter member of the AVCA Hall of Fame. Shondell played for his father at Ball State from 1974–77 before becoming head coach at Muncie Burris. Shondell's brother

Dave Shondell Dave Shondell (born January 17, 1958) is the head women's volleyball coach at Purdue University. Shondell was raised in Muncie, Indiana. He began his career at Daleville High School in Daleville, Indiana, just outside Muncie. After his tenure ...

is head Women's Volleyball coach at

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and ...

and his other brother John is Dave's assistant at Purdue.

Ball State

Shondell was hired by Ball State University to be their next Head Women's Volleyball Coach on April 13, 2010. In his first season as the Cardinals' head coach, Shondell was named the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year after guiding the team to a 24–5 (14–2 MAC) record and the program's first MAC Regular Season title since 2002. The Cardinals also enjoyed national attention during the season, appearing on the front page of ESPN.com's College Sports section in a Nov. 18, 2010 story by Dave Reed. #ESPN.com Stor
Volleyball notebook: New coach, star freshmen turn Ball State around

Muncie Burris

Shondell has amassed 1,183 wins in 34 years as head coach at

Burris Laboratory School Burris Laboratory School is a kindergarten through twelfth grade public laboratory school located on the west side of Muncie, Indiana. The school is a division of Ball State University and provides University pre-service teachers an opportuni ...

Muncie, Indiana Muncie ( ) is an incorporated city and the seat of Delaware County, Indiana. Previously known as Buckongahelas Town, named after the legendary Delaware Chief.http://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/history/docs/lenape-villages.pdf It is located in ...

. According to the National Federation of High Schools Sports Record Book, Shondell's win total ranks in the top ten nationally in the history of high school girls’

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

. With only 95 losses in those 34 years, Shondell has an overall winning percentage of .926. Shondell's Owls have won four national championships (plus runners-up nationally four times), 21 Indiana State Volleyball Championships, including the current streak of 14 consecutive in 2A since the state went to class systems in 1997. He has been named Indiana coach of the year 10 times, and was a national coach of the year finalist many years in the past 25 years and was named PrepVolleyball.com's National Coach of the Year in 2009. In Shondell's 34 years, Muncie Burris has gone undefeated seven times. Shondell is a contributor to the Volleyball Coaching Bible.

Club Munciana

Shondell is a founding member of Munciana, a volleyball club for 12- through 18-year-old girls. Steve coached the 14-year-old open club (Chipmunks) until 1996, and now coaches the 12-year-old club (Peppers). In addition to AAU titles, the Chipmunks won Junior Olympic National Championships in 1989, 1990, and 1996, and appeared in the finals in 1992. The Peppers won the Junior Olympic National Championship in 2006. The 1989 title was Munciana's first USAV National Championship. In 2008, the 18's Samurai finished as runners-up at the JVDA 18 Open Division National Championships in

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Awards and honors

*2010 – Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year *2009 – PrepVolleyball.com's National Coach of the Year *2007 – AVCA Hall of Fame *2005 – Ball State University Athletic Hall of Fame *1996 – Indiana Volleyball Hall of Fame

References

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