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Dr. Don Shondell is the patriarch of one of the most well-known families in American volleyball. His career has been long and varied as a volleyball
Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active 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....
 coach
Coach (sport)

In sports, a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportsperson....
, author and program coordinator. He has a career record of 734-254-6 (.741), affording him the second highest number of wins in NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and University in the United States ....
 men's volleyball history, behind UCLA's Al Scates
Al Scates

Al Scates is an American former volleyball player and is the current volleyball coach of the UCLA Bruins of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation....
.

Shondell graduated from Ball State University
Ball State University

Ball State University is a state university research university located in Muncie, Indiana, Indiana, United States Located on the northwest side of the city, Ball State's campus spans more than 1,000 acres ....
 in 1952 and started Ball State's men's volleyball program in 1964.






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Dr. Don Shondell is the patriarch of one of the most well-known families in American volleyball. His career has been long and varied as a volleyball
Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active 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....
 coach
Coach (sport)

In sports, a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportsperson....
, author and program coordinator. He has a career record of 734-254-6 (.741), affording him the second highest number of wins in NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and University in the United States ....
 men's volleyball history, behind UCLA's Al Scates
Al Scates

Al Scates is an American former volleyball player and is the current volleyball coach of the UCLA Bruins of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation....
.

Shondell graduated from Ball State University
Ball State University

Ball State University is a state university research university located in Muncie, Indiana, Indiana, United States Located on the northwest side of the city, Ball State's campus spans more than 1,000 acres ....
 in 1952 and started Ball State's men's volleyball program in 1964. Shondell took a leave from the program in 1965 to complete a doctoral program at Indiana University
Indiana University

Indiana University, founded in 1820, is a nine-campus university system in the state of Indiana. The IU system includes the following campuses:...
.

As head coach of Ball State's men's volleyball program, he won 20 Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association

The Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association is a College Athletic Conference club men's volleyball sports league in the Midwest United States....
 (MIVA) titles in 34 seasons. In 1970, he led Ball State to the first NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship
NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship

The National Collegiate Athletic Association Men's Volleyball Championship is the tournament that determines the national championship of United States college volleyball....
 tournament. He later earned twelve more NCAA berths.

Shondell was a co-founder of the MIVA, and the organization's first president and an eight time MIVA coach of the year winner.

Shondell retired as head coach of Ball State in 1998 and was replaced by Joel Walton, a former player and assistant coach. After retirement Shondell began coaching the boy's volleyball team at Muncie Central High School in Muncie, Indiana. He also coaches youth volleyball in the Muncie
Muncie, Indiana

Muncie is a city in Center Township, Delaware County, Indiana, Delaware County, Indiana in east central Indiana, best known as the home of Ball State University and the birthplace of the Ball Corporation....
, Indiana
Indiana

The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
 area.

Shondell is the co-author and editor of the Volleyball Coaching Bible.

Among his former players are Olympian Phil Eatherton and Walton.

Shondell is the father of Dave Shondell
Dave Shondell

Quick SummaryDave Shondell is the head women's volleyball coach at Purdue University. Shondell was raised in Muncie, IN. He was born January 17, 1958....
, the present head Women's Volleyball coach at Purdue University, John, who is Dave's assistant at Purdue University, and Steve
Steve Shondell

Steve Shondell is an United States volleyball coach....
, who is the head Girls Volleyball coach at Muncie Burris High School. Steve has accumulated over 1,000 wins.

Shondell is also the grandfather to former Tennessee women's player, Jasmine Fullove and former Purdue women's player and Mississippi State University Assistant coach, Lindsay Shondell.