Kyle Shondell is entering his third season as the head coach of the men's volleyball program entering the 2021-22 academic year.
In his first year of restarting the Warrior men's volleyball program (2020), which competed from 1962-73 and were the NAIA National Runners-Up in 1969, 1970 and 1971, Shondell led a team of eight true freshman and two transfers to a 10-12 record and 2-3 mark in Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) play before the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled the last five matches of the season and postseason play. During the 2020 season, Cameron Ternent was named to the WHAC All-Freshman Team while Dante Siracusa and Ternent earned WHAC Player of the Week honors over the course of the winter.
In his first two years at the helm he has compiled a 27-18 record and led the Warriors to the regular season confernce title during the 2021 season with a 10-2 record, garnering WHAC Coach of the Year honors. Tech received an at-large berth to the NAIA National Championships where they went 1-1 in pool play. He mentored four All-Conference players and two All-Americans during the 2021 season.
Shondell comes to Tech following a four-year stint as the head coach of the women's volleyball program at Huntington University, where he went 56-70 and led the Foresters to the Crossroads League Tournament every year under his tenure. Prior to Shondell's hiring, the Foresters had averaged only six wins per season over the previous five years, while Huntington averaged 14 wins during Shondell's time on the sidelines. Under his tutelage the Foresters had 24 student-athletes earn All-League recognition while four achieved NAIA Scholar-Athlete status.
Shondell comes from a strong lineage of volleyball greatness. He is the grandson of Don Shondell, who started Ball State's men's and women's volleyball programs, co-founded the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) and is currently second in NCAA history in career wins, while his father Dave is the head coach of the Purdue women's volleyball team, and uncle John is an assistant with the Boilermakers.
Prior to Huntington, he spent a year at Chicago State University and Western Illinois University as an assistant on the women's side while he spent one year as the head coach of the Rock Valley College women's program in 2013. The Golden Eagles finished that season with 21 wins and were ranked eighth in the final NJCAA Division III poll.
Shondell graduated from Purdue University in 2012 with a BA in Professional Writing and minor in History. He received his Master's Degree in Organizational Leadership from Huntington in 2018. He currently resides in Fort Wayne with his wife LeeAnn and son Asher and daughter Annie-Faye
