Dave Shondellis the head women's volleyball

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.The complete rules are extensive...

 coach

Coach (sport)

In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...

 at Purdue University

Purdue University

Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...

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Shondell was raised in Muncie, Indiana

Muncie, Indiana

Muncie is a city in Center Township, Delaware County in east central Indiana, best known as the home of Ball State University and the birthplace of the Ball Corporation. It is the principal city of the Muncie, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 118,769...

. He began his career at Daleville High School in Daleville, Indiana

Daleville, Indiana

Daleville is a town in Salem Township, Delaware County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,647 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Muncie, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Daleville is located at ....

, just outside of Muncie. After his tenure there, he then moved to Muncie Central High School

Muncie Central High School

Muncie Central High School in Muncie, Indiana, is a public high school which had an enrollment of 899 at the end of the 2010/2011 school year. The school is part of the Muncie Community Schools Corp. It opened in 1868.-History:...

, in Muncie. While at Muncie Central and Daleville, he earned about 600 wins with roughly a .850 winning percentage, 4 state championships, and a mythical national runner-up. He was also recognized as the 2002 National Coach of the Year by Prepvolleyball.com. He took over as director the Munciana Volleyball Club while at Muncie Central. Munciana earned almost 20 national championships under Shondell's direction. It is still known as one of the premier volleyball clubs in the country. In 2002, he accepted the Women's Volleyball coaching job at Purdue University. In his nine years at Purdue, Shondell has accumulated over 175 victories, seven NCAA Tournament

NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship

The NCAA has contested team championships in women's volleyball since 1981. The following is a list of the champions of each division with their record for the year in which they won the championship, and the runner up, city, site and other final four participants for division I...

 berths, three trips to the Sweet Sixteen, and a trip to the Elite Eight.

Big Ten rankings

Throughout his career at Purdue University, Shondell has gradually enhanced the program's Big Ten standings.

2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
7-13	9-11	9-11	11-9	11-9	13-7	6-14	12-8	16-4
8th place	6th place	5th place	5th place	3rd place (co)	4th place	7th place (tie)	4th place (co)	2nd place (tie)

Family

Shondell is part of possibly, the most well-known family in volleyball.

Shondell is the son of Dr. Don Shondell

Don Shondell

Dr. Don Shondell is the patriarch of one of the best known families in American volleyball. His career has been long and varied as a volleyball coach, author and program coordinator...

. Shondell's brother is Steve Shondell

Steve Shondell

-Family:Notable volleyball coaches run in the Shondell family. His father, Dr. Don Shondell, 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...

, head women's volleyball coach at Ball State University

Ball State University

Ball State University is a state-run research university located in Muncie, Indiana. It is also known as Ball State or simply BSU.Located on the northwest side of the city, Ball State's campus spans and includes 106 buildings...

. Shondell's other brother, John, is one of his assistants at Purdue. Shondell's daughter is Lindsay Shondell, assistant women's volleyball coach at Villanova University

Villanova University

Villanova University is a private university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States...

. Shondell's youngest child Kyle is a Manager for the Purdue Women's Volleyball team.