Steve Shondell

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Steve Shondell has amassed 1,070 wins in 31 years as head coach at Muncie Burris Laboratory School in Muncie, Indiana. 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. With only 88 losses in those 31 years, Shondell has an overall winning percentage of .924.^[1]

Shondell’s Owls have won four national championships (plus runners-up nationally three times), 19 Indiana State Volleyball Championships^[2], including the current streak of 11 consecutive in 2A since the state went to class systems in 1997. He has been named Indiana coach of the year 10 times^[3], and was a national coach of the year finalist in 1986. In Shondell’s 31 years, Muncie Burris has gone undefeated six times.^[4]

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 at Muncie Burris. Shondell's brother Dave is head Women's Volleyball coach at Purdue University and another brother John is Dave's assistant at Purdue University.

Steve Shondell was inducted into the Indiana Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1996, the Ball State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005, and is slated to be inducted in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in December 2007.

In addition to high school coaching, 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.^[5]. The 1989 title was Munciana's first USAV National Championship.^[6]

Shondell is a contributor to the Volleyball Coaching Bible.^[7]