Kyle Weindel Hometown: St. Louis, Mo. Position: Assistant Coach Alma Mater: Ball State '03

AT A GLANCE

Hometown: St. Louis, Mo.

Education: B.S. Exercise Physiology, Ball State, 2003

Coaching Experience:
Munciana Volleyball Club: Assistant Coach, 2005-07
Ball State (men's): Assistant coach, 2005-07
St. Louis: Assistant Coach, 2007
Ohio: Assistant Coach, 2008-present

Playing Experience:
Ball State: 2000-03
2002 All-American

A former NCAA All-American with coaching experience at both the collegiate and club levels, Kyle Weindel completed his third season on the Ohio University volleyball staff in 2010. He serves as the Bobcats' defensive coordinator and primary on-court trainer of the Bobcats' middle blockers, as well as the team's video analyst and camp coordinator.

The American Volleyball Coaches Association named Weindel a recipient of the 30 Under 30 Award, created in 2009 to honor up-and-coming coaching talent at all levels. This past season, Ohio was the No.1-ranked blocking team in the nation as it averaged 3.19 blocks per set. Ohio won its seventh MAC Tournament title in eight years and its third in a row thanks in large part to its blocking. The team tied the MAC Tournament record with 42 blocks in only nine sets en route to three-consecutive three-set wins and an eighth-straight NCAA Tournament bid. In the NCAA Tournament Second Round match against No. 12 Duke, Ohio racked up a all-time match-record 26 blocks.

Katie Post set Ohio's single-season records for block assists (165) and total blocks with 195, leading the MAC in both categories and finishing seventh in the country in blocks per set. Lexie Hartnett was named to the All-MAC Freshman Team after finishing second in the league in blocks, averaging 1.21 per set and had a career-high 12 in match with Duke. Six players had 87 blocks or more for the Bobcats in 2010 under Weindel's tutelage and there were only seven matches out of 35 where the team finished with single-digit blocking totals

Weindel's efforts made an immediate impact on the Ohio program in 2008, as the Green & White chalked up an average of 2.45 blocks per set (top-50 nationally, best in the MAC). Last season, the team led the league in blocks with 2.72 per set (15th nationally). Under his tutelage, both of Ohio's starting middle blockers - Meghan Simons and Jane Sytsma - earned all-conference recognition and were among the top-five in the conference in blocking and hitting percentage. In 2009, Simons finished fourth in the MAC in hitting percentage and led the league in blocks. Both players played their way onto the program's single-season rally-scoring charts in every blocking category and graduated among the top-five all-time in blocking.

Weindel's reach also extended to the service line in his first season on the Ohio bench, as he helped guide setter Michelle Jantsch to one of the finest serving campaigns in school history. Finishing second in the MAC with an average of 0.39 aces per set, Jantsch fired a total of 47 service winners in 2008, matching the ninth-best single-season output in program annals. In 2009, the team finished second in the league, averaging 1.36 aces per set with Jantsch and Sarah Petrulis racking up 34 apiece. This past season, the team finished fourth with 158 service aces and had four players finish with more than 25 aces.

The St. Louis, Mo., native came to Athens after spending the 2007 season as an assistant coach at Saint Louis University. Prior to his stint at SLU, Weindel spent a year as the executive director of the Indiana Volleyball Academy, of which he is also the co-founder. From 2005-07, he was an assistant coach for the Asics Munciana Samurai Volleyball Club U18 squad. During his final season, Weindel helped the team to a third-place finish at the AAU National Championship and an 11th-place showing at the USAV national tournament in the U18 Open Division.

In 2006, Munciana finished second at the AAU National Championship and 13th at the USAV event, while his 2005 squad compiled a 65-8 record and finished second in the U18 Open Division at the USAV national championships. Seven of Weindel's players achieved high school All-America status, and 33 earned Division I scholarships.

During his tenure with Munciana, Weindel also served as an assistant coach with the Ball State men's volleyball team, where he was charged with coordinating the team's conditioning program and assisting with the recruiting process. He also worked with the USA Volleyball High Performance program in 2006. At that year's HP National Team Camp, Weindel served as an assistant camp coach under current U.S. Women's National Team head coach Hugh McCutcheon. He has also spent time as an assistant coach at Nerinx Hall High School in the St. Louis area.

Weindel is a 2003 alumnus of Ball State, as he was a four-year letterwinner for the Cardinals. He played an integral role in BSU's 2001 regular-season conference championship and helped guide the Cardinals to the semifinals of the 2002 NCAA Championship after leading them to regular-season and conference tournament titles.

He graduated from Ball State in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in exercise physiology.