A former NCAA All-American with coaching experience at both the collegiate and club levels, Kyle Weindel enters his second season on the Ohio University volleyball staff in 2009. 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.

Weindel's efforts made an immediate impact on the Ohio program in 2008, as the Green & White chalked up a Mid-American Conference-best average of 2.45 blocks per set. Under his tutelage, both of Ohio's starting middle blockers - Meghan Simons and Jane Sytsma - earned all-conference recognition, while both also played their way onto the program's single-season rally-scoring charts in every blocking category.

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.

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, while 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 High Performance National Team Camp, Weindel served as an assistant camp coach under Men's National Team head coach Hugh McCutcheon. He has also spent time as the program director at a health club and as an assistant coach at Nerinx Hall High School in the St. Louis area.

Weindel is no stranger to the Mid-American Conference, as he was a four-year letterwinner at Ball State from 2000-03. 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.