Lyndsey Oates is beginning her 18th season as the head coach of the University of Northern Colorado's volleyball team. She has the most experienced team with the greatest depth UNC has ever had. They just returned from a trip to Italy and Greece where she had the opportunity to

evaluate her talented freshman class. Lyndsey also chairs the NCAA Volleyball rules committee. She talks about a possible rule change on a double contact on the second ball.

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Janice Kruger and Nancy Grant-Colson played on the earliest Women’s volleyball teams at Nebraska and helped build the foundation to remarkable consistency. Kruger went on to great success as a head volleyball coach at Nebraska-Omaha and the University of Maryland. Grant-Colson coached high school volleyball in Lincoln throughout her career as an educator. Dahlgren waked on to Nebraska volleyball, introduced the slide attack, and became Nebraska’s first National Player of the Year.

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Trev Alberts is on a journey from All-American linebacker, to an injury-plagued career in the NFL, to a football analyst on ESPN and CBS, to then becoming the Athletic Director at Nebraska-Omaha where he was charged with making tough decisions to make an athletic department financially viable. For the last year, he has been the Director of Athletics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he inherited a football and men's basketball program that have struggled to win games in the Big Ten. Terry and Trev have an intimate discussion about Trev's vision for the Husker athletics.

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Dave Shondell is beginning his 19th season as the head coach of Purdue's women's volleyball team. His father, Dr. Don Shondell played a significant role in developing coaches and promoting the sport while building and coaching the men's volleyball team at Ball State University. All three son's played for their father at Ball State, and all three have continued their father's legacy. Dave talks about an upcoming Celebration of Life for Dr. Don on March 19, and the attention to detail that he learned from his father. He also gives us insight into laying the foundation for a National Championship contender at Purdue and what Annie Drew's Olympic success has meant for his program.

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Wisconsin's Sydney Hilley and Nebraska's Nicklin Hames met for the tenth time in

college volleyball careers when Wisconsin defeated Nebraska for the Badgers'

first NCAA National Championship. The two setters talk with Terry Pettit about

their journey to become exceptional players and where they are headed next.

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Gwen Pell Egbert has won national championships as a player and as a coach. She has trained two club players that went on to be captains of the U.S. Olympic volleyball teams. She was a setter hitter at the University of Nebraska, won six state volleyball championships as a high school coach, and is currently the volunteer coach at the University of Arizona. She talks with Terry about the unique challenges that face high school, club, and college coaches. 

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Dani Busboom Kelly won a national Championship as a libero for the University of Nebraska in 2006. She won a national championship as an assistant coach at Nebraska in 2015. Now she is in position to compete for a national championship as the head coach for the number 1 ranked University of Louisville women’s volleyball team. She talks with Terry about her team and her journey as a coach.

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Terry Pettit and Jordan Larson

Jordan Larson started every match in the last three Olympics. During her professional career, she has won awards in international competitions as the best server, the best passer, the best defensive player, the best blocker, and the best attacker. She was the MVP in the Tokyo Olympics. She talks with Terry Pettit about her journey from Hooper, Nebraska to playing in three final fours at the University of Nebraska and becoming what Karch Kiraly has called the best female volleyball player in the history of the United States. 

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Karch Kiraly had already won three individual Olympic Gold Medals as a competitor when he became the head coach of the USA Women's National Volleyball Team in 2012. In August, Kiraly led his team to the Gold Medal in Tokyo Olympics. Kiraly talks about his leadership group and the culture that was created that allowed the team to flourish despite several unforeseen challenges during the Olympics.

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