Our Great Coach on this episode is John Kessel.

As a volleyball player, John participated in 16 U.S. Open Championships and played professionally in Europe.

He started coaching at the Collegiate level in the USA in 1970 and led teams to National titles in 1986 and 1987. He was the Team Leader for the 2000 USA Olympic Beach Volleyball Teams in Sydney, which brought home one gold medal, and for the 2004 USA Paralympic Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team in Athens, which came home with the bronze medal.

He has had the most profound impact on the game, though, as a coach and administrator. He worked for over 30 years at Volleyball USA and 20+ years at World ParaVolley.

He is the author of over 12 books, including the IMPACT coaching manual, which is now in its 33rd edition. In 2007, the Institute for International Sport named him a Sport Ethics Fellow, and in 2024, he was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame.

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John consults with other Olympic Sports, well over 20 in fact, and travels around the world talking about coaching, particularly in the youth space.Our Great Coach on this episode is John Kessel.

As a volleyball player, John participated in 16 U.S. Open Championships and played professionally in Europe.

He started coaching at the Collegiate level in the USA in 1970 and led teams to National titles in 1986 and 1987. He was the Team Leader for the 2000 USA Olympic Beach Volleyball Teams in Sydney, which brought home one gold medal, and for the 2004 USA Paralympic Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team in Athens, which came home with the bronze medal.

He has had the most profound impact on the game, though, as a coach and administrator. He worked for over 30 years at Volleyball USA and 20+ years at World ParaVolley.

He is the author of over 12 books, including the IMPACT coaching manual, which is now in its 33rd edition. In 2007, the Institute for International Sport named him a Sport Ethics Fellow, and in 2024, he was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame.

John consults with other Olympic Sports, well over 20 in fact, and travels around the world talking about coaching, particularly in the youth space.

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