Craig Skinner isn’t just coaching against Wisconsin tonight. He’s coaching against a guy who once shared a cramped high school gym and an undefeated JV season with him.
Kentucky’s head coach and Wisconsin’s Kelly Sheffield both grew up in Muncie, Indiana. In 1990, they led the Muncie Burris JV team to an unbeaten record. Same town, same school, same volleyball-crazy ecosystem that turned a couple of small-town gym rats into two of the best coaches in the sport.
Kentucky and Wisconsin volleyball go from an undefeated JV team in Muncie to a Final Four showdown in Kansas City
“Kelly has earned everything he’s gotten,” Skinner said.