Kelly Sheffield

The Great Coaches: Leadership & Life

Kelly is an American Volleyball coach. He started coaching volleyball in his teens, helping out at summer camps. He then went on to Assist at High School level before getting his chance as an Assistant at the University of Houston in 1997. He was given his first Head Coaching role at the University of Albany in 2001 and led them to 3 regular season championships. In 2012 he was appointed as Head Coach of the University of Wisconsin and has led them to 5 Big 10 Championships, 4 NCAA Final Fours and the 2021 NCAA Championship.

Some of the highlights of our discussion were:

• His view on the importance of his teams environment teaching life lessons at a critical time in peoples lives.
• The way he talks about balancing optimism and positivity against just cheerleading and the story he shares about rubber wrist bands to illustrate this.
• The importance of removing the worry the players may have about the coaches mood.

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