Head Coach Sandi Kelley
Sandi Kelley is set to begin her third season at Eureka College as Head Volleyball Coach in 2009. Kelley joined the Red Devils from Robert Morris College in Springfield, Ill. where she began the Eagles volleyball program in 2005.
A native of Bloomington-Normal, Kelley is a 1994 graduate of University High School in Normal. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Illinois State University in 1998. Sandi has spent 15 years coaching volleyball as well as softball for 10 years. Kelley has additional coaching experience coaching teams at Illini Elite Club in Bloomington as well as being part of winning the Illinois Elementary School state championship with Parkside Junior High School. She has been active in coaching youth volleyball from grade school to high school levels. Kelley is known for her enthusiasm on and off the court.
Kelley comes from a long line of coaches in her family. Her grandfather, Frank Chiodo, coached football for 30 years in addition to serving as basketball, track and tennis head coach as well as athletic director at University High School. Her uncle, Hal Chiodo, formerly was the head football coach at Morton High School and is currently the head coach at North Chicago High School. Kelley’s sister, Dawn, has coached volleyball for 10 years.
Kelley guided the Eureka softball team in 2008 as head coach and added the role of Eureka’s Senior Woman Administrator in the summer of 2008 and Compliance Officer in the spring of 2009.
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