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Purdue volleyball coach Dave Shondell considered retirement after several top players transferred out of the program.

Shondell was reinvigorated by the loyalty of his remaining players and the success of the rebuilt team, which reached the Elite Eight.

The 67-year-old coach has signed a new four-year contract to remain with the Boilermakers.

What a difference one year made for Purdue volleyball coach Dave Shondell .

Last December, after some of his top returning players departed the program to transfer elsewhere, Shondell pondered retirement .

Rather than leave a program he'd built from the bottom of the Big Ten into a constant NCAA tournament participant, Shondell's staff rebuilt its roster through the transfer portal and from within with development of

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