Craig Skinner to be Inducted into Delaware County (IN) Athletic Hall of Fame
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky Volleyball head coach Craig Skinner will be inducted into the Delaware County Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday evening in his hometown of Muncie, Indiana.
The induction banquet will be at 6 p.m. ET Saturday in Muncie at the Ball State Alumni Center, where Skinner is a proud graduate of. Skinner is one of 11 inductees of the Class of 2026. As a member of the elected class of 2026, Skinner received at least 75% of the board members’ votes during the balloting process.
The Class of 2026 includes Cindy (Kizer) Baldwin, Melvin Bryant II, Bob Cook, Caroline (Gullion) Kovalcin, Mike Larrabee, Joselyn (Johnson) Martin, Ryan Schrecongost, Skinner, Kristy (Cox) Smoot, Cody Young, and Doug Zaleski.
Since being tabbed Kentucky’s head coach in December 2004, Craig Skinner has guided the Kentucky volleyball program into national prominence and is the program’s all-time winningest head coach. He will enter his 22nd season in 2026 with an all-time record of 497-157.
He reached the pinnacle of the sport in April of 2021, winning the 2020 NCAA National Championship at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska. In doing so, he became the head coach of the first volleyball team in Southeastern Conference history to win a national championship. He was named the AVCA’s National Coach of the Year in 2020-21.
Skinner has directed the Wildcats to 21 consecutive NCAA Tournaments – a feat only eight other schools in the nation have achieved. That run includes 11 Sweet Sixteen appearances since 2009, four Elite Eight appearances, the 2020 and 2025 NCAA Final Four’s and back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back SEC titles in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020-21, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Furthermore, the Wildcats have captured 17 or more victories in all 21 seasons under Skinner’s direction, including tallying 20 or more wins in 17 of the last 19 seasons.
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