John Kessel has been at USA Volleyball (USAV) since 1985 and is currently Director of Sport Development for USAV and World ParaVolley.
Kessel is an FIVB Level IV Instructor and USAV CAP Level V Cadre member and secretary of the NORCECA zone Development Commission. He has been coaching since 1971 at the collegiate level or above and is a sought after international lecturer, podcaster, and author, conducting thousands of seminars and clinics in all 50 states and nearly 60 different countries. In 2013, the American Volleyball Coaches Association inducted him as their 60th ever member of the AVCA Coaches Hall of Fame.
