Shymansky gets contract renewed until 2022

August 29, 2017

Iowa head coach Bond Shymansky passes out volleyballs during volleyball media day in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. The Hawkeyes will host their first home game against Nebraska-Omaha at noon on September 1 to kick off the four game Hawkeye Classic. Shymansky has had his contract renewed through 2022. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Volleyball’s head coach Bond Shymansky won 19 games in 2016, and the Athletics Department thanked him Monday by extending his contract through the year 2022.

“I am so grateful to be a Hawkeye and thankful for the support and leadership that Gary Barta has given me and the volleyball program,” Shymansky said in a release. “I am such a proud Iowa graduate and want to give everything I can to continue to build our volleyball program into a national powerhouse.”

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Shymansky led Iowa to its first winning record and most conference wins since 2000 last season. The Hawkeyes’ 19-13 record proved to be the program’s best season since 1994.

Friday marks Iowa’s home-opener for the volleyball season. The Black and Gold host the Hawkeye Classic in Carver-Hawkeye, starting with Nebraska-Omaha at noon and Coastal Carolina at 7 p.m.