Our Team
Shane Davis (Co-Founder)
Shane Davis has over 20 years of collegiate coaching experience at the NCAA Division 1 level and is the current Head Men’s Volleyball Coach at Loyola University Chicago.
Shane began his volleyball career as a student-athlete at Loyola, where he was a setter, team captain, and AVCA All-American. Shortly after graduation, Shane was hired as head coach, where he went on to lead the team to back-to-back NCAA National Championships in 2014 and 2015. After Loyola, he went on to coach the Northwestern Women's Volleyball team for 8 years in the competitive Big Ten Conference. He is now back at Loyola for his 21st season of collegiate coaching. He is proud to have coached two USA Olympic Bronze Medalists, Thomas Jaeschke and Jeff Jendryk, and many more professional volleyball athletes and collegiate and club coaches.
Shane lives in Orland Park with his wife, Andrea, and their three daughters, Sydney, Jordyn, and Riley. His hobbies include bike riding, home improvement projects, and real estate investing.
At VolleyPrep, you can find Shane either in the gym coaching, or behind-the-scenes designing all the curriculum that our coaches implement.
Andrea Davis (Co-Founder)
Andrea Davis grew up in the southwest suburbs and played club volleyball for 2nd City. She went to DePaul University and a few years after graduation founded a youth volleyball club, D1 VBC, with her husband, Shane. Andrea served as the Director of D1 for 10 years, growing the program from 40 member athletes to over 400 at the time she handed over leadership in 2017. D1 has since merged and re-branded and is still in operation today, as MOD Volleyball Club.
Andrea is a licensed Realtor with @Properties and manages her family’s small portfolio of investment properties. She is also passionate about mental health and founded a non-profit dedicated to helping individuals and families impacted by addiction.
Andrea lives in Orland Park with Shane and their three daughters, Sydney, Jordyn, and Riley. She enjoys working out, bike riding, being in nature, listening to podcasts, and doing home improvement projects.
At VolleyPrep, you can rely on Andrea to answer all your programming and registration questions. She’s always an email or text away!
Kyle Exline (Lead Trainer)
Kyle Exline has over 13 years of collegiate coaching experience and is the current Men’s Volleyball Associate Head Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Loyola University Chicago. Prior to Loyola, Kyle was the Head Men’s Volleyball Coach at North Central College, where be built the program from the ground up. In 2023, he led his team to the NCAA DIII National Championships where they finished as runner-ups.
Coach Exline has received many accolades as a young coach— MCVL Coach of the Year (2018); AVCA Thirty Under Thirty Award Recipient (2018); CCIW Coach of the Year (2023); and AVCA Region Coach of the Year (2023).
As an athlete, Kyle spent his playing career at Loyola University Chicago, where he was a 3x team captain. Kyle is also active with the USA Volleyball National Team Development Program and the Great Lakes Region.
At VolleyPrep, you can find Kyle in the gym training our athletes, always bringing the energy, focus and fun!
