Episode #137: Shannon Boone

Shannon Boone is the Head Athletic Performance Coach for USA Women’s Volleyball National Team. She joined Team USA in summer 2025 after spending the previous five years as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Florida State University. Joining FSU in 2020, she oversaw training for the volleyball and beach volleyball programs. Prior to joining the Seminoles, she served as assistant director of strength and conditioning for Olympic sports at Georgia Southern, working with the men’s soccer, swimming & diving, softball, track & field and volleyball teams, in addition to overseeing all nutrition efforts for the Olympic sport student-athletes. Boone served as an assistant at the University of Connecticut for the 2018-2019 season, working directly with men’s & women’s swimming & diving, and tennis teams, as well as assisting with softball, track & field and volleyball. Before UConn, she was a graduate assistant coach at Mississippi State University from 2016-2018 in addition to spending time interning at both the University of Kentucky and Temple University. A former four-year college volleyball athlete, Boone competed in three Division III NCAA Tournaments including a 2013 run to the Elite Eight.. Following her collegiate career she continues to stay active and is an avid lifter and enjoys spending time outdoors hiking & backpacking with her husband and dog when she is not training in the weight room.