# Skinner to Join Delaware County Athletic Hall of Fame **Published:** 2026-07-24T19:54:45.000Z **Source:** [UK Athletics](https://ukathletics.com/news/2026/07/24/craig-skinner-to-be-inducted-into-delaware-county-in-athletic-hall-of-fame/) **AI-generated:** yes (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) **Canonical:** https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/skinner-to-join-delaware-county-athletic-hall-of-fame Craig Skinner, the head coach of the University of Kentucky volleyball program, will be inducted into the Delaware County (Ind.) Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, according to [UK Athletics](https://ukathletics.com/news/2026/07/24/craig-skinner-to-be-inducted-into-delaware-county-in-athletic-hall-of-fame/). The induction banquet will be held at 6 p.m. ET at the Ball State Alumni Center in his hometown of Muncie, Indiana. Skinner is one of 11 inductees in the Class of 2026, selected after receiving at least 75% of the board members' votes. The class also includes Cindy Baldwin, Melvin Bryant II, Bob Cook, Caroline Kovalcin, Mike Larrabee, Joselyn Martin, Ryan Schrecongost, Kristy Smoot, Cody Young and Doug Zaleski. Since being named Kentucky's head coach in December 2004, Skinner has transformed the volleyball program into a national powerhouse. He enters his 22nd season with a career record of 497-157, making him the program's all-time winningest head coach. In 2021, Skinner led Kentucky to the NCAA national championship, becoming the first coach in Southeastern Conference history to win a volleyball national title. He was named the AVCA National Coach of the Year that season. Skinner has directed the Wildcats to 21 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, a feat matched by only eight other schools nationally. Kentucky has won nine SEC championships since 2017, including eight consecutive titles from 2017 through 2025. The program has recorded at least 17 victories in all 21 seasons under Skinner, including 20-plus wins in 17 of the last 19 seasons. A Ball State graduate and Muncie native, Skinner previously served as an assistant coach at Wisconsin and Nebraska before arriving at Kentucky, where he inherited a program that had not posted a winning season in five years. ## Sources - [UK Athletics](https://ukathletics.com/news/2026/07/24/craig-skinner-to-be-inducted-into-delaware-county-in-athletic-hall-of-fame/) - [Delaware County Athletic Hall of Fame official website](https://www.delcohof.org/) --- This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) based on source material from UK Athletics, enriched with 2 web searches. The original source is available at https://ukathletics.com/news/2026/07/24/craig-skinner-to-be-inducted-into-delaware-county-in-athletic-hall-of-fame/.