Matt Voll, Dave Shutt enter District 5 Basketball Hall of Fame

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Matt Voll and Dave Shutt pose with their Hall of Fame plaques.
Matt Voll and Dave Shutt pose with their Hall of Fame plaques.

CADIZ -- Matt Voll and Dave Shutt became the newest members inducted into the District 5 Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame when they were honored during the Hall of Fame Banquet at Harrison Central High School on Sunday.

Shutt from Garaway and Voll from New Philadelphia have had outstanding District 5 coaching careers.

A look at their accomplishments are as follows:

Voll is a basketball lifer

Voll is a native of Marion. He is the son of Sue Granger (Mother) and Fran and Marty (Father-Stepmother) Voll. He is a 1988 graduate of Marion Pleasant High School where he played basketball for OHSBCA HOF Coach Stan Kirby and Coach Bob Elsass. Voll grew up with his two brothers, Joe Voll and Mike Voll who are both successful high school teachers and coaches in western Ohio.

At a young age, Voll spent many summer hours at the Delphos St. John’s Basketball Camps working and playing for two legendary high school basketball coaches, Bob Arnzen and Fran Voll. Coach Bob Arnzen, who ranks eighth on the Ohio High School Boys Basketball Coaching All-Time Wins with 676 victories, coached for 42 years at Delphos St. John’s.

Meanwhile, Coach Fran Voll built a girls basketball dynasty at Delphos St. John’s where his teams won (three) State Championships. He recorded an overall record (208-17) with a winning percentage of 92% which is unmatched in the history of Ohio High School Basketball. Coach Fran Voll continued his HOF coaching successes at Bowling Green State University and Central Michigan University.

Matt Voll makes a point during his Hall of Fame speech.
Matt Voll makes a point during his Hall of Fame speech.

Because of Voll’s basketball upbringing, he knew he wanted to follow the path of coaching.

Voll is a 1993 graduate of Bowling Green State University. During his college years, he started his coaching career in 1992-93 as a Volunteer Boys Varsity Assistant Coach at Bowling Green High School. He worked under Head Coach Mike Vannett at BGHS for (2) years before he took his first teaching/coaching position in Eastern Ohio at West Holmes High School in 1994.

After two years serving as the Boys Varsity Assistant and JV Coach at West Holmes, he found his first head coaching job in Western Ohio at Waynesfield-Goshen High School. After (three) years at WGHS, he was called back to West Holmes High School to coach the Lady Knights and take over reins of the powerhouse girls basketball program.

Ever since 1999, Voll has remained in the District 5 Coaches Association with head coaching stops at West Holmes, Carrollton, and New Philadelphia. Since 1999, he has put four different programs in the Regional Tournament (West Holmes Girls, Carrollton Boys, New Philadelphia girls, and New Philadelphia boys) and two programs at the elite eight level (West Holmes Girls and New Philadelphia boys). His teams have captured (18) Sectional titles, (eight) District Championships, and (two) Elite Eights in 22 years of coaching in the East District.

During that time span, he amassed a record of 357-172 for a 68% winning percentage and a 56-20 tournament record of 74% winning percentage.

He has posted an overall mark of 385-208.

Voll was named State Coach of the Year in 2015 and was selected to Coach in the 2012 OHSBCA North-South Boys DI-II All Star Game with Indian Creek’s legendary coach, Joe Dunlevy.

Shutt led Garaway to great heights

Shutt is a native of Sugarcreek. He was raised by his parents, Dave (deceased) and Norma and has two sisters Barb (deceased) and Chris.

Shutt is a 1989 graduate of Garaway High School and was a three sport athlete earning nine letters in football, basketball, and baseball. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Muskingum College and a Master’s in Education from Marygrove. Shutt currently teaches Health and Physical Education at Garaway High School.

Shutt started his coaching career as a Volunteer Varsity Assistant Coach at Tri-Valley for two years while attending Muskingum College (under the class of 2015 Hall of Fame Coach Todd Van Reeth).

After graduation from Muskingum College, Shutt was hired as the freshman coach for two years and three years as the JV Coach at Carrollton High School from 1994-1999 under Brian Clark and Jeff Rinkes. In 1999 Shutt moved back to his alma mater Garaway High School and was the JV Coach under 2018 Hall of Fame Coach Scott Bardall for five seasons.

Dave Shutt makes a point during his Hall of Fame speech.
Dave Shutt makes a point during his Hall of Fame speech.

In the 2004-2005 season Shutt was offered the Varsity Boys Basketball position and spent 12 seasons coaching the boys and posted a 223-93 mark. He spent his last three seasons as the Girls Varsity Coach with a record of 53-21. All told, he was 276-94 combined at Garaway High School for a 75 percent winning percentage.

During his tenure, Shutt led the Pirate boys to four Inter-Valley conference titles, four regional appearances, and an appearance in the state tournament title game in 2008 eventually losing to Ottawa Glandorf 62-44. In his coaching career, Shutt had 16 players recognized as All-Ohio players and had 7 players score over 1,000 points. In a career that spanned 15 seasons as a head coach, Shutt has never logged a losing season and his teams were represented at the district level or higher every season throughout his career.

Five times he was honored as the IVC Coach of the Year, four times as the District 5 Division III Coach of the Year, four times as the Eastern District Coach of the Year, selected to coach in the East/West All Star Games in 2005, 2011, 2018, North/South Game Div III/IV game in 2009, and was the OHSBCA Boys Division III Coach of the Year in the 2015-16 season.

This article originally appeared on The Times-Reporter: Matt Voll, Dave Shutt enter District 5 Basketball Hall of Fame