Donald Suxho

Donald Suxho
Suxho in 2013
Personal information
Nationality	Albanian, American
Born	(1976-02-21) February 21, 1976 Korcë, Albania
Hometown	Huntington Beach, California, U.S.
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.94 m)
Weight	216 lb (98 kg)
Spike	136 in (345 cm)
Block	128 in (325 cm)
College / University	University of Southern California
Coaching information
Current team	Kosovo U17 (women's)
Previous teams coached Years Teams 2023– Kosovo U17 (women's)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Career
Years Teams 1991–1996 Skënderbeu Korçë 1997–2000 USC Trojans 2001–2002 AZS Olsztyn 2003–2005 Erdemir SK 2005–2006 Olympiacos 2006–2007 Gabeca Montichiari 2007–2008 Patras 2008–2009 Arkas Spor 2009–2010 Prisma 2010–2011 Dinamo-Yantar Kaliningrad 2011–2012 Treviso 2012–2013 Bolívar 2013–2014 Trentino 2014 Studenti
National team
1991–1996 Albania 2002–2013 United States

Donald Suxho (born February 21, 1976) is an Albanian-American professional volleyball player and a player for the U.S. Olympic Team. As a setter, he participated in the 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Greece as well as the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Suxho and his family came to America in 1996 and lived in Natick, Massachusetts while searching for a college. He eventually chose to play for the University of Southern California and became one of the most well-known volleyball players to come out of USC.

Playing career

Suxho's father Peter is the former coach of the Albanian Junior National team as well as the Natick High School boys and girls volleyball coach and it was under his tutelage in the U.S. and Albania that Suxho learned the game. Suxho played for the Albanian junior national team from 1991 to 1996 and made the national team while still a teenager in 1995–96.

While at USC, Suxho was a four-year starter for a nationally ranked team. He set a number of Trojan records, including 164 career aces. He became one of the top players in school history and was a two-time All-American and AVCA National Player of the Year as a senior in 2000. Following graduation, he played professional beach volleyball in Poland and has been a member of the U.S. Olympic Team since 2001. He competed in the Athens Olympics but missed Beijing due to injury. In 2012, he was one of 40 USC athletes to make an Olympic team.

In addition to his playing career, Suxho served as the USC assistant men's volleyball coach during the 2001–02 season.

In the summer of 2014, Suxho played with "Studenti" in Tirana Albania for a European Tournament.

IMG Academy

In 2022 IMG Academy hired Suxho as Director of Volleyball to launch the acclaimed private athletic school's entry into the sport of girl's indoor volleyball, beginning in fall of 2023.

Donald Suxho resigned from his role as IMG volleyball director due to “personal reasons” in November 2023.

Awards

• Suxho received a Sportsmanship award from Albanian Roots at the Albanian Roots Parade in the summer of 2013.
• Suxho was named Albania's Worldwide Volleyball Ambassador in 2023.

External links

• Donald Suxho at Team USA (archived)
• Official website