Schoonveld joined the Hope College staff as co-director of athletics on July 1, 2009. He is a 1996 Hope College graduate who majored in kinesiology with a minor in political science. His college basketball career, first at Calvin and then at Hope, was ended by a series of knee surgeries.
Tim was employed by the Holland Christian schools from 2000-09. He was named assistant principal and athletic director of Holland Christian High School in 2006. He was the girls’ varsity basketball coach at Holland Christian High School for nine years. He was named the Class B coach of the year by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan in 2008 after his team advanced to the state tournament semi-finals. The 2009 team made it to the quarterfinals with a school-record 21 wins.
Schoonveld received the M.A. in sports administration from Western Michigan University in 2005.