UCLA Bruins men's volleyball

UCLA Bruins men's volleyball
UCLA Bruins men's volleyball
University	UCLA
Head coach	John Speraw (11th season)
Conference	MPSF
Location	Los Angeles, California
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion, John Wooden Center (capacity: 12,829, 1,808)
Nickname	Bruins
Colors	Blue and gold;
AIAW/NCAA Tournament champion
	1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2023, 2024
AIAW/NCAA Tournament runner-up
	1978, 1980, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2018
AIAW/NCAA Tournament semifinal
	2016, 2022

The UCLA men's volleyball program represents the University of California, Los Angeles in the sport of men's volleyball as a member of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF). UCLA played its first season in 1953 and has won a record 21 NCAA titles. Al Scates had been the head coach each year since 1963 until his retirement after the 2012 season. John Speraw took over as head coach after Scates retirement, and has led the team since then. The Bruins play most of their home matches in Pauley Pavilion, but when Pauley is not available, they play in the Wooden Center.

Scates had more wins than any other NCAA Division I men's volleyball coach, with a record (since 1970, since no records were kept from 1953 to 1969) of 1,239–290.

NCAA Championships

The Bruins have won 21 NCAA championships, most recently on May 4, 2024. This marks the first time the Bruins have won back-to-back championships since the 1995-96 seasons.

MPSF Championships

2022 regular season champions
2023 regular season and tournament champions
2024 regular season and tournament champions

Season-by-season results

Year	Overall record	Conference record	Conference standing	Postseason
2020	10–9	2–3	5th	–
2021	15–6	15–6	2nd	–
2022	22–5	11–1	1st	NCAA Semifinal
2023	31-2	12-0	1st	NCAA Champions
2024	26-5	11-1	1st	NCAA Champions
Total	104–27	51–11

Updated through May 4, 2024

Olympians

Former players who have gone to the Olympic Games to play or coach.^[2]

Mike O’Hara, Ernie Suwara, Keith Erickson (1964)
Larry Rundle (1968)
Karch Kiraly, Steve Salmons, Dave Saunders (1984)
Karch Kiraly, Ricci Luyties, Doug Partie, Dave Saunders (1988)
Doug Partie*, Fred Sturm (coach), Greg Giova-nazzi (Asst. Coach) (1992)
Carl Henkel, Karch Kiraly, Dan Landry, Bjorn Maaseide (Norway), Jeff Nygaard, Sinjin Smith, Kent Steffes, Fred Sturm (Coach), Rudy Suwara (Asst. Coach) (1996)
Dan Landry, Jeff Nygaard, Erik Sullivan, Bjorn Maaseide (Norway), Mark Williams (Australia), Kevin Wong (2000)
Bjorn Maaseide (Norway), Stein Metzger, Jeff Nygaard, Erik Sullivan, Mark Williams (Australia) (2004)
John Speraw (Assistant Coach-men) (2008)
John Speraw (Assistant Coach-men) (2000), Karch Kiraly (Assistant Coach-women) (2012)
John Speraw* (Head Coach-men), Karch Kiraly* (Head Coach-women) (2016)
John Speraw (Head Coach-men), Mitch Stahl, Garrett Muagututia, Erik Sullivan (asst.), Karch Kiraly* (Head Coach-women) (2020)

Note: Team won gold medal in bold, team won bronze medal (*)

Postseason

MPSF Championship Tournament

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2022	Semifinals	Stanford	L 2–3^[3]
2023	Semifinals Championship	Grand Canyon Stanford	W 3–0 W 3–0
2024	Semifinals Championship	USC Grand Canyon	W 3–0 L 2-3^[4]

NCAA National Championship

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
–	–	–	–
2022	Opening Round Semifinals	Pepperdine Long Beach State	W 3–1 L 2–3
2023	Semifinals Championship	Long Beach State Hawai'i	W 3–0 W 3–1
2024	Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship	Fort Valley State UC Irvine Long Beach State	W 3–0 W 3-2 W 3–1

Awards and honors

April 18, 2023 – Andrew Rowan named 2023 MPSF Freshman of the Year
April 25, 2023 – Head coach John Speraw Named MPSF Men's Volleyball Coach of the Year
May 6, 2023 – Ido David, Troy Gooch, and Alex Knight (MOP) were named to the NCAA Championship All-tournament team
May 4, 2024 - Ethan Champlin (MOP), Andrew Rowan, and Merrick McHenry were all named to the NCAA Championship All-tournament team