The UCLA Bruins men's volleyball program represents the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 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. After the 2024 season, Speraw left the program to become the president and CEO of USA Volleyball. John Hawks, who was previously an assistant coach for the Bruins from 2015-2022, would return as the team’s head coach. 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 2025 regular season championshttps://dailybruin.com/2025/04/24/mpsf-regular-season-champions-ucla-mens-volleyball-vies-for-conference-title 2026 regular season and tournament champions
Season-by-season results YearOverall recordConference recordConference standingPostseason 2020 10–9 2–3 5th –2021 15–6 15–6 2nd –202222–511–11stNCAA Semifinal202331–212–01stNCAA Champions202426–511–11stNCAA Champions202522–710–21stNCAA Runners-up202629–213–1T-1stNCAA Regional FinalTotal 133–29 64–12 Updated through the end of the 2026 season.
Olympians Former players who have gone to the Olympic Games to play or coach. 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), Karch Kiraly** (Assistant Coach-women) (2012) John Speraw* (Head Coach-men), Erik Sullivan (Team Leader-men), Karch Kiraly* (Head Coach-women) (2016) John Speraw (Head Coach-men), Erik Sullivan (Team Leader-men), Karch Kiraly (Head Coach-women), Mitch Stahl, Garrett Muagututia (2020) John Speraw* (Head Coach-men), Erik Sullivan (Team Leader-men), Karch Kiraly** (Head Coach-women), Micah Maʻa, Garrett Muagututia (2024)
Note: Team won gold medal in bold, team won silver medal (**), team won bronze medal (*)
Postseason MPSF Championship Tournament 2022 Semifinals Stanford L 2–3 2023 SemifinalsChampionship Grand Canyon Stanford W 3–0W 3–0 2024 SemifinalsChampionship USC Grand Canyon W 3–0L 2-3 2025 Semifinals Pepperdine L 2–3https://pepperdinewaves.com/news/2025/4/26/mens-volleyball-8-waves-send-home-2-bruins-advance-to-mpsf-championship-match.aspx
NCAA National Championship – – – – 2022 Opening Round Semifinals Pepperdine Long Beach State W 3–1L 2–3 2023 SemifinalsChampionship Long Beach State Hawai'i W 3–0W 3–1 2024 QuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship Fort Valley StateUC IrvineLong Beach State W 3–0W 3-2W 3–1 2025 QuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship Belmont AbbeyHawai'iLong Beach State W 3–0W 3-0L 0-3https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/volleyball-men/nc/2025
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
See also List of NCAA men's volleyball programs
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