The UCLA men's volleyball program began its first year in 1953.

Al Scates Allen Edward Scates (born June 9, 1939) is a former American volleyball player and volleyball coach, who was head coach of the UCLA Bruins for 48 years. Scates is the winningest volleyball coach in the history of the NCAA, and the 19 NCAA titles ...

had been the head coach each year since 1963 until his retirement after the 2012 season.

John Speraw John Speraw (born October 18, 1971) is an American volleyball coach. He is the head coach of the men's volleyball team at United States national team and UCLA. He was the former coach of UC Irvine volleyball program where he led the team to thre ...

took over as head coach after Scates retirement, and has led the team since then. As a member of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation(MPSF), the Bruins play most of their home matches in

Pauley Pavilion Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion, commonly known as Pauley Pavilion, is an indoor arena located in the Westwood Village district of Los Angeles, California, on the campus of UCLA. It is home to the UCLA Bruins men's and women's basketball teams. The ...

. 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 19

NCAA championships The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges and ...

MPSF Championships

* 2022 regular season champions

Season-by-season results

: ''Updated through April 12, 2022''

Olympians

Former players who have gone to the

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

to play or coach. * Mike O’Hara, Ernie Suwara,

Keith Erickson Keith Raymond Erickson (born April 19, 1944) is an American former basketball, and volleyball player. After graduating from El Segundo High School (California), attended El Camino College. Erickson then played basketball at UCLA, where he was a ...

(1964) *

Larry Rundle Lawrence Dean "Larry" Rundle (born November 18, 1944) is an American former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Detroit, Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great ...

(1968) *

Karch Kiraly Charles Frederick "Karch" Kiraly () (born November 3, 1960) is an American volleyball player, coach and broadcast announcer. In the 1980s he was a central part of the United States men's national volleyball team, U.S National Team that won gold ...

Steve Salmons Steven Edward "Steve" Salmons (born July 3, 1958, in Saint Joseph, Missouri) is a former American volleyball player. He won an Olympic gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympi ...

, Dave Saunders (1984) * Karch Kiraly, Ricci Luyties,

Doug Partie Robert Douglas "Doug" Partie (born October 21, 1961 in Santa Barbara, California) is a former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in ...

, Dave Saunders (1988) * Doug Partie*,

Fred Sturm Frederick I. Sturm (March 21, 1951 – August 24, 2014) was a jazz composer, arranger and teacher. Sturm studied at Lawrence University, the University of North Texas College of Music, and the Eastman School of Music. He played trombone and perfor ...

(coach), Greg Giova-nazzi (Asst. Coach) (1992) * Carl Henkel, Karch Kiraly, Dan Landry, Bjorn Maaseide (Norway),

Jeff Nygaard Jeff Wayne Nygaard (born August 3, 1972, in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American volleyball and beach volleyball player who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics with partner Dain Blanton in Athens, Greece. In 1996 and 2000 he was a member of th ...

Sinjin Smith Christopher St. John "Sinjin" Smith (born May 7, 1957, in Santa Monica, California) is a professional beach volleyball player. He won one U.S. championship and two World championships with Randy Stoklos. He began to compete as a professional in ...

Kent Steffes Kent Steffes (born June 23, 1968 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is a former professional beach volleyball player. Steffes received his AAA beach rating while still attending Palisades High School. He was named the 1986 National High School Player ...

, Fred Sturm (Coach), Rudy Suwara (Asst. Coach) (1996) * Dan Landry, Jeff Nygaard, Erik Sullivan, Bjorn Maaseide (Norway), Mark Williams (Australia),

Kevin Wong Kevin Kahn Wong (born September 12, 1972, in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a retired professional beach volleyball player. He currently lives in Hawaii and runs a volleyball training program for youth. Personal life Wong graduated from the Punahou ...

(2000) * Bjorn Maaseide (Norway),

Stein Metzger Stein Metzger (born November 17, 1972, in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a male beach volleyball player from the United States. He played college men's indoor volleyball at UCLA where he won 3 NCAA National championships under legendary coach Al Scates. ...

, 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

References

External links

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