![]() ![]() Volleyball community members were absolutely shocked at the announcement because of the prestigious men’s volleyball program Stanford has fielded over the years. Storied History: Stanford men’s volleyballĪs you no doubt are aware, Stanford University announced in July of last year that it would cut 11 sports, including men’s volleyball at the end of the 2020-21 academic year. Former conference teams UC Irvine and Long Beach State have three and one, respectively. Pepperdine boasts five conference titles, while Stanford has two, and USC one. UCLA and BYU are tied with seven championships each, with UCLA reigning in the 1990s and 2000s and BYU picking up four of its seven wins since 2013. Also, former MPSF team UC Irvine won in 2007, 2009, 2012, and 2013 while a member of the conference. ![]() Of course, current member schools Stanford (1997, 2010), BYU (1999, 2001, 2004), and Pepperdine (2005) have also won the ultimate men’s college volleyball trophy. Of UCLA men’s volleyball’s 19 national championships, six occurred during the MPSF era. Please let us know if we’ve left someone out! Here is the complete list, compiled alphabetically. We tallied 31 former MPSF players who have competed in the Olympics with nine individuals with MPSF ties appearing as coaches in the games. With 19 NCAA titles, he’s tied with Arkansas track and field’s John McDonnell for the most NCAA titles won by a coach in a single sport. Scates is the winningest volleyball coach in NCAA history. Dunphy and Scates are also a member of the International Volleyball Hall of Fame That’s not even counting current Pepperdine head coach David Hunt and former Pepperdine assistant Kayla Banwarth who have both served on the USA women’s staff.ĭunphy, former UCLA head coach Al Scates, and former BYU head coach Carl McGown are both in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. men’s national team: former Pepperdine coach Marv Dunphy, current Long Beach State head coach Alan Knipe (have to give MPSF credit for this one even though LBSU men’s volleyball now competes in the Big West), and current men’s national team and UCLA head coach John Speraw. Three current or former MPSF coaches have led the U.S. Watch 2021 MPSF Men's Volleyball ChampionshipsĪs we look forward to the 2021 MPSF men’s volleyball championship taking place April 22-24 in Provo, Utah, and streaming live right here on FloVolleyball, let’s consider some of the more impressive moments and facts in MPSF history. The league boasts 16 national championships since 1992, alums in every Olympics since 2000, and some of the most legendary coaches in the history of the sport of volleyball. I can't figure him out."Īt the risk of getting too technical and sounding like a Californian, here's the explanation on Watts' lack of playing time: Jeff Nygaard is a better jump-serve receiver.In the history of collegiate men’s volleyball, no conference can touch the MPSF. Sometimes it's hard to know where you stand with him. "I know I'll get my shot," he said, but "that's one gripe I have with this coach (Fred Sturm). Yet Watts hasn't even taken off his warmups. team still is in good shape to make the eight-team medal round, but its play the last two matches has been suspect. The Americans were drubbed by Brazil 15-11, 15-11, 15-7, dropping their record to 2-2. "But when you watch a match like tonight." "The first couple of matches, it's like, OK, the guys are playing good," Watts said Saturday. But through four Olympic games, he hasn't played. What he didn't expect was what's happened since the Olympics began. "I look back and say, 'Wow.' But along the way, I almost expected it." By 1994, he was an NCAA first-team All-American and a member of the U.S. So quickly that Brigham Young offered a scholarship and he was playing for the Cougars as a freshman. "She took me under her wing and taught me the basics," Watts said. national team, though he didn't make the Olympic squad. Her son, Chip, also is a member of the U.S. McCaw was a sensational girls coach at Tulsa Kelley and knows a thing or two about bringing along boys, too. Washington, he was recruited to play club volleyball by Peggy McCaw. ![]() But Watts grew big and tall (he's now 6-foot-7, 210 pounds), and in his senior year at Booker T.
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