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.

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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[1]
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

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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.

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.

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

Updated through May 4, 2024

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 (*)

• 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 were named to the NCAA Championship All-tournament team

• List of NCAA men's volleyball programs