2025 BYU Cougars men's volleyball | |
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Conference | Mountain Pacific Sports Federation |
Record | 2–0 (0–0 MPSF) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Smith Fieldhouse |
Seasons← 20242026 → |
The 2025 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2025 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by tenth year head coach Shawn Olmstead, play their home games at Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars are members of the MPSF. After finishing last season with a MPSF semifinal tournament loss, the Cougars were picked to finish third in the MPSF Pre-Season Poll.
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 BYU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Concordia Irvine | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Menlo | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Grand Canyon | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Pepperdine | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Stanford | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 UCLA | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 USC | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanguard | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 MPSF Tournament champion
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Season highlights
- To be filled in as the season progresses.
Roster
2025 BYU Cougars roster | ||||||
Defensive specialist/libero
Middle blockers
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Outside hitters
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Opposite hitters Setters |
Schedule
TV/Internet Streaming information:
- All home games will be televised on BYUtv, BYUtv.org, and BTN+/B1G+. 8 home matches will be live on BTN+ and shown tape delayed on BYUtv while the other 8 will be live on both platforms. Most road games will also be streamed by the schools streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by BTN+/B1G+.
Date time |
Opponent | Rank |
Arena city (tournament) |
Television | Score | Attendance | Record (MPSF record) |
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1/3 5 p.m. |
@ #11 Ohio State | #6 | Covelli Center Columbus, OH |
BTN+ | W 3–1 (19–25, 25–20, 25–20, 25–18) |
1,292 | 1–0 |
1/4 5 p.m. |
@ #11 Ohio State | #6 | Covelli Center Columbus, OH |
BTN+ | W 3–1 (29–27, 23–25, 25–15, 25–17) |
1,116 | 2–0 |
1/10 7 p.m. |
St. Thomas Aquinas | #6 | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT |
BYUtv BTN+ |
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1/11 7 p.m. |
St. Thomas Aquinas | #6 | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT |
BTN+ BYUtv (TD) |
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1/16 5 p.m. |
@ Ball State | Worthen Arena Muncie, IN |
ESPN+ | ||||
1/17 5 p.m. |
@ Ball State | Worthen Arena Muncie, IN |
ESPN+ | ||||
1/22 7 p.m. |
@ UC Irvine | Bren Events Center Irvine, CA |
ESPN+ | ||||
1/24 7 p.m. |
@ UC Irvine | Bren Events Center Irvine, CA |
ESPN+ | ||||
1/31 7 p.m. |
Hawai'i | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT |
BYUtv BTN+ |
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2/1 7 p.m. |
Hawai'i | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT |
BYUtv BTN+ |
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2/7 7 p.m. |
UC Santa Barbara | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT |
BTN+ BYUtv (TD) |
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2/8 7 p.m. |
UC Santa Barbara | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT |
BTN+ BYUtv (TD) |
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2/14 8 p.m. |
@ Concordia Irvine* | CU Arena Irvine, CA |
BTN+ | ||||
2/15 8 p.m. |
@ Concordia Irvine* | CU Arena Irvine, CA |
BTN+ | ||||
2/21 7 p.m. |
Barry | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT |
BTN+ BYUtv (TD) |
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2/22 7 p.m. |
Barry | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT |
BTN+ BYUtv (TD) |
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3/7 7 p.m. |
USC* | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT |
BYUtv BTN+ |
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3/8 7 p.m. |
USC* | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT |
BTN+ BYUtv (TD) |
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3/15 7 p.m. |
Harvard | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT |
BTN+ BYUtv (TD) |
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3/17 7 p.m. |
Harvard | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT |
BTN+ BYUtv (TD) |
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3/21 7 p.m. |
@ Grand Canyon* | Global Credit Union Arena Phoenix, AZ |
BTN+ | ||||
3/22 7 p.m. |
@ Grand Canyon* | Global Credit Union Arena Phoenix, AZ |
BTN+ | ||||
4/3 7 p.m. |
Stanford* | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT |
BYUtv BTN+ |
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4/4 7 p.m. |
Stanford* | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT |
BYUtv BTN+ |
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4/11 8 p.m. |
@ UCLA* | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA |
BTN+ | ||||
4/12 6 p.m. |
@ UCLA* | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA |
BTN+ | ||||
4/18 7 p.m. |
Pepperdine* | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT |
BYUtv BTN+ |
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4/19 7 p.m. |
Pepperdine* | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT |
BYUtv BTN+ |
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4/22-4/26 TBA |
Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA (MPSF Tournament) |
BTN+ |
- *-Indicates conference match.
- Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.
Announcers for televised games
- Ohio State: Jonathan Matthes & Dylan Tyrer
- Ohio State: Sara Sharp & Hanna Williford
- St. Thomas Aquinas:
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- Ball State:
- Ball State:
- UC Irvine:
- UC Irvine:
- Hawai'i:
- Hawai'i:
- UC Santa Barbara:
- UC Santa Barbara:
- Concordia Irvine:
- Concordia Irvine:
- Barry:
- Barry:
- USC:
- USC:
- Harvard:
- Harvard:
- Grand Canyon:
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- Stanford:
- Stanford:
- UCLA:
- UCLA:
- Pepperdine:
- Pepperdine:
- MPSF Tournament:
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
AVCA Coaches | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Off the Block Media | Not released |
^The Media does not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.
References
- "BYU Round Out Staff with Former Cougar Devin Young". Volley Mob. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- "BYU men's volleyball hires former Cougar as new assistant coach". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
- "Olmstead siblings named head BYU volleyball coaches". Utah Valley 360. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- "Cougars picked third in MPSF Men's Volleyball poll". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
- "2025 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of BYU Athletics". BYU Athletics.
- "BYU's Herget didn't need promises, just an opportunity". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- "BYU embracing opportunity of facing 'one of the toughest schedules in the country'". Deseret News. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- "No. 6 BYU men's volleyball earns 3-1 victory at No. 11 Ohio State in opener". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
- "Benson's 21 kills leads No. 6 BYU men's volleyball to another win at No. 11 Ohio State". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
- "2025 AVCA National Collegiate MVB Preseason Poll – Dec. 30". AVCA. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
- "Ball State cracks top five, UCLA near unanimous No. 1 in preseason coaches poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 31, 2024.