2026 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

2026 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
Conference	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record	2–0 (0–0 MPSF)
Head coach	Shawn Olmstead (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Devin Young [1] (8th season) Otavio Souza [2] (4th season)
Home arena	Smith Fieldhouse
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The 2026 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2026 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by twelth year head coach Shawn Olmstead, play their home games at Smith Fieldhouse. ^[3] The Cougars are members of the MPSF. After finishing last season with a MPSF quarterfinal tournament loss, the Cougars were picked to finish fifth in the MPSF Pre-Season Poll. ^[4]

It will be a season of new beginnings for BYU men's volleyball as one conference foe has folded, Grand Canyon ^[5] , but two new teams have joined the MPSF: UC Merced and Jessup. ^[6] Grand Canyon's discontinuation of men's volleyball also led 3 Grand Canyon players to transfer to BYU including one returnee: Trent Moser. ^{[7] [8]}

2026 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UCLA  ‍‍‍	1	–	0		1.000			2	–	0		1.000
No. 8 BYU  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			2	–	0		1.000
No. 4 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			2	–	0		1.000
Jessup  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			1	–	0		1.000
No. 5 USC  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			1	–	0		1.000
Vanguard  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			1	–	1		.500
UC Merced  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 9 Stanford  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	1		.000
Menlo  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	2		.000
Concordia Irvine  ‍‍‍	0	–	1		.000			0	–	2		.000
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2026 MPSF Tournament champion y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament As of 2026–01–11 Rankings from AVCA

Season highlights

To be filled in as the season commences

Roster

2026 BYU Cougars roster [9]
	Defensive specialist/libero 6 Jackson Fife - Senior 15 Bernardo Adam - Junior 24 Cole Hauser - Senior Middle blockers 7 AJ Cottle - Freshman 17 Gavin Chambers - Sophomore 22 Max Philippe - Freshman		Outside hitters 4 Trevor Herget - Freshman 5 Corbin Batista - Freshman 8 Trey Thornton - Freshman 9 Teilon-Jonathan Tufuga - Junior 10 Tennison Lighthall - Freshman 13 Trent Moser - Senior 15 Bernardo Adam - Junior 16 Connor Oldani - Sophomore 24 Cole Hauser - Senior		Opposite hitters 5 Corbin Batista - Freshman 8 Trey Thornton - Freshman 9 Teilon-Jonathan Tufuga - Junior 10 Tennison Lighthall - Freshman 14 Ian Little - Junior Setters 1 Kyle Zediker - Freshman 3 Tyler Hergert [10] - Senior 21 Tyler James Johnson - Freshman

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be streamed on byutv.org and BTN+/B1G+. All home matches will be live on BTN+ with 8 matches being streamed tape delayed on byutv.org 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+ with the championship being televised live on BTN.

Date time	Opponent	Rank (tournament seed)	Arena city (tournament)	Television	Score	Attendance	Record (MPSF record)
1/9 7 p.m.	St. Francis	#8	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	byutv.org Live BTN+	W 3–0 [11] (25–22, 25–20, 25–18)	3,343	1–0
1/10 7 p.m.	St. Francis	#8	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BTN+ byutv.org (TD @ 12 AM)	W 3–0 [12] (25–18, 25–19, 25–19)	3,313	2–0
1/16 7 p.m.	UC San Diego		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BTN+ byutv.org (TD @ 12 AM)
1/17 7 p.m.	UC San Diego		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	byutv.org Live BTN+
1/23 7 p.m.	UC Irvine		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	byutv.org Live BTN+
1/24 7 p.m.	UC Irvine		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	byutv.org Live BTN+
1/29 8 p.m.	@ UC Santa Barbara		Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA	ESPN+
1/30 8 p.m.	@ UC Santa Barbara		Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA	ESPN+
2/6 2 p.m.	vs. Lincoln Memorial		Malkin Athletic Center Cambridge, MA (Harvard Invitational)	ESPN+
2/7 5 p.m.	@ Harvard		Malkin Athletic Center Cambridge, MA (Harvard Invitational)	ESPN+
2/9 4 p.m.	@ Merrimack		Sakowich Center North Andover, MA	Merrimack SN
2/13 7 p.m.	Menlo*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BTN+ byutv.org (TD @ 12 AM)
2/14 7 p.m.	Menlo*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BTN+ byutv.org (TD @ 12 AM)
2/20 7 p.m.	Fort Valley		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BTN+ byutv.org (TD @ 12 AM)
2/21 7 p.m.	Fort Valley		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BTN+ byutv.org (TD @ 12 AM)
3/6 7 p.m.	@ UC Merced*		Greg & Cathie Hostetler Court Merced, CA	BTN+
3/7 7 p.m.	@ Jessup*		Murchison Gym Rocklin, CA	BTN+
3/13 7 p.m.	@ Stanford*		Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	BTN+
3/14 6 p.m.	@ Stanford*		Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA	BTN+
3/20 7 p.m.	Concordia Irvine*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BTN+ byutv.org (TD @ 12 AM)
3/21 7 p.m.	Concordia Irvine*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	BTN+ byutv.org (TD @ 12 AM)
3/27 7 p.m.	Pepperdine*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	byutv.org Live BTN+
3/28 7 p.m.	Pepperdine*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	byutv.org Live BTN+
4/2 8 p.m.	@ Vanguard*		Don Nasser Family Plaza Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
4/3 8 p.m.	@ Vanguard*		Don Nasser Family Plaza Costa Mesa, CA	BTN+
4/10 7 p.m.	USC*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	byutv.org Live BTN+
4/11 7 p.m.	USC*		Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT	byutv.org Live BTN+
4/16 8 p.m.	@ UCLA*		Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA	BTN+
4/18 8 p.m.	@ UCLA*		Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA	BTN+
4/21-25 TBA			Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT (MPSF Tournament)	BTN+

*-Indicates conference match.

Times listed are Mountain Time Zone.

Announcers for televised games

• St. Francis: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant & Kenzie Dahle
• St. Francis: Jarom Jordan, Amy Gant & Kenzie Dahle
• UC San Diego:
• UC San Diego:
• UC Irvine:
• UC Irvine:
• UC Santa Barbara:
• UC Santa Barbara:
• Lincoln Memorial:
• Harvard:
• Merrimack:
• Menlo:
• Menlo:
• Fort Valley:
• Fort Valley:
• UC Merced:
• Jessup:
• Stanford:
• Stanford:
• Concordia Irvine:
• Concordia Irvine:
• Pepperdine:
• Pepperdine:
• Vanguard:
• Vanguard:
• USC:
• USC:
• UCLA:
• UCLA:
• MPSF Tournament:

Rankings

Ranking movements

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AVCA Coaches	8 [13]
Off the Block Media	Not released

^The Media does not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.

References

1. "BYU Round Out Staff with Former Cougar Devin Young". Volley Mob. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
2. "BYU men's volleyball hires former Cougar as new assistant coach". Provo Daily Herald . Retrieved December 16, 2022.
3. "Olmstead siblings named head BYU volleyball coaches". Utah Valley 360. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
4. "UCLA picked as preseason favorite to win MPSF title". Off the Block. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
5. "Grand Canyon University cuts men's volleyball program leaving players unsure of their future". KSAZ-TV . Retrieved April 29, 2025.
6. "Jessup, UC Merced to join MPSF starting in 2026". Off the Block. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
7. "BYU men's volleyball picks up three players, one recruit from Grand Canyon". Provo Daily Herald . Retrieved July 24, 2025.
8. "Trent Moser's homecoming highlights BYU's opening night". Deseret News . Retrieved January 7, 2026.
9. "2026 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of BYU Athletics". BYU Athletics.
10. "BYU's Herget didn't need promises, just an opportunity". Provo Daily Herald . Retrieved January 26, 2024.
11. "New-look BYU claims sweep over Saint Francis to open its season". Deseret News . Retrieved January 9, 2026.
12. "Red Flash Men's Volleyball Suffers Defeat Against BYU, 3-0". BVM Sports. Retrieved January 10, 2026.
13. "AVCA National Collegiate MVB Preseason Poll". American Volleyball Coaches Association . Retrieved December 23, 2025.