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Long Beach State Men's Volleyball | |
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University | Long Beach State University |
Head coach | Alan Knipe (21st season) |
Conference | Big West |
Location | Long Beach, California |
Home arena | Walter Pyramid (capacity: 4,200 [1] ) |
Nickname | The Beach |
Colors | Black and Gold |
NCAA Tournament champion | |
1991, 2018, 2019 | |
NCAA Tournament runner-up | |
1970, 1973, 1990, 1999, 2004, 2022, 2024 | |
NCAA Tournament semifinal | |
1970, 1973, 1990, 1991, 1999, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |
NCAA Tournament appearance | |
1970, 1973, 1990, 1991, 1999, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |
Conference tournament champion | |
SCIVA: 1973 WIVA: 1990, 1991 MPSF: 2017 Big West: 2018, 2024 | |
Conference regular season champion | |
SCIVA: 1973 WIVA: 1990, 1992 MPSF: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2017 Big West: 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023*, 2024 | |
* Co-Champion |
The Long Beach State men's volleyball team is the NCAA Division I men's volleyball team for Long Beach State University. Alan Knipe has been the head coach since 2001, except for three years coaching the United States men's national volleyball team.
Year | Head Coach | Overall record | Conference record | Conference standing | Postseason | |||||
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(SCIVA)(1970–1978) | ||||||||||
1970 | Randy Sandefur | 6–4 | 3–2 | 3rd | NCAA Runner-up | |||||
1971 | Randy Sandefur | 5–4 | 2–3 | 4th | NCAA Regionals | |||||
1972 | Randy Sandefur | 6–8 | 2–4 | 5th | NCAA Regionals | |||||
1973 | Ray Sandefur | 15–3 | 9–2 | 1st | NCAA Runner-up | |||||
1974 | Randy Sandefur | 3–10 | 3–10 | 6th | ||||||
1975 | Miles Pabst | 2–10 | 2–10 | 6th | ||||||
1976 | Miles Pabst | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5th | ||||||
1977 | Dick Montgomery | 4–10 | 4–10 | 6th | ||||||
1978 | Dick Montgomery | 13–6 | 9–5 | 4th | NCAA Regionals | |||||
(CIVA Conference)(1979–1985) | ||||||||||
1979 | Dick Montgomery | 14–9 | 9–9 | 6th | ||||||
1980 | Dick Montgomery | 21–7 | 13–5 | 4th | ||||||
1981 | Don Paris | 15–13 | 9–7 | 4th | NCAA Regionals | |||||
1982 | Ray Ratelle | 15–15 | 4–12 | 7th | NCAA Regionals | |||||
1983 | Ray Ratelle | 20–9 | 11–5 | 2nd | NCAA Regionals | |||||
1984 | Ray Ratelle | 15–10 | 10–8 | 5th | NCAA Regionals | |||||
1985 | Ray Ratelle | 14–19 | 3–15 | 9th | ||||||
(WIVA Conference)(1986–1992) | ||||||||||
1986 | Ray Ratelle | 19–15 | 7–13 | 7th | ||||||
1987 | Ray Ratelle | 18–15 | 5–13 | 7th | ||||||
1988 | Ray Ratelle | 20–14 | 8–10 | 6th | ||||||
1989 | Ray Ratelle | 22–9 | 12–8 | 6th | ||||||
1990 | Ray Ratelle | 28–7 | 14–2 | 1st | NCAA Runner-up | |||||
1991 | Ray Ratelle | 31–4 | 14–2 | 2nd | NCAA Champion | |||||
1992 | Ray Ratelle | 27–4 | 15–1 | 1st | ||||||
( MPSF )(1993–2017) | ||||||||||
1993 | Ray Ratelle | 18–13 | 12–7 | 2nd | ||||||
1994 | Ray Ratelle | 13–15 | 7–12 | 5th | ||||||
1995 | Ray Ratelle | 18–9 | 12–7 | 3rd | ||||||
1996 | Ray Ratelle | 21–6 | 15–4 | 2nd | ||||||
1997 | Ray Ratelle | 19–10 | 12–7 | 2nd | ||||||
1998 | Ray Ratelle | 22–7 | 13–6 | 2nd | ||||||
1999 | Ray Ratelle | 22–4 | 17–2 | 1st | NCAA Runner-up | |||||
2000 | Ray Ratelle | 23–5 | 16–3 | 1st | ||||||
2001 | Alan Knipe | 18–7 | 12–5 | 1st | ||||||
2002 | Alan Knipe | 13–18 | 9–13 | 7th | ||||||
2003 | Alan Knipe | 17–13 | 11–11 | 8th | ||||||
2004 | Alan Knipe | 28–7 | 18–4 | 2nd | NCAA Runner-up | |||||
2005 | Alan Knipe | 22–10 | 14–8 | 5th | ||||||
2006 | Alan Knipe | 22–10 | 14–8 | 4th | ||||||
2007 | Alan Knipe | 11–17 | 6–16 | 10th | ||||||
2008 | Alan Knipe | 23–7 | 18–4 | 1st | NCAA Semifinals | |||||
2009 | Alan Knipe | 14–14 | 11–11 | 7th | ||||||
2010 | Andy Read † | 12–17 | 8–14 | 10th | ||||||
2011 | Andy Read † | 15–14 | 12–10 | 6th | ||||||
2012 | Andy Read † | 15–15 | 10–12 | 6th | ||||||
2013 | Alan Knipe | 24–8 | 18–6 | T-2nd | ||||||
2014 | Alan Knipe | 18–10 | 15–9 | T-4th | ||||||
2015 | Alan Knipe | 15–13 | 11–11 | 7th | ||||||
2016 | Alan Knipe | 25–8 | 17–5 | T-2nd | NCAA Semifinals | |||||
2017 | Alan Knipe | 24–7 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Semifinals | |||||
( Big West Conference )(2018–present) | ||||||||||
2018 | Alan Knipe | 28–1 | 9–1 | 1st | NCAA Champions | |||||
2019 | Alan Knipe | 28–2 | 10–0 | 1st | NCAA Champions | |||||
2020 | Alan Knipe | 10–1 | COVID | – | – | |||||
2021 | Alan Knipe | 7–5 | 6–4 | 3rd | ||||||
2022 | Alan Knipe | 21–6 | 8–2 | 1st | NCAA Runner-up | |||||
2023 | Alan Knipe | 20–4 | 9–1 | T-1st | NCAA Semifinals | |||||
2024 | Alan Knipe | 27–3 | 9–1 | 1st | NCAA Runner-up | |||||
Total: | 859–473 (.645) | 505–352 (.589) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
† Interim Head Coach
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