UC Irvine Anteaters men's volleyball

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UC Irvine Anteaters
UC Irvine Anteaters logo.svg
University University of California, Irvine
Head coachDavid Kniffin (13th season)
Conference Big West
Location Irvine, California
Home arena Bren Events Center (capacity: 5,000)
NicknameAnteaters
ColorsBlue and gold [1]
   
NCAA Tournament champion
2007, 2009, 2012, 2013
NCAA Tournament semifinal
2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2024
NCAA Tournament appearance
2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2024
Conference tournament champion
2007, 2012, 2015
Conference regular season champion
2006, 2009, 2015

The UC Irvine Anteaters men's volleyball team is the men's intercollegiate volleyball team at the University of California, Irvine. The school began play in the 1988 season, and joined the WIVA in the 1989 season. [2] UC Irvine then became a founding member of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation in the 1992–93 season. Beginning with the 2017–18 season, UCI moved to the Big West Conference's inaugural men's volleyball league. [3] Irvine has won the NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship four times (2007, 2009, 2012, 2013) and appeared in the tournament an additional four. [4]

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Program Record

YearHead CoachOverall
record		Conference
record		Conference
standing		Postseason
(Independent)(1988–1988)
(WIVA Conference)(1989–1992)
( MPSF )(1993–2017)
2007 John Speraw 29–50–0– NCAA Champions
2008John Speraw 17–120–0–
2009John Speraw 26–40–0– NCAA Champions
2010John Speraw 15–140–0–
2011John Speraw 19–122–0T-1st
2012John Speraw 26–517–51st NCAA Champions
2013David Kniffin 25–718–6T-2nd NCAA Champions
2014David Kniffin 18–1115–9T-4th
2015David Kniffin 28–519–31st NCAA Semifinals
2016David Kniffin 10–207–15T-8th
2017David Kniffin 20–713–54th
( Big West Conference )(2018–present)
2018David Kniffin 21–106–4T-2nd NCAA Quarterfinals
2019David Kniffin 18–115–53rd
2020David Kniffin 10–60–2–COVID
2021David Kniffin 2–142–86th
2022David Kniffin 11–163–75th
2023 David Kniffin 18–116–43rd
2024David Kniffin 20–117–32nd NCAA Semifinals
2025 David Kniffin 21–76–43rd
Total:354–177 (.667)126–80 (.612)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Notable alumni

The following alumni are distinguished for their contribution to the school's men's volleyball program and for having a successful playing career individually. [5]

References

  1. ↑ UCI Art Sheet (PDF). May 1, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ Killion, Ann (1988-04-07). "UC Irvine Notebook : Anteaters' Volleyball Team Is Taking a Tough Route to Respectability". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  3. ↑ "Big West conference to add men's volleyball starting in 2018". Off the Block. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  4. ↑ "Miller: Minus football, UC Irvine's athletic program getting lots of bang for buck". Orange County Register. 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
  5. ↑ "USA Volleyball-Athletes". Archived from the original on December 25, 2014. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
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