United States men's national volleyball team

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Confederation NORCECA
Head coach Karch Kiraly
FIVB ranking 3 (as of 8 January 2025)
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Summer Olympics
Appearances13 (First in 1964 )
Best result Gold medal.svg (1984, 1988, 2008)
World Championship
Appearances15 (First in 1956 )
Best result Gold medal world centered-2.svg (1986)
World Cup
Appearances12 (First in 1977 )
Best result Simple gold cup.svg (1985, 2015)
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The United States men's national volleyball team represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. The team is governed by USA Volleyball, and it has won six Olympic medals, with three of them gold.

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History

United States national volleyball team in World League 2015 United States men's national volleyball team.jpg
United States national volleyball team in World League 2015

As the birthplace of volleyball, the United States founded the first association to regulate the sport. The United States Volleyball Association was formed in 1927, and was the founding member of FIVB in 1947. [1]

However, by the time of volleyball's international growth in the 1940s, the U.S. was no longer a major power. They competed in the inaugural volleyball Olympic tournament in 1964. [2] The U.S. returned to the elite in the 1980s, winning the FIVB World Championship in 1986 in Paris, as well as four golds at the Pan American Games and eight at the NORCECA Championships. Of the nine times that the U.S. have competed at the World Cup, they have finished fourth five times, most recently in 2007. They won the event in 1985, and last time out in 2011 they finished in sixth place, eight points away from the medal positions. The team was a bronze medalist at the World Championships in 1994. Four years prior, in Italy, they finished sixth. Of the 14 times the United States have qualified for this competition, they have finished in the top 10 on eight occasions.

The U.S. won the World Cup in 1985 and the World Championship in 1986. The U.S. team clinched its first Olympic gold medal in 20 years when they defeated Brazil 3–1 to take gold at Beijing 2008. The team failed to defend their title in 2012, losing 3–0 to Italy in the quarterfinals for an equal-fifth finish. The U.S. won the 2015 World Cup title, where they got the first Rio 2016 Olympic qualification ticket. In September 2015 U.S. national team took part in 2015 World Cup. American players won 10 of 11 matches (the same result as Poland and Italy) and lost only to Poland (1–3). On September 23, 2015 they played their last game at the World Cup and defeated Argentina (3–1). The U.S. won the World Cup on a points tie-breaker and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. [3] [4] It was their second victory in World Cup tournament (previous in 1985). [5]

In the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, the inaugural edition replacing the World League, the U.S. national team defeated the reigning Olympic champions and 9-time World League winners Brazil in straight sets for the bronze medal. [6]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

YearPositionSquad
1964 Tokyo 9th place Bright, Brown, Erickson, Murray, Hill, Griebenow, Hammer, Highland, Lang, Nelson, O'Hara, Ernie Suwara, Taylor and Velasco.
Head Coach: Wilson
1968 Mexico 7th place Alstrom, Bright, Davenport, Duke, Haine, Henn, May, Patterson, Rundle, Stanley, Suwara and Velasco.
Head Coach: Coleman
1984 Los Angeles Gold medal.svg Gold medal Berzins, Buck, Duwelius, Dvorak, Kiraly, Marlowe, Powers, Salmons, Saunders, Sunderland, Timmons and Waldie.
Head Coach: Beal.
1988 Seoul Gold medal.svg Gold medal Buck, Ctvrtlik, Fortune, Kiraly, Luyties, Partie, Root, Sato, Saunders, Stork, Tanner and Timmons.
Head Coach: Dunphy
1992 Barcelona Bronze medal.svg Bronze medal Becker, Briceno, Ctvrtlik, Fortune, Greenbaum, Hilliard, Ivie, Partie, Samuelson, Sato, Stork and Timmons.
Head Coach: Sturm
1996 Atlanta 9th place Ball, Ctvrtlik, Fortune, Hyden, Ivie, Lambert, Landry, Nygaard, Sorensen, Stork, Watts and Winslow.
Head Coach: Sturm
2000 Sydney 11th place Ball, Barnett, Hoff, Hyden, Lambert, Landry, McCaw, Millar, Nygaard, Roumain, Sullivan and Witt.
Head Coach: Beal
2004 Athens 4th place Ball (C), Barnett, Billings, Eatherton, Gardner, Hoff, Millar, Priddy, Salmon, Stanley, Sullivan and Suxho.
Head Coach: Beal
2008 Beijing Gold medal-2008OB.svg Gold medal Ball, Gardner, Hansen, Hoff (C), Lambourne, Lee, Millar, Priddy, Rooney, Salmon, Stanley and Touzinsky.
Head Coach: McCutcheon
2012 London 5th place Anderson, Holmes, Lambourne, Lee, Lotman, McKienzie, Priddy, Rooney, Smith, Stanley (C), Suxho and Thornton.
Head Coach: Knipe
2016 Rio de Janeiro Bronze medal.svg Bronze medal Anderson, Russell, Sander, Lee (C), K. Shoji, Priddy, Troy, Jaeschke, Christenson, Holt, Smith and E. Shoji.
Head Coach: Speraw
2020 Tokyo 10th place Anderson, Sander, Ensing, Stahl, K. Shoji (C), DeFalco, Christenson, Holt, Jaeschke, Muagututia, Smith, E. Shoji.
Head Coach: Speraw
2024 Paris Bronze medal.svg Bronze medal Anderson, Russell, Jendryk, DeFalco, Christenson, Holt, Maʻa, Jaeschke, Muagututia, Averill, Smith, E. Shoji.
Head Coach: Speraw
Total3 Titles

FIVB World Championship

YearPositionSquad
1956 France 6th place
1960 Brazil 7th place
1966 Czechoslovakia 11th place
1970 Bulgaria 18th place
1974 Mexico 14th place
1978 Italy 19th place
1982 Argentina 13th place
1986 France Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold medal Dvorak, Saunders, Salmons, Ctvrtlik, Partie, Timmons, Buck, Stork, Sato, Powers, Kiraly.
Head Coach: Dunphy
1990 Brazil 13th place
1994 Greece Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze medal
1998 Japan 9th place
2002 Argentina 9th place Ball, Seiffert, McKienzie, Sullivan, Bunker, Priddy, Millar, Salmon, Billings, Stanley, Polster, Naeve.
Head coach: Beal
2006 Japan 10th place Polster, Lambourne, Eatherton, Suxho, Priddy, Millar, Salmon, Hoff, Stanley, Gardner, McKienzie, Taliaferro.
Head coach: McCutcheon
2010 Italy 6th place Anderson, Rooney, Lee, Lambourne, Lotman, Winder, Priddy, Stanley, Hansen, Holmes, Clark, Holt.
Head coach: Knipe
2014 Poland 7th place Anderson, Sander, Lee, Lotman, K. Shoji, Ciarelli, Christenson, Clark, Holt, Reft, Smith, E. Shoji.
Head coach: Speraw
2018 Italy/Bulgaria Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze medal Anderson, Russell, Sander, Jendryk, Mcdonnell, K. Shoji, Patch, Christenson, Langlois, Holt, Averill, Smith, Watten, E. Shoji.
Head coach: Speraw
2022 Poland/Slovenia 6th place Anderson, A. Russell, Jendryk, Ensing, DeFalco, Christenson, K. Russell, Tuaniga, Muagututia, Averill, Smith, Briggs, Shoji, Kessel.
Head coach: Speraw
2025 Philippines Qualified
Total1 Title

FIVB World Cup

YearPositionSquad
1977 10th place
1985 Simple gold cup.svg Gold medal
1989 4th place
1991 Simple bronze cup.svg Bronze medal
1995 4th place
1999 4th place
2003 4th place Ball, Sullivan, Suxho, Priddy, Millar, Salmon, Billings, Hoff, Stanley, Gardner, Polster, Naeve.
Head coach: Beal
2007 4th place Ball, Rooney, Polster, Lee, Lambourne, Priddy, Millar, Salmon, Hoff, Stanley, Hansen, Gardner.
Head coach: McCutcheon
2011 6th place Anderson, Rooney, Patak, Lee, Lotman, Priddy, Salmon, Holmes, Hansen, Thornton, Holt.
Head coach: Knipe
2015 Simple gold cup.svg Gold medal Anderson, Russell, Sander, Lee (C), Lotman, K. Shoji, Troy, Christenson, Holmes, Jablonsky, Holt, Smith, Watten, E. Shoji.
Head Coach: Speraw
2019 Simple bronze cup.svg Bronze medal Anderson, Russell, Jendryk, Stahl, DeFalco, Saeta, Christenson (C), Holt, Patch, Maʻa, Tuaniga, Muagututia, Smith, E. Shoji.
Head Coach: Speraw
2023
Japan World Cup
Simple gold cup.svg Gold medal Anderson, Russell, Jendryk, Ensing, DeFalco, Dagostino, Christenson (C), Holt, Maʻa, Jaeschke, Muguatutia, Averill, Smith, E. Shoji.
Head Coach: Speraw
Total2 Titles

FIVB World Grand Champions Cup

YearPositionSquad
1993 Japan 5th place
2005 Japan Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal Eatherton, Polster, Lambourne, Hoff, McKienzie, Millar, Priddy, Salmon, Stanley, Suxho, Tamas, Olree.
Head Coach: McCutcheon
2013 Japan 5th place Anderson, Rooney, Lee, K. Shoji, Priddy, Troy, Christenson, Tavana, Menzel, Clark, Holt, E. Shoji.
Head coach: Speraw
2017 Japan 4th place Anderson, Russell, Sander, Jendryk, K. Shoji, Jaeschke, Christenson, Patch, Clark, Holt, Averill, Smith, Watten, E. Shoji.
Head coach: Speraw
Total0 Title

FIVB Volleyball World League

YearPositionSquad
1990 Osaka 7th place
1991 Milan 6th place
1992 Genoa Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal
1993 São Paulo 9th place
1994 Milan 12th place
1995 Rio de Janeiro 10th place
2000 Rotterdam 6th place
2001 Katowice 9th place
2006 Moscow T-10th place
2007 Katowice Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal Polster, Taliaferro, Lambourne, Lee, Priddy, Millar, Salmon, Hoff, Stanley, Hansen, Gardner.
Head Coach: McCutcheon
2008 Rio de Janeiro Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal Ball, Rooney, Lambourne, Priddy, Millar, Salmon, Hoff, Stanley, Hansen, Gardner, Lee, Touzinsky.
Head Coach: McCutcheon
2009 Belgrade 6th place Rooney, Patak, Lee, Lambourne, Lotman, Suxho, Hein, Smith, Hoff (C), Stanley, Hansen, Jablonsky, Touzinsky, Reft.
Head Coach: Knipe
2010 Córdoba 8th place Anderson, Rooney, Patak, Lee, Lotman, Priddy, Hildebrand, Stanley, Hansen, Holmes, Holt, Reft.
Head Coach: Knipe
2011 Gdańsk 7th place Anderson, Rooney, Patak, Lee (C), Lambourne, Lotman, Thornton, Holmes, Stanley, Hansen, Holt, Touzinsky.
Head Coach: Knipe
2012 Sofia Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal Anderson, Rooney, Lee, Lambourne, Lotman, Suxho, Priddy, Thornton, Holmes, Stanley (C), Smith, McKienzie.
Head Coach: Knipe
2013 Mar del Plata 12th place Anderson (C), Lee, Lambourne, Lotman, K. Shoji, Caldwell, Troy, Clark, Jablonsky, Holt, Smith, E. Shoji.
Head Coach: Speraw
2014 Florence Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal Anderson, Rooney (C), Sander, Lee, Lotman, K. Shoji, Christenson, Holmes, Clark, Holt, Muagututia, E. Shoji.
Head Coach: Speraw
2015 Rio de Janeiro Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal Anderson, Russell, Sander, Lee (C), Lotman, K. Shoji, Priddy, Troy, Jaeschke, Christenson, Holmes, Holt, Smith, Watten, E. Shoji.
Head Coach: Speraw
2016 Kraków 5th place Anderson, Russell, Sander, Lee (C), K. Shoji, Priddy, Troy, Jaeschke, Christenson, Holt, Smith, E. Shoji.
Head Coach: Speraw
2017 Curitiba 4th place Sander, Jendryk, K. Shoji (C), Jaeschke, Christenson, Mcdonnell, Patch, Clark, DeFalco, Muagututia, Averill, Smith, Watten, E. Shoji.
Head Coach: Speraw
Total2 Titles

FIVB Volleyball Nations League

YearPositionSquad
2018 Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal Anderson, Russell, Sander, Jendryk, Shaw, Stahl, K. Shoji, DeFalco, McDonnell, Christenson, Holt, Patch, Sander, Jaeschke, Langlois, Averill, Smith (C), Watten, E. Shoji, Seif, Ensing.
Head coach: Speraw
2019 Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal Anderson, Russell, Sander (C), Jendryk, Shaw, Stahl, K. Shoji, DeFalco, McDonnell, Christenson, Holt, Patch, Sander, Jaeschke, Langlois, Averill, Smith, Watten, E. Shoji, Muagututia, Ensing.
Head coach: Speraw
2021 7th place Anderson, Sander (C), Jendryk, Ensing, Stahl, K. Shoji, DeFalco, Hanes, Christenson, Holt, Patch, Sander, Tuaniga, Jaeschke, Muagututia, Averill, Smith, Watten, E. Shoji.
Head coach: Speraw
2022 Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal Smith (C), Jendryk, Ensing, Stahl, DeFalco, A. Russell, Christenson, K. Russell, Dagostino, Kessel, Tuaniga, Mitchem, Muagututia, Shoji.
Head coach: Speraw
2023 Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal Anderson, A. Russell, Jendryk, DeFalco, Hanes, Dagostino, Christenson (C), Holt, Ma'a, Jaeschke, Muagututia, Averill, Smith, Shoji.
Head coach: Speraw
2024 12th place Anderson, Jendryk, Ensing, DeFalco, Hanes, Dagostino, Christenson (C), Holt, Ma'a, Muagututia, Averill, Shoji, Smith, Kessel, Ewert.
Head coach: Speraw [7]
2025 12th place Briggs, Jendryk, Ensing, Isaacson, Garcia, Ma’a, Dagostino, Hobus, Rowan, Robinson, Shoji (C), Gasman, Flexen, McHenry, Champlin, Knigge, Ewert, Marshman.
Head coach: Kiraly [8]
Total0 Title

NORCECA Championship

YearPositionSquad
1969 Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal
1971 Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal
1973 Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal
1975 Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal
1977 Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal
1979 5th place
1981 Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal
1983 Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal
1985 Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal
1987 Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal
1989 Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal
1991 Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal
1993 Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal
1995 Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal
1997 Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal
1999 Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal
2001 Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal
2003 Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal
2005 Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal Olree, Polster, Tamas, Lambourne, Eatherton, Suxho, Millar, Salmon, Billings, Hoff, Stanley, McKienzie.
Head Coach: McCutcheon
2007 Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal Ball, Polster, Lambourne, Lee, Hoff, Millar, Priddy, Salmon, Stanley, Hansen, Gardner, Touzinsky.
Head Coach: McCutcheon
2009 Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal Anderson, Rooney, Patak, Lee, Lambourne, Lotman, Millar, Stanley, Hansen, Thorton, Jablonsky, Holt.
Head coach: Knipe
2011 Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal Anderson, Rooney, Patak, Lee, Lambourne, Lotman, Millar, Stanley (C), Hansen, Thorton, Jablonsky, Holt.
Head coach: Knipe
2013 Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal Anderson, Rooney (C), Caldwell, Lee, Priddy, Troy, Christenson, Menzel, Clark, Holt, Tavana, E. Shoji.
Head coach: Speraw
2015 Did not participate
2017 Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal Anderson, Russell, Sander, Stahl, K. Shoji, Jaeschke, Christenson (C), McDonnell, Patch, Clark, Holt, Smith, Watten, E. Shoji.
Head coach: Speraw
2019 Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal Jendryk, Ensing, Stahl, DeFalco, J. Worsley, Carmody, Maʻa (C), B. Sander, Kessel, Wieczorek, Huhmann, G. Worsley, Dagostino, K. Russell.
Head Coach: Hawks
2021 5th place
2023 Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal
Total10 Titles

Pan American Games

YearPositionSquad
1955 Gold medal america.svg Gold medal
1959 Gold medal america.svg Gold medal
1963 Silver medal america.svg Silver medal
1967 Gold medal america.svg Gold medal
1971 Silver medal america.svg Silver medal
1987 Gold medal america.svg Gold medal
1995 Silver medal america.svg Silver medal
1999 Bronze medal america.svg Bronze medal
2007 Silver medal america.svg Silver medal
2011 5th place
2015 6th place
2019 6th place
2023 Did not participate
Total4 Titles


Pan American Cup

YearPositionSquad
2006 Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal
2008 Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal Anderson, Patak, Tarr, Proper, Meerstein, Jablonsky, Winder, Hildebrand, Hein, Scheftic, Lotman, Reft.
Head coach: Knipe
2009 Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal Vance, Bittner, McKinney, Kneubuhl, Hildebrand, Tarr, Meerstein, Nielsen, Thornton, Holt, Zahn, Watten.
Head coach: McLaughlin
2010 Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal Watten, Tarr, McKinney, Thornton, Bittner, Lipsitz, Smith, Hildebrand, Clark, Brunner, Jablonsky, McGuire.
Head coach: McLaughlin
2011 Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal Menzel, Muagututia, Troy, Winder, Hein, Meehan, Shoji, Smith, Tarr, Price, Jablonsky, Watten.
Head coach: Mayforth
2012 Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal Davis, Rawson, Clark, Muagututia, Troy, DuFault, McDonnell, Ciarelli, Ammerman, Watten, Sander, Shoji.
Head coach: Patchell
2013 5th place Olbright, Taylor, Owens, Sunder, Brinkley, McDonnell, Price, Ammerman, Sangrey, Ratajczak, Lavaja, Sander.
Head coach: Patchell
2014 Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal Rowe, Crabb, Mcllvaine, Brinkley, Kevorken, Page, Averill, Dejno, La Cavera, Nally, Boldog, Olson.
Head coach: Sullivan
2015 6th place Kessel, Jendryk, Benesh, Brinkley, Langlois, Mcllvaine, Nally
2016 5th place Langlois, Petty, Sander, Taylor, Tuaniga, Hutz, Johnson, Clark, Jendryk, Averill, DeFalco, Brinkley.
Head coach: Larsen
2017 5th place Jarman, Stahl, Jendryk, Greene, Sander, Langlois, Arnitz, Ensing, Seif, Wieczorek, Stadick, Saeta, Tuileta, Enriques.
Head coach: Neilson
2018 7th place
2019 5th place
2021 Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal Holdaway, Kauling, Gillis, Pasteur, Mitchem, Lietzke, Sani, McHenry, Champlin, Wetter, Sloane, McCauley, Palma, Dagostino.
Head coach: Read
2022 Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal Jenness, Shaw, Pasteur, Hanes, Sani, Gasman, Isaacson, Omene, Ezeonu, Worsley, Briggs, McCauley, Wildman, McHenry.
Head coach: Read
2023 5th place
2024 Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal Robinson, Garcia, McHenry, Isaacson, Pasteur, Flexen, Gasman, Briggs, McIntosh, Wildman, Champlin, Marshman, Slight, Wetter.
Head coach: Read
Total5 Titles

Volleyball America's Cup

YearPositionSquad
1998 14th place
1999 Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal
2000 Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze medal
2001 4th place
2005 Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal Lee, Robinson, Polster, Lambourne, Eatherton, Suxho, Seiffert, Salmon, Olree, Hoff, Toppel, McKienzie.
Head coach: McCutcheon
2007 Gold medal with cup.svg Gold medal Ball, Billings, Eatherton, Hansen, Hoff, Lambourne, Millar, Polster, Priddy, Rooney, Salmon, Stanley.
Head Coach: McCutcheon
2008 5th place Anderson, Nielson, Eatherton, Lambourne, Jablonsky, Winder, Billings, Hein, Taliaferro, Thomas, Touzinsky.
Head Coach: Larsen
Total2 Titles

Goodwill Games

YearPositionSquad
1986 Silver medal with cup.svg Silver medal Ctvrtlik, Dvorak, Kiraly, Luyties, Miller, Partie, Powers, Salmons, Saunders, Tanner, Stork, Timmons
1990 4th place
Total0 Title

Team

Current squad

The American roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics was announced on May 10, 2024. [9]

Head coach: John Speraw

No.NameDate of birthPositionHeight2023–24 club
1 Matt Anderson April 18, 1987Opposite6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Flag of Turkey.svg Ziraat Bank Ankara
2 Aaron Russell June 4, 1993Outside hitter6 ft 9 in (2.05 m) Flag of Poland.svg Warta Zawiercie
4 Jeffrey Jendryk September 15, 1995Middle blocker6 ft 9 in (2.05 m)
8 Torey DeFalco April 10, 1997Outside hitter6 ft 5 in (1.95 m) Flag of Japan.svg JTEKT Stings Aichi
11 Micah Christenson May 8, 1993Setter6 ft 5 in (1.95 m) Flag of Russia.svg Zenit Kazan
12 Maxwell Holt March 12, 1987Middle blocker6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai Bright
14 Micah Maʻa April 16, 1997Setter6 ft 4 in (1.92 m) Flag of Turkey.svg Halkbank Ankara
17 Thomas Jaeschke September 4, 1993Outside hitter6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Flag of Japan.svg Panasonic Panthers
18 Garrett Muagututia February 23, 1988Outside hitter6 ft 5 in (1.95 m) Flag of Turkey.svg Spor Toto
19 Taylor Averill March 5, 1992Middle blocker6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Flag of Italy.svg Vero Volley Monza
20 David Smith May 15, 1985Middle blocker6 ft 7 in (2.00 m) Flag of Poland.svg ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
22 Erik Shoji August 24, 1989Libero6 ft 0 in (1.82 m) Flag of Poland.svg ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle

Kit providers

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the United States national volleyball team.

PeriodKit provider
2000–2017 Nike
Mizuno
2017–2022 Adidas
2022–present Mizuno

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Liberty Mutual, Mizuno Corporation and Commerce Bancorp, other sponsors: Molten Corporation, Almond Breeze, Arirweave, National Car, CoSport, Oppiaperformance, Alamo and Muscleaidtape.

See also

References

  1. "History of Volleyball". ncva.com. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20150828005413/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2014/May/14/recapping-the-1964-olympic-games [ bare URL ]
  3. USA wrap up historic World Cup as Italy join them on road to Rio – fivb.org – September 23, 2015
  4. USA’s Anderson heads Men’s World Cup Dream Team – fivb.org – September 23, 2015
  5. USA end 30 years of hurt with World Cup triumph – fivb.org – September 23, 2015
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20180709010514/http://www.volleyball.world/en/vnl/news/russell-roars-as-the-us-snatch-bronze?id=76431 [ bare URL ]
  7. "USA VNL 2025". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  8. "2025 Men's VNL Week One Roster Announced". USA Volleyball. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  9. "USA Volleyball Announces Men's Team for Paris 2024". USA Volleyball . May 10, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.