2018 Long Beach State 49ers men's volleyball team

2018 Long Beach State 49ers men's volleyball
NCAA Tournament National Champions
Big West Tournament champions
Big West regular season champions
UCSB Asics Invitational champions
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record28–1 (9–1 Big West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nick MacRae (6th season)
  • Scott Touzinsky[1] (1st season)
Home arenaWalter Pyramid
(Capacity: 4,200)
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Long Beach State ‍y 9 1   .900 28 1   .966
No. 4 Hawai'i  ‍‍‍ 6 4   .600 19 8   .704
No. 5 UC Irvine ‍‍‍y 6 4   .600 21 10   .677
No. 9 CSUN  ‍‍‍ 5 5   .500 16 11   .593
No. 12 UCSB  ‍‍‍ 4 6   .400 11 13   .458
UC San Diego  ‍‍‍ 0 10   .000 9 19   .321
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2018 Big West Tournament champion

The 2018 Long Beach State 49ers men's volleyball team represented Long Beach State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The 49ers, led by fifteenth year head coach Alan Knipe, played their home games at Walter Pyramid. The 49ers competed as members of the Big West Conference, which was sponsoring men's volleyball for the first time,[2] and were picked to win the Big West in the preseason poll.[3] LBSU won the national championship, the second in program history.

  1. ^ "GOLD MEDALIST SCOTT TOUZINSKY REJOINS LBSU AS ASSISTANT COACH". Volleyball Mob. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "Big West to add men's volleyball in 2018". Press-Telegram. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
  3. ^ "Coaches Select Long Beach State To Win Men's Volleyball Title" (PDF). Big West Conference. Retrieved December 14, 2017.