2021 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team

2021 BYU Cougars men's volleyball
NCAA Tournament, National Runner-Up
ConferenceMountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record20-4 (17-3 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Devin Young[1] (3rd season)
  • Micah Naone[2] (3rd season)
Home arenaSmith Fieldhouse
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →

The 2021 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2021 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by sixth year head coach Shawn Olmstead, play their home games at Smith Fieldhouse.[3] The Cougars are members of the MPSF and were picked to win the MPSF in the preseason poll.[4] After finishing last season ranked #1[5] the Cougars enter the 2021 season with the #1 ranking.[6]

2021 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 BYU  ‍†‍‡‍y 17 – 3   .850 20 – 4   .833
No. 6 UCLA  ‍‍‍ 14 – 5   .737 15 – 6   .714
No. 5 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍y 11 – 5   .688 13 – 7   .650
No. 9 Grand Canyon  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 9 – 11   .450
USC  ‍‍‍ 5 – 12   .294 5 – 13   .278
Concordia Irvine  ‍‍‍ 3 – 13   .188 3 – 14   .176
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 3 – 13   .188 3 – 14   .176
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2021 MPSF Tournament champion
  1. ^ "BYU Round Out Staff with Former Cougar Devin Young". Volley Mob. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "BYU Adds Micah Noone to the staff for 2019". Volley Mob. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  3. ^ "Olmstead siblings named head BYU volleyball coaches". Utah Valley 360. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  4. ^ "Cougars No. 1 in preseason MPSF volleyball poll". Daily Herald. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  5. ^ "NCAA cancels March Madness and spring sports championships. Utah, BYU, USU all on hiatus". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  6. ^ "BYU Men's Volleyball Ranked No. 1 In 2021 Preseason Rankings". KSL. Retrieved January 6, 2021.