United States men's national volleyball team

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.

United States

Association	USA Volleyball
Confederation	NORCECA
Head coach	Karch Kiraly
FIVB ranking	6 (as of 10 July 2024)
Uniforms
Home Away Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances	13 (First in 1964)
Best result	(1984, 1988, 2008)
World Championship
Appearances	15 (First in 1956)
Best result	(1986)
World Cup
Appearances	12 (First in 1977)
Best result	(1985, 2015)
www.usavolleyball.org
Honours Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Team 1988 Seoul Team 2008 Beijing Team 1992 Barcelona Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2024 Paris Team FIVB World Championship 1986 France 1994 Greece 2018 Italy/Bulgaria World Cup 1985 Japan 2015 Japan 1991 Japan 2019 Japan World Grand Champions Cup 2005 Japan FIVB World League 2008 Rio de Janeiro 2014 Florence 2012 Sofia 1992 Genoa 2007 Katowice 2015 Rio de Janeiro FIVB Nations League 2019 Chicago 2022 Bologna 2023 Gdańsk 2018 Lille NORCECA Championship 1973 Tijuana 1983 Indianapolis 1985 Santiago de los Caballeros 1999 Monterrey 2003 Culiacán 2005 Winnipeg 2007 Anaheim 2013 Langley 2017 Colorado Springs 2023 Charleston 1971 Havana 1981 Mexico City 1987 Havana 1991 Regina 1993 New Orleans 1995 Edmonton 1997 Caguas / San Juan 2001 Bridgetown 2009 Bayamón 2011 Mayagüez 2019 Winnipeg 1969 Mexico City 1975 Los Angeles 1977 Santo Domingo 1989 San Juan Pan American Games 1955 Mexico Team 1959 Chicago Team 1967 Winnipeg Team 1987 Indianapolis Team 1963 São Paulo Team 1971 Cali Team 1995 Mar del Plata Team 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team 1999 Winnipeg Team Pan-American Cup 2006 Mexicali 2008 Winnipeg 2009 Chiapas 2010 San Juan 2012 Santo Domingo 2011 Gatineau 2014 Tijuana 2024 Santo Domingo 2021 Santo Domingo 2022 Gatineau America Cup 2005 São Leopoldo 2007 Manaus 1999 Tampa 2000 São Bernardo Goodwill Games 1986 Moscow

History

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.

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. 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. It was their second victory in World Cup tournament (previous in 1985).

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.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Year	Position	Squad
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	Berzins, Buck, Duwelius, Dvorak, Kiraly, Marlowe, Powers, Salmons, Saunders, Sunderland, Timmons and Waldie. Head Coach: Beal.
1988 Seoul	Gold medal	Buck, Ctvrtlik, Fortune, Kiraly, Luyties, Partie, Root, Sato, Saunders, Stork, Tanner and Timmons. Head Coach: Dunphy
1992 Barcelona	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	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	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	Anderson, Russell, Jendryk, DeFalco, Christenson, Holt, Maʻa, Jaeschke, Muagututia, Averill, Smith, E. Shoji. Head Coach: Speraw
Total	3 Titles

FIVB World Championship

Year	Position	Squad
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	Dvorak, Saunders, Salmons, Ctvrtlik, Partie, Timmons, Buck, Stork, Sato, Powers, Kiraly. Head Coach: Dunphy
1990 Brazil	13th place	—
1994 Greece	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	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
Total	1 Title

FIVB World Cup

Year	Position	Squad
1977	10th place	—
1985	Gold medal
1989	4th place
1991	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	Gold medal	Anderson, Russell, Sander, Lee (C), Lotman, K. Shoji, Troy, Christenson, Holmes, Jablonsky, Holt, Smith, Watten, E. Shoji. Head Coach: Speraw
2019	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	Gold medal	Anderson, Russell, Jendryk, Ensing, DeFalco, Dagostino, Christenson (C), Holt, Maʻa, Jaeschke, Muguatutia, Averill, Smith, E. Shoji. Head Coach: Speraw
Total	2 Titles

FIVB World Grand Champions Cup

Year	Position	Squad
1993 Japan	5th place	—
2005 Japan	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
Total	0 Title

FIVB Volleyball World League

Year	Position	Squad
1990 Osaka	7th place	—
1991 Milan	6th place
1992 Genoa	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	Polster, Taliaferro, Lambourne, Lee, Priddy, Millar, Salmon, Hoff, Stanley, Hansen, Gardner. Head Coach: McCutcheon
2008 Rio de Janeiro	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	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	Anderson, Rooney (C), Sander, Lee, Lotman, K. Shoji, Christenson, Holmes, Clark, Holt, Muagututia, E. Shoji. Head Coach: Speraw
2015 Rio de Janeiro	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
Total	2 Titles

FIVB Volleyball Nations League

Year	Position	Squad
2018	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	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	Smith (C), Jendryk, Ensing, Stahl, DeFalco, A. Russell, Christenson, K. Russell, Dagostino, Kessel, Tuaniga, Mitchem, Muagututia, Shoji. Head coach: Speraw
2023	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	Fernandez, Isaacson, Hanes, Dagostino, Gasman, Tuaniga, Briggs, Kessel, Wildman, Champlin, Knigge, Marshman, Ewert, Wetter. Head coach: Read
Total	0 Title

NORCECA Championship

Year	Position	Squad
1969	Bronze medal	—
1971	Silver medal
1973	Gold medal
1975	Bronze medal
1977	Bronze medal
1979	5th place
1981	Silver medal
1983	Gold medal
1985	Gold medal
1987	Silver medal
1989	Bronze medal
1991	Silver medal
1993	Silver medal
1995	Silver medal
1997	Silver medal
1999	Gold medal
2001	Silver medal
2003	Gold medal
2005	Gold medal	Olree, Polster, Tamas, Lambourne, Eatherton, Suxho, Millar, Salmon, Billings, Hoff, Stanley, McKienzie. Head Coach: McCutcheon
2007	Gold medal	Ball, Polster, Lambourne, Lee, Hoff, Millar, Priddy, Salmon, Stanley, Hansen, Gardner, Touzinsky. Head Coach: McCutcheon
2009	Silver medal	Anderson, Rooney, Patak, Lee, Lambourne, Lotman, Millar, Stanley, Hansen, Thorton, Jablonsky, Holt. Head coach: Knipe
2011	Silver medal	Anderson, Rooney, Patak, Lee, Lambourne, Lotman, Millar, Stanley (C), Hansen, Thorton, Jablonsky, Holt. Head coach: Knipe
2013	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	Anderson, Russell, Sander, Stahl, K. Shoji, Jaeschke, Christenson (C), McDonnell, Patch, Clark, Holt, Smith, Watten, E. Shoji. Head coach: Speraw
2019	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
Total	10 Titles

Pan American Games

Year	Position	Squad
1955	Gold medal	—
1959	Gold medal
1963	Silver medal
1967	Gold medal
1971	Silver medal
1987	Gold medal
1995	Silver medal
1999	Bronze medal
2007	Silver medal
Total	4 Titles

Pan American Cup

Year	Position	Squad
2006	Gold medal	—
2008	Gold medal	Anderson, Patak, Tarr, Proper, Meerstein, Jablonsky, Winder, Hildebrand, Hein, Scheftic, Lotman, Reft. Head coach: Knipe
2009	Gold medal	Vance, Bittner, McKinney, Kneubuhl, Hildebrand, Tarr, Meerstein, Nielsen, Thornton, Holt, Zahn, Watten. Head coach: McLaughlin
2010	Gold medal	Watten, Tarr, McKinney, Thornton, Bittner, Lipsitz, Smith, Hildebrand, Clark, Brunner, Jablonsky, McGuire. Head coach: McLaughlin
2011	Silver medal	Menzel, Muagututia, Troy, Winder, Hein, Meehan, Shoji, Smith, Tarr, Price, Jablonsky, Watten. Head coach: Mayforth
2012	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	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	Holdaway, Kauling, Gillis, Pasteur, Mitchem, Lietzke, Sani, McHenry, Champlin, Wetter, Sloane, McCauley, Palma, Dagostino. Head coach: Read
2022	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	Robinson, Garcia, McHenry, Isaacson, Pasteur, Flexen, Gasman, Briggs, McIntosh, Wildman, Champlin, Marshman, Slight, Wetter. Head coach: Read
Total	5 Titles

Volleyball America's Cup

Year	Position	Squad
1998	14th place	—
1999	Silver medal
2000	Bronze medal
2001	4th place
2005	Gold medal	Lee, Robinson, Polster, Lambourne, Eatherton, Suxho, Seiffert, Salmon, Olree, Hoff, Toppel, McKienzie. Head coach: McCutcheon
2007	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
Total	2 Titles

Goodwill Games

Year	Position	Squad
1986	Silver medal	Ctvrtlik, Dvorak, Kiraly, Luyties, Miller, Partie, Powers, Salmons, Saunders, Tanner, Stork, Timmons
1990	4th place	—
Total	0 Title

Team

Current squad

The American roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics was announced on 10 May 2024.

Head coach: John Speraw

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position	Height	2023–24 club
1	Matt Anderson	April 18, 1987	Opposite	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	Ziraat Bank Ankara
2	Aaron Russell	June 4, 1993	Outside hitter	6 ft 9 in (2.05 m)	Warta Zawiercie
4	Jeffrey Jendryk	September 15, 1995	Middle blocker	6 ft 9 in (2.05 m)
8	Torey DeFalco	April 10, 1997	Outside hitter	6 ft 5 in (1.95 m)	JTEKT Stings Aichi
11	Micah Christenson	May 8, 1993	Setter	6 ft 5 in (1.95 m)	Zenit Kazan
12	Maxwell Holt	March 12, 1987	Middle blocker	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	Shanghai Bright
14	Micah Maʻa	April 16, 1997	Setter	6 ft 4 in (1.92 m)	Halkbank Ankara
17	Thomas Jaeschke	September 4, 1993	Outside hitter	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Panasonic Panthers
18	Garrett Muagututia	February 23, 1988	Outside hitter	6 ft 5 in (1.95 m)	Spor Toto
19	Taylor Averill	March 5, 1992	Middle blocker	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Vero Volley Monza
20	David Smith	May 15, 1985	Middle blocker	6 ft 7 in (2.00 m)	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
22	Erik Shoji	August 24, 1989	Libero	6 ft 0 in (1.82 m)	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle

Kit providers

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

Period	Kit 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

• United States women's national volleyball team
• United States national beach volleyball team

External links

• Official website
• FIVB profile