John Speraw

John Speraw
John Speraw
	Speraw in June 2015
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	October 18, 1971 (age 50); Arcadia, California, U.S.
Hometown	California
College(s)	UCLA
Coaching information
Current team	USA Men's Volleyball; UCLA Men's Volleyball
Previous teams coached
	USA Men's Volleyball (Asst.); UCLA Men's Volleyball (Asst.)
Best results
	Last updated: May 5, 2012

John Speraw (born October 18, 1971) is an American volleyball coach. He is the head coach of the men's volleyball team at United States national team and UCLA. He was the former coach of UC Irvine volleyball program where he led the team to three national titles in six years. Speraw graduated from UCLA in 1995 with a B.S. degree in micro-biology and molecular genetics.

Player[]

Speraw played on the UCLA Bruins men's volleyball team. He was a middle blocker and helped the Bruins win two NCAA National Championships. He was a member of the California Epsilon chapter of Phi Kappa Psi while at UCLA.

Coaching[]

As the UC Irvine head coach, he guided the Anteaters to three national titles in six years, the latest in 2012, defeating Southern California 3-0 (25-22, 34-32, 26-24). Speraw also led the Anteaters to the Final Four in 2006.

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Speraw was an assistant coach to the USA team which won the Gold Medal.

Prior to becoming the coach at UC Irvine, he was an assistant coach at UCLA. As of the year 2012, John Speraw has returned to UCLA as the new Men's Volleyball head coach.^[1]

John is currently the head coach of the 2016 USA men's Olympic volleyball team.

Honors and awards[]

Only individual in men's volleyball history to win an NCAA Championship as a head coach, assistant coach and player
NCAA Champion, UC Irvine Head Coach 2007, 2009, and 2012
NCAA Champion, UCLA Assistant Coach 1996, 1998, and 2000
NCAA Champion, UCLA Player 1993 and 1995
MPSF Coach of the Year, 2006
U.S. National Indoor Team Head Coach, Bronze Medal, 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics
U.S. National Indoor Team Assistant Coach, Gold Medal, 2008 Beijing Olympics
U.S. National Indoor Team Assistant Coach, 2012 London Olympics

References[]

^ Player Bio: John Speraw Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine, UCLABruins.com,

External links[]

[1] Player Bio: John Speraw Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine, UCLABruins.com,

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v t 2016 USA Olympic Volleyball Team (men's indoor – bronze medal, women's indoor – bronze, women's beach – bronze)
Qualification	Men's indoor Women's indoor
Men's indoor	Matt Anderson Aaron Russell Taylor Sander David Lee Kawika Shoji William Priddy Murphy Troy Thomas Jaeschke Micah Christenson Maxwell Holt David Smith Erik Shoji
Women's indoor	Alisha Glass Kayla Banwarth Courtney Thompson Rachael Adams Carli Lloyd Jordan Larson Kelly Murphy Christa Harmotto Kimberly Hill Foluke Akinradewo Kelsey Robinson Karsta Lowe
Men's beach	Phil Dalhausser Nick Lucena Jake Gibb Casey Patterson
Women's beach	April Ross Kerri Walsh Jennings Brooke Sweat Lauren Fendrick
Coaches	John Speraw Karch Kiraly

v 2020 USA Olympic Volleyball Team (women's indoor – gold, women's beach – gold)
Qualification	Men's indoor Women's indoor
Men's indoor	Matt Anderson Taylor Sander Kyle Ensing Mitch Stahl Kawika Shoji TJ DeFalco Micah Christenson Maxwell Holt Thomas Jaeschke Garrett Muagututia David Smith Erik Shoji
Women's indoor	Micha Hancock Jordyn Poulter Justine Wong-Orantes Jordan Larson Andrea Drews Jordan Thompson Michelle Bartsch-Hackley Kimberly Hill Foluke Akinradewo Haleigh Washington Kelsey Robinson Chiaka Ogbogu
Men's beach	Jake Gibb Tri Bourne Nick Lucena Phil Dalhausser
Women's beach	Alix Klineman April Ross Kelly Claes Sarah Sponcil
Coaches	John Speraw Karch Kiraly