John Speraw
@JohnSperaw
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Head Coach, USA Men's National Team. Head Coach, UCLA Men's Volleyball.
Los Angeles
Joined September 2012
The Bruin family always celebrates Olympic sport programs. But today, we can celebrate a little more – it’s only 365 days until the Paris Games! #UCLA | #OlympiansMadeHere
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Train with the Olympic coaches at the @JohnSperaw Volleyball Academy: https://t.co/7WvnL8za9k
johnsperaw.com
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🚨MATCH UPDATE🚨 Our match vs. @PrincetonVolley has been rescheduled to Friday, Jan. 13 at 6pm in the John Wooden Center. All tickets already purchased for Saturday’s match, will be valid on Friday. #GoBruins
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𝗕𝗜𝗚 news! UCLA is joining the Big Ten Conference at the start of the 2024-25 season! 👀 ➡️: https://t.co/ygoY70o2bo
#GoBruins
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ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!! 🤯 What a match! The U.S. Men 🇺🇸 are 4-0 in #VNL after upsetting world No. 1 Brazil 🇧🇷 in Brazil today, 3-1 (21-25, 27-25, 25-20, 25-20)!! Hanes leads U.S. w/19 pts, but how about those middles?! Jendryk finished with 13 pts and Mitchem w/11.
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Head Coach @JohnSperaw & student-athletes Miles Partain and Merrick McHenry met with media ahead of the Bruins' NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament opening round matchup against Pepperdine. https://t.co/WnxWUIBuMA
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Head Coach @JohnSperaw called the Bruins’ outreach trip to Atlanta a transformative experience. Read more in the Washington Post. https://t.co/bZCPoPSO0O
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Six historically Black colleges and universities are playing in the inaugural Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men’s volleyball tournament.
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To help grow volleyball's popularity, UCLA coach @JohnSperaw and other advocates reach out to HBCUs. @UCLAMVB | @UCLAAthletics
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Six historically Black colleges and universities are playing in the inaugural Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men’s volleyball tournament.
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Saddened to hear of Dr. Don’s passing. He led a life of tremendous impact. On the men who played for him and the sport he loved. My condolences to the Shondell family and the @BallStateMVB community.
Last night we lost Dr. Don Shondell, founder of Ball State men’s volleyball in 1964. We owe a great deal of gratitude to Dr. Don both on personal level - kids he coached…but also for his efforts to promote our sport. Truly a pioneer for boys’ & men’s volleyball.
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The @NJCAA, in a joint effort with First Point Volleyball Foundation, has announced a grant to support the growth of men's volleyball as an emerging sport within the association⤵️ https://t.co/gekYMT8ViQ
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USA Volleyball will be awarded the DEI Choice Award at the USOPC Assembly on Oct. 8! 🌟 We are being recognized for our part in a $1 million grant for Historically Black Colleges and Universities to help start men's volleyball teams. https://t.co/d15Xrbq95I
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My heart goes out to our young men & women who work so hard to play the sport they love. We will get through this! 💙🐻💛
A message from UCLA Athletic Director @MartinJarmond on today’s decision by the @pac12. ℹ️: https://t.co/a2eL6C0OWt
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Here's a look at boys high school volleyball trends from 2002-19. Lots of upward trends but I'm sure @FirstPointVB and @JohnSperaw will say still plenty of work to be done growing the game! @AVCAVolleyball @usavolleyball
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Save the date: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 for the release of Match Point: The Rise of Men's Volleyball, a documentary bringing awareness to the growth of Boys' and Men's Volleyball across the United States. See this Instagram video by @coachsperaw
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Thanks to @latbbolch for helping spread the word. Please take the time to sign the petition at
John Speraw: "I’m not worried about UCLA or USC, I’m worried about some sports that maybe have more of a challenging budget situation in the Midwest or on the East Coast and then what that trickle-down effect could be for our sport."
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John Speraw: "If you start losing other sports in their region where all of a sudden you lose travel partners, then an AD is looking at it and saying, ‘Well, wait a minute, now your budget is going to go up and there’s no one for you to play.' "
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