Shawn Olmstead

Biography

Contact email: shawn_olmstead@byu.edu Years at BYU 2008-Present Years as Men's Volleyball Head Coach 2015-present (With the 2016 season being his first) Advanced BYU to the national championship match of the NCAA Tournament in 2016, 2017 and 2021 Helped BYU to three-straight NCAA Final Four appearances for the first time in program history (2016-2018) Led BYU to three MPSF regular-season titles his first three season as head coach (2016-18) Guided BYU to three MPSF Tournament championships in 2016, 2018 and 2021 Four-time MPSF Coach of the Year (2016, 2018, 2020, 2021) Has coached nine athletes to a total of 18 AVCA All-America honors (as of the start of the 2021 season) His winning percentage of .784 (105-29) is the highest of any active men's volleyball coach in the NCAA Division I-II (as of the end of the 2020 season) Coached BYU to a winning record in each of the five seasons at the helm of the program Coached the 2020 AVCA National Player of the Year, Gabi Garcia Fernandez Coached four AVCA All-America honorees, including three first-team All-Americans in 2020: Gabi Garcia Fernandez (First), Davide Gardini (First), Wil Stanley (First) and Zach Eschenberg (Honorable Mention) Guided BYU to a 17-1 (6-0 MPSF) record and No. 1 national ranking before the season was cut short with six regular-season matches remaining due to the COVID-19 pandemic Coached two AVCA All-America honorees in 2019: Gabi Garcia Fernandez (Second Team) and Davide Gardini (Honorable Mention) Helped the