The Viral Volley Podcast

Recorded mid-July, I had the opportunity to virtually sit down with former-Pepperdine Men's Coach/current Texas Longhorn Associate Head Coach, David Hunt, and his wife, 3x Olympic Medalist (Bronze, Silver, Gold) and Longhorn Volunteer Coach, Jordan Larson.

They had a huge year with a lot of transition as a first-year married couple, so we delve on career changes, life and coaching. In Part 2, they mainly discuss coaching, influences and player-training dynamics.

NOTE: Highlights or the interview to be posted over at VolleyballMag.com for a FULL 2023 Collegiate Beach preview by Travis Mewhirter.

Full interview of Stetson Head Coach of Beach Volleyball, Kristina Hernandez, discussing recent growth and changes to the NCAA Collegiate Beach game, preview of the A-Sun Conference teams and other top NCAA teams, along with top athletes to watch.

On this special episode of College Volleyball Weekly on The Viral Volley Podcast Rob Espero speaks with the former No. 1 pair in 2021 for LSU to reflect on the 2021 Collegiate Beach season, how they came together, their 1st-ever AVP season, and the McKibbin Brothers'/SharpVision TX 4-Man this coming weekend.

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Four weeks in and there are 6 remaining teams with unblemished records in D1-2 competition! The CVW Coaches' panel discusses what is making these teams successful early on in 2025. Prior to that discussion they discuss teams without conferences and why certain MPSF teams are not playing against other teams within their own conference.

From there, we go through our normal discussion of the week's results, players of the week and matches to watch in Week 5. Taking a risk on a new segment-- "The Hot Mic Moment" where our coaching panel sounds off on whatever they want to. We'll see how that goes-- all on this week's CVW Men's Top 20!

Second Men's Volleyball Episode in 3 days! It was a great opportunity to catch up with USC Head Coach Jeff Nygaard whose No. 6 USC Trojans are off to a fantastic start in 2025! The Men of Troy stand at 6-0 and have "bought in" to the team philosophy and mission!

Jeff shares about the Trojan's start and why they've clicked. As the Trojans await their first match in the Big 10 Challenge in Columbus, OH, Jeff talks about the remaining non-conference schedule and what we could expect to see in the MPSF.

From there, we chat about USC's and other MPSF teams' partnership with the Big 10 Conference and Network and how that could encourage growth in men's game. Additionally, we talk about the format for MPSF competition between the D1 and D2 teams and why the schedule worked out the way that it has for 2025.