LOS ANGELES – After accumulating the most wins in the history of the program and guiding LMU Beach Volleyball to their second top 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament, 6-time West Coast Conference Coach of the Year John Mayer has been named 2025 AVCA National Coach of the Year.
 
This season, Mayer's Lions have set the program record with 35 wins, defeated 10 top 10 opponents in the regular season, and defeated #1 in the country twice with wins over TCU and UCLA.
 
Mayer is in his 10^th season leading the Lions. Since 2019, LMU has won six-straight WCC titles, have played in five consecutive NCAA Tournaments, and have finished as high as fourth in the nation twice.

Mayer has guided the Lions to 227 wins since transitioning from Assistant Coach to Head Coach ahead of the 2016 season. Mayer has been with LMU Beach Volleyball since the program began in 2012.
 
The #4 Lions will open the NCAA Championships Friday morning at 8:00 AM CT / 6:00 AM PT against #13 Florida Atlantic. The match will air live on ESPN2 from Gulf Shores, Ala.
 
AVCA COLLEGIATE BEACH NATIONAL COACHES OF THE YEAR
2013: Nina Matthies, Pepperdine University
2014: Anna Collier, University of Southern California
2015: Rita Buck-Crockett, Florida International University
2016: Brooke Niles, Florida State University
2017: Stein Metzger, UCLA
2018: Stein Metzger, UCLA
2019: Anna Collier, University of Southern California
2021: Andrew Fuller, Stanford University
2022: Kristen Rohr, Grand Canyon University
2023: Hector Gutierrez, Texas Christian University
2024: Dain Blanton, University of Southern California
2025: John Mayer, LMU
 
2025 NC beach volleyball championship format
The 2025 NC beach volleyball championship bracket will consist of 16 teams, with eight making it as automatic qualifiers via conference championships. The selected teams will be seeded Nos. 1-16 in the bracket.

The championship will then be played in single-elimination duals with 10 student-athletes split into five pairs from each team. The dual meet match is formatted in five best-of-three sets, pairs matches, with each pairs match being worth one point.

For more information on the sport's championship format, click or tap here
 
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