The USA Volleyball Show

In this episode, Clarence and Stephen discuss playing professional volleyball overseas with U.S. Men's National Team outside hitter TJ DeFalco (4:39 - 29:30), who is competing in his third pro season. They also chat with former University of Kentucky setter, NCAA national champion and 2020-21 AVCA Player of the Year Madison Lilley (32:29 - 59:59), who's in her first professional season o...

In this episode, Clarence and Stephen welcome University of Minnesota Golden Gophers head coach, Hugh McCutcheon (5:11 - 27:54). They discuss prepping for the NCAA tournament, Hugh's coaching philosophy and much more! Then, Clarence and Stephen make their own tournament selections. You won't want to miss their bracket predictions! Text us!

In this episode, Clarence and Stephen sit down with USA Volleyball Beach National Team Development Program and USC Beach Volleyball athlete Megan Kraft (6:33 - 27:37) and Indoor NTDP/Ohio State Men’s Volleyball athlete Jacob Pasteur (29:38 - 1:02:47). Both sophomores, Megan and Jacob discuss their college experiences and what they've learned so far, what it means to be an NTDP athlete and muc...

In this episode, Clarence and Stephen welcome NC State women's volleyball head coach, Luka Slabe (5:33 - 40:24) on the show. They chat about Luka coaching & winning gold at the Tokyo Games, coaching at the collegiate, developing as a player and so much more! Text us!

In this episode, Clarence and Stephen welcome USA Volleyball's Director of Officials Development and retired international official Pati Rolf (5:00 - 59:10) to the show. They discuss Pati's illustrious multi-faceted career in volleyball, from playing to coaching to officiating. Pati tells stories from her officiating travels, outlines the future of officiating, answer some fan questions...

In this episode, Clarence and Stephen welcome International Volleyball Hall of Fame class of 2021 inductee and Beijing 2008 gold medalist, Todd Rogers (5:03 - 17:38, 19:20 - 42:15) on the show. They discuss Todd's vast career in volleyball, Todd meeting the President of the United States, the future of beach volleyball and much more! Text us!

In this episode, Clarence welcomes Beach NTDP Manager Dr. Gabby Garbato and Beach NTDP Coordinator Cody Liner, (6:28 - 41:54) on the show. They discuss their backgrounds in volleyball, introduce the Beach National Team Development Program, preview the upcoming fall training series and more! Text us!

In this episode, Clarence and Stephen wrap-up the Tokyo Paralympic Games by chatting with two-time Paralympic gold medalist and libero for the U.S. Women's Sitting National Team, Bethany Zummo (5:22 - 56:17)! Bethany talks about dealing with mental health, some of her off-court interests, living that pin life in Tokyo, winning GOLD and so much more! Text us!

In this episode, Clarence and Stephen talk about the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Then they catch up with FIVE-TIME Paralympian, gold medalist and middle blocker for the U.S. Women's Sitting National Team, Lora Webster, (2:50 - 23:43) from Tokyo! Lora talks about the Tokyo Paralympic Games, the food in Tokyo, some of Lora's favorite past Paralympic moments and so much more! Text us!

In this episode, Clarence welcomes back co-host Stephen after helping cover the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Stephen talks about his Olympic Games experience. Then they catch up with first-time Paralympian and outside hitter for the U.S. Women's Sitting National Team, Emma Schieck, (14:00 - 54:26) hours before her Tokyo flight takes off. They discuss the Tokyo Paralympic Games, how Emma got introd...

In this episode, Clarence is joined by producer Curtis Ward as Stephen and Kyle are en route from Tokyo. Clarence and Curtis update us on everything with the conclusion of the Olympic Games. They sit down with U.S. Women's Sitting National Team members and Paralympic gold medalists Katie Holloway (outside hitter) and Nicky Nieves (middle blocker) and talk with them about gearing up to defend...

In this special episode, Stephen and our Content Producer Kyle Scholzen are still in Tokyo at the Olympic Games. They update us on all of the action from pool play. Stephen has a nice chat with Haleigh Washington (27:25 - 39:52), Middle Blocker, U.S. Women's National Team and talks about being an Olympian. Clarence wraps everything up discussing the Olympic schedules, upcoming matches and upd...

In this episode, Stephen is out in Tokyo for the Olympic Games with our content producer, Kyle Scholzen. They talk about their Olympic experiences and how Tokyo is going so far. They also chat with Taylor Sander (18:14 - 22:08), outside hitter for the U.S. Men's National Team and discover some breaking news from him. Clarence wraps everything up discussing the Olympic schedules and upcoming e...

Hosts Clarence Hughes and Stephen Munson begin a series of Olympic previews by sitting down with beach volleyball Olympic nominees Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil (6:36 - 39:00), who earned a berth to Tokyo in early June. They discuss Kelly and Sarah’s excitement of qualifying for their first Olympic Games, preparation on and off the court for Tokyo, and check in with Kelly’s attempts to get Sarah i...

In this episode, Clarence and Stephen record direct from the 2021 Girls Junior National Championship in Las Vegas. They sit down with Competition Director and USA Volleyball's Director of Events Kristy Cox (4:09 - 10:44), who discusses the atmosphere in Las Vegas, a new attendance record and much more. They also have post-match chats with Hawaiian Style Volleyball Club 14's libero, Natro...

In this episode, Clarence and Stephen discuss beach weather, the National Beach Tour, the National Beach Tour Junior Championship with USA Volleyball's Events Coordinator and meteorology specialist Coral Arroyo-Baez (5:02 - 40:35). Text us!

In this episode, Clarence and Stephen discuss the ongoing Volleyball Nations League, how the U.S. Men’s and Women’s Volleyball Teams prepared for it, and how it’ll help both squads during the Olympic Games later this summer. First, U.S. Women’s National Team Assistant Coach/ Director, National Team Development Program Erin Virtue (5:15 - 31:30) discusses the women’s national team, the atmosphere i...

In this episode, Clarence and Stephen discuss the U.S. Men’s National Team and its upcoming World ParaVolley Paralympic Qualifier in Germany May 31-June 4. They sit down with U.S. Men's Sitting National Team head coach, Greg Walker (3:42 – 27:51), and Roderick Green (31:47 – 51:38), a three-time Paralympic medalist and U.S. Men's Sitting National Team middle. Hear about the team’s recent...

In this episode, Clarence and Stephen celebrate the fifth episode of the podcast. They sit down with Kaleo Kanahele Maclay (3:29 – 15:17), two-time Paralympic medalist and setter for the U.S. Women's Sitting National Team and Ben Patch (21:35 – 52:01), opposite for the U.S. Men's National Team. They will chat about their playing careers, but you’ll soon learn that both have several passi...

In this episode, hosts Clarence Hughes and Stephen Munson celebrate the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Tournament with this college volleyball special. Hear from Dana Rettke (4:18 – 16:53), middle for University of Wisconsin-Madison, Alisha Glass Childress (24:29 – 48:14) Olympic medalist and former setter with the U.S. Women's National Team and (at the time of the interview recording) as...

In this episode, hosts Clarence Hughes and Stephen Munson hit the beach while continuing the 100 Days Out celebration. Hear from Sean Scott (3:16 - 23:22) Director, National Beach Programs and Kelly Claes (30:45 - 1:02:50) of the U.S. Beach National Team about how teams qualify for the Olympic beach tournament, how it feels being in the middle of a tight battle for an Olympic berth, and the many w...

In this episode, hosts Clarence Hughes and Stephen Munson continue celebrating 100 days from the start of the Tokyo Olympic Games by talking to Tori Dixon (2:38 - 13:24) of the U.S. Women’s National Team and Olympic medalist Erik Shoji (20:15 - 36:44) of the Men’s National Team. Hear from Tori as she discusses efforts to fight back from injury multiple times to hopefully make the Tokyo roster, whi...

Welcome to the very first episode of The USA Volleyball Show, the official podcast of USA Volleyball. Hosts Clarence Hughes and Stephen Munson celebrate 100 days from the start of the Tokyo Olympic Games by talking to two-time Olympic medalist Jordan Larson (7:58 - 26:24) of the U.S. Women’s National Team, two-time Olympic medalist April Ross (41:03 - 52:01) of the Beach National Team and three-ti...

Hello everyone and welcome to The USA Volleyball Show, the official podcast of USA Volleyball! Come along with hosts Clarence Hughes and Stephen Munson as they go behind the scenes with some of the biggest names and go to the biggest events in the sport of volleyball. Tune in starting Wednesday, April 14 with new episodes dropping every other week. Subscribe now and welcome to The USA Volleyball S...