As coaching changes continue across BYU women’s volleyball, the men’s program will also see a shift to its staff.
BYU men’s volleyball assistant coach Devin Young is leaving the Cougars to become the head coach at the University of the Pacific.
Young will be the first coach since the program was discontinued 13 years ago and is now being reinstated.
“I’d like to express my gratitude to everyone in BYU athletics that made these last eight years great for me and my family,” Young said in an online post.
Young brings eight years of coaching experience to Pacific. He began his coaching career with the Cougars in 2018 and helped guide the team to a No. 1 national ranking in 2020 before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He also contributed to the team’s Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship appearance in 2021.
As a student-athlete at BYU, Young helped the Cougars win the 2013 and 2014 MPSF regular-season titles. He was named to the All-MPSF second team as a senior and earned MPSF all-tournament team honors in both 2013 and 2014.
Young averaged 1.38 kills per set and 1.09 blocks per set during his BYU playing career from 2008 and 2011–14.
In an online post from the BYU men’s volleyball program, head coach Shawn Olmstead expressed excitement for Young’s next chapter.
“As a BYU community, we couldn’t be more excited for Devin and his wife, Marie, as they embark on this new journey,” Olmstead said. “Devin’s connection and influence here at BYU goes back many years to his time as a player.”
BYU has not yet announced a replacement assistant coach ahead of the 2026–27 season.