The first thing Matt Ulmer did after taking over as Kansas volleyball coach was to figure out who was on his roster. The 2024 Jayhawks team graduated seniors who played extensive minutes during the season. That left Ulmer to figure out who he had left on his team and how to supplement the ...
The Big 12 Conference’s coaches don’t expect the Kansas volleyball program to take a step back in its first season under head coach Matt Ulmer. KU was picked to finish second in the league’s preseason coaches' poll on Wednesday, matching its position from last year’s final conference ...
The Kansas athletic department is asking sincerely when it calls the nation’s top programs for advice on its coaching searches, athletic director Travis Goff says. It just turns out that some of those programs’ head coaches become interested in KU themselves. Excluding football coach ...
New Kansas volleyball coach Matt Ulmer has placed a significant emphasis on strengthening his team’s roster with international recruits. Since the Jayhawks wrapped up their first spring with Ulmer at the helm in late April, KU has signed a trio of players from Central Europe, including most ...
The Kansas volleyball team revealed its 2025 conference schedule on Monday, and one match features a particularly significant choice of venue. On Oct. 24, the Jayhawks will welcome Kansas State to Lawrence for the latest edition of the Sunflower Showdown, but instead of doing battle at Horejsi ...
In its first exhibition match of the spring, Kansas head coach Matt Ulmer said, his team was “horrible.” The road contest against Wichita State saw the Jayhawks regress after they had made strides in their first spring practices under Ulmer and his newly constructed staff. “It was ...
Kansas volleyball coach Matt Ulmer isn’t new to replacing accomplished veterans. Seven experienced players, including six starters, turned pro following his 2023 season at Oregon, in which the Ducks had gone on an Elite Eight run. “It was just like total turnover on the roster, as far as ...
The evening following the announcement that former Kansas volleyball coach Ray Bechard retired, then-Oregon coach Matt Ulmer texted Bechard to congratulate him on his career. Less than a month later, Ulmer stood behind a Kansas Athletics podium in the Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena as the ...
