Years at BYU

2011-Present

Chris McGown was named the men's head volleyball coach at BYU in June 2011. A BYU alumnus and three-year volleyball letterman, McGown takes over the program with 14 years of experience as a coach/clinician.

Coaching Career

McGown came to BYU from Gold Medal Squared volleyball camps, where he has been involved since its inception in 1998, working as both an administrator and a coach/clinician. During the course of his career with GMS, McGown has worked with hundreds of schools and clubs and thousands of volleyball players and coaches.

At GMS, he most recently served as a principal clinician at Coaching Education events where he worked closely with his father, former BYU coach Carl McGown. He also had a significant part in the administration of GMS, managing finances, the GMS website, clinic scheduling and staffing and marketing/advertising.
McGown also worked as a volunteer assistant coach for the BYU women's volleyball team from 2009-11.

Playing Career

As a player, McGown was a three-year letterman at BYU from 1990-94. He played for his father and witnessed the growth of BYU men's volleyball from a club program in the late 1980s to one of the dominant programs in NCAA men's collegiate volleyball.

Other

McGown took a break from coaching and playing immediately after college to work as a manufacturing engineer, working closely with companies such as IBM, Boeing, General Electric, General Motors, Merck and the Department of Defense. His experience as an engineer served him well as background for implementing the science behind the GMS systems. McGown left engineering full time in 2003 to work exclusively with Gold Medal Squared. He maintained close ties to the BYU men's and women's volleyball programs, doing play-by-play commentary for TV broadcasts on the BYU Sports Network.

Personal

Served an LDS mission in Sevilla, Spain from 1988-1990. When not involved in volleyball, McGown can be found skiing, golfing, mountain biking, and chasing after his two daughters.