BYU men's volleyball National Championship teams inducted in the BYU Athletics Hall of Fame

The National Championship was the perfect ending to a 1999 season, marked by unprecedented success. It took Carl McGown just 10 years to assemble one of the greatest collegiate volleyball teams ever, posting a record of 30-1 in 1999. The Cougars were able to avenge their only loss of the season by defeating Long Beach State to capture the university's first-ever volleyball national championship.

For his efforts, McGown was named the 1999 AVCA National Coach of the Year.

After compiling a 25-1 regular-season mark, BYU defeated Pacific, Hawaii and USC to win its first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation title and advance to the NCAA Final Four for the first time.

Led by seniors Mac Wilson and Scott Bunker who combined for 13 blocks, the BYU Men’s Volleyball team knocked off 18-time National Champion and top-ranked UCLA to claim its second NCAA National Championship in three seasons.

After defeating Penn State 3-1 in the semi finals, BYU swept the Bruins 3–0, marking the 15th three-game sweep for the Cougars during the 2001 season. The 2001 team was the most decorated in BYU history. Outside hitter Mike Wall earned the 2001 NCAA Final Four MVP award, and was joined on the Final Four All-Tournament Team by Joaquin Acosta and Hector Lebron.

The team finished with a record of 23–4, the second-highest winning total in school history. Coach Carl McGown was honored a second time as the AVA National Coach of the year, while Hector Lebron was named Volleyball Magazine National Player of the Year.

The Cougars set a new school record of 21-straight victories and spent 10-straight weeks ranked No.1 in the nation. BYU head coach Tom Peterson also made NCAA history by becoming the first men’s volleyball coach to win a National Championship with two different schools. Peterson led Penn State to a national title in 1994.

With the 15-30, 30-18, 20-30, 32-30, 19-17 win over Long Beach in the finals, the Cougars finished the year with a 29-4 record — the second highest single-season win total in BYU history.