Everything you need to know about the 2026-27 season. Check back soon for more updates.
The 2026-27 Season will begin on Wednesday, December 16, 2026! LOVB Austin will take on LOVB Nebraska at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio Texas!
League One Volleyball (LOVB, pronounced “love”) is one holistic volleyball ecosystem from club to pro. We champion every stage of an athlete’s journey: from introducing and developing young players to creating opportunities for athletes to play in college and pro. In 2025, we even launched a pro league that featuring some of the best players in the world, including several gold and silver medalists from the latest U.S. Olympic teams.
LOVB was founded in 2020 and since has built the largest community of junior clubs in the U.S. In 2025, LOVB's professional team launched with six teams from across the country. Four teams were added before the 2026-27 season.
To create better life outcomes for women through the sport of volleyball.
By putting our athletes at the center of every decision we make, and by creating real pathways for our country’s youth players to play professionally in the United States.
LOVB Pro features some of the best volleyball players in the world. This includes Olympic gold medalists, NCAA champions and All-Americans, and record-setting players including our founding athletes Kelsey Cook, Justine Wong-Orantes, Jordan Larson, Haleigh Washington, Lauren Carlini, Jordan Thompson, Micha Hancock, Carli Lloyd and Jordyn Poulter.
Many of LOVB’s founding athletes have also been instrumental members of the LOVB Athletes Council since 2020, helping to ensure that the benefits and opportunities the league provides its athletes – both on-and-off the court – foster advancement and support LOVB pro athletes into their post-playing careers.
Paulo Coco (Miami), Tama Miyashiro (Salt Lake), Erik Sullivan (Austin) and reigning LOVB Coach of the Year Sanja Tomašević (Houston) return from the 2026 season. Legendary Brazilian national team coach José Roberto “Zé Roberto” Guimarães will lead LOVB Los Angeles in its inaugural season, and he'll be joined by fellow first-year coaches Giannis Athanasopoulos (Nebraska), César Hernández González (Minnesota), Fernando Morales (Madison), Carlo Parisi (Atlanta) and Alfee Reft (San Francisco).
In addition, famed USA Volleyball and college coach Tom Hogan is LOVB’s director of sport. Meet Our Coaches
LOVB Pro features teams in Austin, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, Madison (Wisconsin), Miami, Minnesota, Nebraska, Salt Lake and San Francisco.
The following venues have been confirmed for the 2026-27 season. Remaining venues will be announced shortly.
Names for LOVB's pro teams were originally selected to reflect the communities they are rooted in. They include LOVB Atlanta, LOVB Austin, LOVB Houston, LOVB Los Angeles, LOVB Madison, LOVB Miami, LOVB Minnesota, LOVB Nebraska and LOVB Salt Lake.
San Francisco has already announced its name — San Francisco Signal — while other teams around the league have begun the process of selecting an official nickname.
LOVB’s professional teams and athletes are connected to LOVB junior clubs and athletes across the country, creating a direct link between the youth and professional levels of the sport. Through in-person club visits, camps and clinics, athlete appearances, virtual programming, educational content and other experiences, junior athletes throughout the LOVB ecosystem have opportunities to learn from and engage with some of the best players and coaches in the world.
That connection is even deeper for LOVB clubs located within or near a professional team’s market. These in-market clubs serve as important anchors for the local LOVB ecosystem, creating opportunities for the professional and youth sides of the organization to intersect throughout the year. Depending on the market, professional teams may train in the same facilities as the clubs, participate in club practices, camps and special events, or engage directly with junior athletes and families. Clubs can also help bring the professional game closer to their communities through match-day experiences, youth activations, watch parties and other locally driven programming.
The connection can extend to competition as well. LOVB professional matches may be scheduled alongside or in conjunction with youth tournaments and events, giving junior athletes and families the opportunity to experience elite professional volleyball as part of their own competition weekend. Likewise, professional athletes can have a visible presence at youth events, creating meaningful touchpoints between today's stars and the next generation of players.
Together, these connections are central to what makes LOVB unique: a volleyball ecosystem built from youth to pro. For junior athletes, that means greater proximity and access to the professional game and tangible examples of where the sport can take them. For professional teams, it creates deep roots within the local volleyball community and an opportunity to build relationships with athletes, families and fans from the ground up.
Below are the anchor clubs for each professional team:
The 2026-27 league schedule will be released later this fall.
We are now taking deposits toward 2026-27 season memberships. Visit the season memberships page for the latest information on season tickets and LOVB's new membership program that provides access to all your favorite team's home matches plus exclusive offers and experiences.
Single match tickets will be available closer to the beginning of the season.
LOVB's pro league begins preseason activities in November 2026.
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