2022 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's volleyball team

2022 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's volleyball
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record19–9 (6–4 Big West)
Head coach
  • Rick McLaughlin (14th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Blaine Nielsen (3rd season)
  • Jonah Seif (3rd season)
Home arenaRobertson Gymnasium
The Thunderdome
2022 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍y 8 2   .800 21 6   .778
No. 1 Hawaii ‍‍y 7 3   .700 27 5   .844
No. 8 UC Santa Barbara ‍‍‍ 6 4   .600 19 9   .679
No. 10 UC San Diego ‍‍‍ 5 5   .500 13 11   .542
No. 13 UC Irvine ‍‍‍ 3 7   .300 10 15   .400
Cal State Northridge ‍‍‍ 1 9   .100 6 15   .286
† – Conference champion
‡ – Big West tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from AVCA

The 2022 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's volleyball team represented University of California, Santa Barbara in the 2022 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Gauchos, led by fourteenth year head coach Rick McLaughlin, split their home games between Robertson Gymnasium and The Thunderdome. The Gauchos competed as members of the Big West Conference and were picked as one of two teams to finish fourth in the Big West preseason poll.