Ryan Mason

Biography

Ryan Mason opens his fourth season as the top assistant coach for CSUN Men's Volleyball in 2026. A former Matador student-athlete, Mason returned to the CSUN bench as an assistant under head coach Theo Edwards in 2023. In Mason's three seasons since returning to CSUN, the Matadors have won 43 matches over that span. Mason has also been instrumental in CSUN's impressive recruiting efforts over the past three seasons. Mason began his collegiate coaching career with the CSUN men in 2018, joining Jeff Campbell's staff as second assistant , working alongside Edwards. He helped guide the Matadors to a 16-11 record in 2018 while earning their first Big West Tournament win, knocking off UC Santa Barbara in five sets. As a CSUN student-athlete, Mason was a part of the CSUN men's volleyball program as a setter from 2010-15. He redshirted his freshman season in 2012 before appearing in four matches and six sets in 2013, primarily as a serving specialist, and recorded a pair of digs. Mason had one dig against BYU and one at UC Irvine as the Matadors finished 11-13 overall and 9-13 in the MPSF in 2013. Mason got his first taste of coaching at the club level, serving as head coach of the Supernova All-Stars Volleyball Club where he worked with the girls 15's and 18's squads, leading his team to a 15-1 record in 2014-15 before a 16-1 mark in 2017-18. He also served as a trainer at the VIBE Volleyball Lab in El Segundo, Calif., from 2017-18. In 2013-14, Mason was the boys varsity coach at Ha