John Kosty serves as The Birkhofer Family Men's Volleyball Head Coach for Stanford University's Men's Volleyball program in Stanford. The Stanford source profile places this role in context by noting In 19 seasons as head coach and 35 on the Stanford staff, The Birkhofer Family Head Men's Volleyball Coach John Kosty has placed Cardinal men's volleyball firmly among the national elite. He enters his 20th year at the helm of the program in 2025-26.
The same profile adds more background on Kosty's coaching path and competitive experience. Kosty has been a part of two national championship teams and four conference champions. His career head-coaching record is 273-238, but he has been a part of 538 Stanford victories since he arrived in 1991. It's quite possible that no coach in the sport's history has ever brought a team so far so fast as Kosty, the 2010 AVCA Division I-II National Coach of the Year, did from 2007-10. For the ICDB record, that background gives readers a fuller picture of the experience John Kosty brings to the Men's Volleyball staff.
