Utah Valley University fields 14 Division I teams, and 2026-27 is the first year almost all of them play in the Big West Conference. If you are a new UVU student, a parent, or someone in Orem looking for a cheap night out, this is the one-page guide: every team, its coach, when it plays, where, and how it's doing. Students get in free to all of it.
The basics
| Conference | Big West (full member since July 1, 2026); wrestling in the Big 12 |
| Athletic director | Jared Sumsion |
| Main venues | UCCU Center, Lockhart Arena, UCCU Stadium, UCCU Ballpark, all on the Orem campus |
| Students | Free tickets, reserved in advance with your UVU ID |
| Football? | No. UVU does not have a football team |
UVU joined the Big West as the conference's largest university, with the conference's largest arena, and as the first Big West member in Utah since Utah State left in 2005.
Fall sports
Women's soccer
Coach: Chris Lemay (10th season) · Plays at: UCCU Stadium · Season: August to early November
The best start of any UVU team in the new league. Through October 10 the Wolverines were 7-4-3 and unbeaten in the Big West at 3-0-2, with a road win at preseason co-favorite Cal Poly and a home upset of No. 17 Kansas. Lemay has won five WAC regular-season titles, including four straight from 2022 to 2025. Full story: UVU women's soccer 2026.
Men's soccer
Coach: Michael Chesler · Plays at: UCCU Stadium · Season: August to November
Quietly one of the best teams on campus this fall: 7-1-2 overall and 3-1 in the Big West through October 10, unbeaten at home, with wins over Pacific, Santa Clara, Marshall, UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton. Two home matches remain: CSUN on Saturday, October 17, at 7:30 p.m., a doubleheader with women's soccer, and Oregon State on Saturday, October 24, at 6 p.m., Senior Night.
Volleyball
Coach: Sam Atoa (28th season) · Plays at: Lockhart Arena · Season: August to November
Last year's WAC champion and NCAA Tournament team has had a hard first Big West season at 4-14 and 2-4 through October 10, with a young roster that won its first two league matches. Atoa has more than 500 career wins. Full story: UVU volleyball's first Big West season.
Cross country
Coach: Scott Houle (cross country and track and field) · Season: September to November
Men's and women's cross country both compete in the Big West.
Winter sports
Men's basketball
Coach: Todd Phillips (fourth season) · Plays at: UCCU Center · Season: November to March
UVU's biggest draw. Back-to-back outright WAC regular-season titles, back-to-back NITs, and a 63-61 loss in last season's WAC final that kept the program out of its first NCAA Tournament by one shot. The Big West debut is December 3 at Long Beach State, and the opener is November 2 against Western Colorado. Full story: UVU men's basketball 2026-27.
Women's basketball
Coach: Dan Nielson · Plays at: UCCU Center · Season: November to March
The Wolverines went 16-15 last season, finished fourth in their final WAC season, and made the postseason for the second year in a row before losing at San Francisco. Cambree Blackham led the team with 16 points in that game.
Wrestling
Coach: Adam Hall (third season) · Plays at: Lockhart Arena · Season: November to March
The one UVU sport that did not move to the Big West. Wrestling competes in the Big 12, which means duals in Orem against major-conference programs. Hall came to UVU after nine seasons as an assistant at North Carolina State.
Indoor track and field
Coach: Scott Houle · Season: January to March
Spring sports
Baseball
Coach: Nate Rasmussen · Plays at: UCCU Ballpark · Season: February to May
UVU baseball made the 2025 NCAA Tournament and beat Oregon in its opener. In 2026, first baseman Hunter Katschke hit a school-record 22 home runs and outfielder Kaden Carpenter hit .338 with 17 homers; both were first-team All-WAC. The ballpark's grass berm down the left-field side is one of the best cheap evenings in the valley.
Softball
Coach: Cody Thomson (sixth season) · Season: February to May
The 2026 team had the program's most wins since 2013, broke 10 team records, and went 13-5 against in-state opponents. Thomson, who won his 100th game in March 2026, has signed an extension through 2028 and was pitching coach for USA Softball's gold-medal team at the 2023 Pan American Games. Athletic director Jared Sumsion credits him with building "a team-first culture."
Golf
Coaches: Chris Curran (men), Juli Erekson (women) · Season: fall and spring
Outdoor track and field
Coach: Scott Houle · Season: March to May
A year on the UVU sports calendar
| Months | What's on |
|---|---|
| August to November | Men's and women's soccer, volleyball, cross country |
| November to March | Men's and women's basketball, wrestling, indoor track |
| February to May | Baseball, softball, outdoor track and field |
| Fall and spring | Men's and women's golf |
If you want the full experience in one weekend, Saturday, October 17 has a women's and men's soccer doubleheader at UCCU Stadium and volleyball against Cal State Fullerton at 1 p.m. at Lockhart Arena.
Tickets and getting in
Students get free tickets through The Den, UVU's student section, and can claim extras for family and friends. You have to reserve in advance online with your UVU ID number as the offer code; an ID at the door is not enough. Everyone else buys through UVU Athletics, and prices are low. Volleyball seats started at $8 this season. Parking is free in regular student and employee lots after 5 p.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends.
Our UVU game-day guide has the full ticket steps, the venue-by-venue guide and the parking details. For the rest of student life, start with the UVU student guide.
The bottom line
UVU has no football team, but it has 14 Division I teams, four venues on one campus, free student tickets to all of them, and a new conference that brings better opponents to Orem every week. The soccer teams are the ones to see this fall, and basketball takes over in November.
UVU's arenas also host many high school state championships; see the Utah high school sports calendar. For the other school in the valley, see BYU vs. UVU, and for BYU's rivalry with Utah, the Holy War, explained.
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Sources
The facts in this guide were checked against these sources. Hours, fees and rules change, so confirm anything time-sensitive with the source before you go. How we make Provo.com.
- Staff Directory, Utah Valley University Athletics. Checked October 13, 2026.
- 2026 Men's Soccer Schedule, Utah Valley University Athletics. Checked October 13, 2026.
- 2026 Women's Soccer Schedule, Utah Valley University Athletics. Checked October 13, 2026.
- 2026-27 Men's Basketball Schedule, Utah Valley University Athletics. Checked October 13, 2026.
- Utah Valley's season ends in road loss to USF, Utah Valley University Athletics. Checked October 13, 2026.
- Carpenter, Katschke earn first-team All-WAC honors, Utah Valley University Athletics. Checked October 13, 2026.
- Thomson inks extension through 2028 season, Utah Valley University Athletics. Checked October 13, 2026.
- Utah Valley volleyball single-game tickets now on sale for 2026 season, Utah Valley University Athletics. Checked October 13, 2026.
- Utah Valley wrestling ready for big challenges in year 2 of Hall era, FloWrestling. Checked October 13, 2026.
- On the move: Utah Valley joins Big West Conference, Daily Herald. Checked October 13, 2026.
