Volleyball Facilities
Stegeman Coliseum
Ramsey Center
Stegeman Coliseum
Georgia volleyball will play every 2021 home match in Stegeman Coliseum. The volleyball team opened the newly-renovated arena on October 11, 2017, with a match against Tennessee. The most recent renovation, completed in September 2017, was highlighted by a center-hung video board along with other improvements, including new seats, an LED lighting system, and an all-new sound system.
Christened in 1964 as the Georgia Coliseum, the venue was officially renamed and dedicated to the memory of Herman James Stegeman on Saturday, March 2, 1996. Stegeman made many contributions to Georgia’s athletic program during his 20-year tenure (1919-39). He was a pioneer in the development of college basketball in the south, originating the region’s first big basketball tournament when he organized the Southern Conference Tournament in Atlanta from 1921-32. Stegeman Hall on the UGA campus was named for Coach Stegeman in 1946 and, for years, it was home of the University’s athletic and physical education departments. The athletic department moved its offices to the new coliseum in 1964, and Stegeman Hall was demolished in 1995 following completion of the Ramsey Student Center for Physical Activities.
The Coliseum is actually two separate structures, the roof and the building beneath it. The only connection is an aluminum bellows which seals the joints and permits the rise and fall of the roof with temperature change.
Stegeman has undergone thorough renovations in the last few years, receiving a 21st Century face lift. When fans arrived during the 2017 season, they walked in to the final product following more than $20 million in renovations over the past several years.
That summer, the arena received a massive center-hung video board, new black seats, an improved LED lighting system, a state-of-the-art sound system, and graphics above the horseshoe end celebrating past teams and retired jerseys. That followed work in the summer of 2016 which provided a dramatic mural covering the Coliseum’s distinctive end wall.
In 2010, Stegeman’s concourses received a similar makeover, upgrading the graphics, enhancing spectator access to concessions and restrooms and adding 5,000 square feet of concourse space on each side of the arena. Those efforts won awards from both the American Institute of Architects and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America.
Stegeman Coliseum was utilized for rhythmic gymnastics and preliminary volleyball competition during the Centennial Olympic Games in 1996.
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Ramsey Center
Georgia's $40 million Bernard B. and Eugenia A. Ramsey Student Physical Activities Center is where the Georgia Bulldogs volleyball team is housed. One of the nation's largest on-campus facilities for recreation and fitness, the Ramsey Center features a three-court volleyball arena and amenities, all utilized by the Bulldogs for practices. The Ramsey Center encompasses 440,000 square feet - UGA's Sanford Stadium could fit inside the center's more than five-acre footprint - and the variety offered is as vast as the area covered. Four gymnasia, three swimming pools, seven group fitness studios, climbing and bouldering walls, an indoor challenge course, 10 racquetball courts, two international squash courts, two strength and conditioning rooms, four cardiovascular overlooks, a one-eighth-mile indoor track, equipment checkout and Pro Shop, an outdoor equipment rental, and resource center are all available under one roof.
The first volleyball match played in the Ramsey Center was on September 22, 1995. Prior to playing in the Ramsey Center, the Bulldogs' home volleyball matches were held in the Women's Physical Education Building. With a seating capacity of 1,925, the Ramsey Center Volleyball Arena produces a lively environment featuring the Redcoat Pep Band, UGA cheerleaders, and Georgia mascot Spike!
During the summer of 2009, new additions were added to the volleyball area of the Ramsey Center with the program's coaches moving into new offices along with the addition of a theatre-style team video and scouting room, a new athletic training room, a new visitor's locker room and a players' lounge that features a sitting area, a wi-fi bar and a nutrition station.
Named the best recreational facility in the country by Sports Illustrated in 1997, the Ramsey Center is a constant reminder of the University of Georgia's commitment to athletic excellence and the realization of what is required to achieve greatness.
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