The 1996 NCAA men's volleyball tournament was the 27th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate volleyball.

The single elimination tournament was played at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California during May 1996.

[1] UCLA defeated Hawaiʻi in the final match, 3–2 (15–13, 12–15, 9–15, 17–15, 15–12), to win their sixteenth, and second consecutive national title.

Hawaiʻi's Yuval Katz was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball.