Why former NFL players Terrence Murphy and Reggie Bush purchased LOVB Salt Lake

Outside hitter and former BYU Cougar Alexa Gray attacks the ball during a match for LOVB Salt Lake against LOVB Austin on Feb. 25, 2026. | LOVB Former NFL players Terrence C.

Murphy Sr. and Reggie Bush’s Synergy Sports Capital acquired the operating rights for Utah’s women’s professional volleyball team LOVB Salt Lake, the league announced Thursday. League One Volleyball, or LOVB , started as a network of club volleyball teams and expanded to professional teams in January 2025.

Each of its six inaugural teams, including LOVB Salt Lake, was initially owned by the league. Synergy Sports Capital, founded by Murphy, is now the latest ownership group to join the LOVB family. The acquisition is part of the private equity fund’s inaugural fund and has been in the works for the last three or four years, Murphy told the Deseret News.

Terrence Murphy Sr. , a former NFL player and star at Texas A&M, is the founder and managing partner of Synergy Sports Capital, which recently acquired the operating rights of LOVB Salt Lake. | Brenner Sherrard, LOVB “As I started evaluating the different teams and opportunities, Salt Lake, the way that the team played, the culture — everything about it just felt like it was the right team for me to acquire through my fund, Synergy Sports Capital,” Murphy said.