By Pennsylvania is getting another varsity water polo program. La Salle University in Philadelphia has announced it will add both men’s and women’s water polo to its offerings beginning the fall of 2016. The news comes one year after Saint Francis University, located 250 miles to the west, begin hiring a coach
Washington & Jefferson Water Polo Coach Jay O'Neil Resigns
Jay O’Neil, who coached the Washington & Jefferson varsity water polo teams to some of their greatest successes, resigned on Sunday. He led the women for four seasons, the men for three. In 2015 the men’s team qualified for the CWPA Championships for the first time ever and tied a record
Coronado Coach Burgess Announces Retirement
A 33-year stint as one of the most influential high school water polo coaches in the US is over. Randy Burgess, who has steered the program at San Diego County’s Coronado High School announced his retirement after his Islander boys fell to CIF San Diego Section Open Division champs Cathedral
Turbo to Replace TYR as Competitive Gear Supplier for US National Teams
Spanish water polo outfitter Turbo will be named the official supplier of competitive caps, suits, and robes to the USA national water polo teams according to a source familiar with the matter. The announcement is expected within days. The agreement between USA Water Polo and Kap7, Turbo’s US subsidiary, comes
UCLA's Woepse Among First Athletes to Join New Pac-12 Governing Council – Daily Bruin
The Pac-12 has become the first major athletic conference to explicitly include athletes in administrative decisions including TV contracts and the addition of new sports. The decision to do so was made in 2014 and is now in place with UCLA water polo player Patrick Woepse an inaugural member. The
Ex-Gaucho Coach Neushul Alleges Title IX Violations in Suit
Cathy Neushul, former women’s water polo coach at UC Santa Barbara, has filed a Title IX lawsuit against the University of California Board of Regents. In the complaint submitted on September 19 Neushul alleges that she was demoted to assistant coach after repeated complaints to school administrators about a budget discrepancy between the school’s
Gregg Emde Named Varsity Head Coach at McKendree – CWPA
McKendree University has pried Greg Emde from Lindenwood’s national champion club team to lead its new varsity men’s and women’s water polo programs. The Lebanon, Illinois school posted the coaching job for their newly created Division II varsity programs in July. Emde completed a perfect season with the men’s club team
Gannon Names Sean Morphy Head Water Polo Coach – Gannon Athletics
ERIE, Pa. – Gannon Director of Athletics Lisa Goddard McGuirk has named Sean Morphy as the University’s head women’s and men’s water polo coach. Morphy assumes the reigns after longtime head coach Don Sherman resigned earlier this summer to concentrate solely on his duties as Associate Director of Athletics. Source:
Jon Bonafede Hired as Caltech Water Polo Head Coach
Jon Bonefede is the new head coach at Caltech. He takes over both the men’s and women’s varsity teams after Pat Beemer’s departure in June. UC Santa Barbara graduate Bonafede spent four years playing goalkeeper professionally in Australia’s National Water Polo League. In 2011, be both played for Melbourne’s men’s
Lee Named Oxy Head Men’s and Women’s Water Polo Coach – Occidental
LOS ANGELES — Chris Lee, who has been an assistant women’s water polo coach with NCAA Division I California-Berkeley since 2012, will take the reigns of the Occidental men’s and women’s water polo programs as the head coach of both teams, Oxy athletic director Jaime Hoffman announced on Monday. Lee
