By Eight time NCAA champion coach Dante Dettamanti will be appointed Varsity Men’s Water Polo Assistant Coach at San Jose State University in the coming week according to people familiar with the decision. The former Stanford head coach will begin the important process of recruiting athletes to the recently reinstated program immediately upon the official
Another Mid-season Coaching Change, Anderson Departs Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach High School is ranked sixth this week in America’s most competitive prep boys’ water polo league and gets prime time streaming exposure on Thursday when it takes on the nation’s best, Harvard-Westlake. But the high ranking and the media exposure weren’t sufficient to preserve the relationship between the high
Derek Meyerson is Notre Dame (OH) Women’s Coach
A sign of stability at Notre Dame of Ohio which today filled its vacant women’s varsity water polo coaching position with Derek Meyerson, a former Slippery Rock athlete and Mercyhurst coach. The job was vacated by Ryan Wynn earlier in the spring after he held the job for just a few months. The
Ryan Pryor Is the New Head Coach at VMI
Anna Phelps’ replacement has been found. The Keydets of VMI have announced the hiring of Ryan Pryor as their second-ever head coach of the women’s team. Pryor was most recently the interim head coach of the Connecticut College women’s squad during the 2013 season. The new coach is a Michigan
Cal Baptist’s Rowland Seeks 500th Win in Final Season
Four more wins for Cal Baptist head coach Rick Rowland will bring his combined total to 500, a milestone reachable by the end of September. Two months later the coach will leave water polo behind after 16 years of leading the Lancers’ men’s program and the women for eight. In late August the university
Andriole Takes MIT Helm after Ivovic Resigns
Ivan Ivovic’s tenure as head coach of the MIT men’s varsity team has ended after one season. The university announced on Tuesday that Ivovic had resigned and would be replaced on an interim basis by David Andriole, founding member of KAOS Water Polo in Los Angeles, Head Coach at West
Baker Inducted in UCLA HOF, Leaves Canada Post
Former USA Women’s Senior Team Head Coach Guy Baker is back in the news. He is to be inducted in UCLA’s athletic hall of fame, as announced by the school on August 21. He may also be looking for new employment after stepping down from the head coaching position with the Canadian women’s national team. Water Polo
Phelps Resigns VMI Coaching Post
Virginia Military Institute’s first and only head coach, Anna Phelps, has resigned her position according to Keydets Assistant Athletic Communications Director John Stark. The school is looking for her replacement immediately, as tweeted by the CWPA on Monday. Her tenure will conclude “at the end of the month,” Stark wrote
Palazzo, Melstrom Selected to Head Newport Harbor Programs
The administration at Newport Harbor High School in California dispelled most of the mystery about the future of its famous water polo program by naming Dean Crow director of Newport Beach Water Polo Club, Brian Melstrom as successor to the legendary Bill Barnett as girls’ high school coach, and Marco
Legendary Coach Terry Lowe Departs Greenwich HS Program
After nearly 40 years and over 850 wins Terry Lowe has stepped down as head coach of Greenwich High School according to GreenwichTime.com. Considered by many to be the finest boys’ program outside California, the Cardinals began play in 1975 and finished with a 4-6 record, the first and only time
