By Brian Flacks was named the new head coach at Stanford University on March 23, just a couple weeks after Jon Vargas’ surprising departure. He’ll take over as the men’s varsity head coach, only the fifth in the history of that storied program which has won 11 national titles. That’s a
Pod: Cal’s Four-Time NCAA Champion Coach, Kirk Everist
He just led the men of Cal Berkeley to an NCAA title for the fourth time in his career with a dramatic one-goal win over USC in last weekend’s final match. He’s one of the most celebrated water polo personalities in America: a USA Water Polo hall of famer, three
Pod: Three-time Olympic Champion Coach Adam Krikorian
He would never ‘fess up to it but after leading the USA women to their third consecutive gold medal (perhaps a fourth in Paris?) he can fairly be called “legendary.” He’s Adam Krikorian, one of the world’s best at his craft if the collection of hardware tells us anything. The
Pod: The “Best Center in the World,” Ben Hallock
We continue our series on the Tokyo Olympic Games with a conversation with Ben Hallock, described by at least two men – Dejan Udovicic and Alex Bowen – as the “best center in the world.” He and his USA teammates finished sixth in the tournament and he’s headed back to
Pod: Alex Bowen talks Mixed Results for USA Men in Tokyo
A continued look back at the recently completed Tokyo Olympics. Alex Bowen finished the men’s tournament as its fourth highest scorer. Team USA experienced some good results – a win over Italy perhaps the highlight – but also some less than desirable ones. Bowen helps dissect the tournament with deeper
Pod: “Doesn’t Feel Like it’s Real.” Haralabidis on Winning Gold
She warned us prior to the Games that her team was not “invincible,” and she turned out to be very much correct. But Stephania Haralabids and her teammates were able to rally from the USA Senior Women’s program’s first defeat in a couple years to overcome some physical opponents, stiff
Pod: Tokyo Olympics Gold Medalist Alys Williams
Alys Williams was the final cut from the 2016 USA Women’s National Water Polo Team, as NBC informed us just a few times during the Tokyo Olympics. Williams recovered from that setback quite nicely and now has a heavy, shiny 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medal to hang on her office
Pod: Tokyo Olympian, Greek-American, Stephania Haralabidis
One of the most interesting stories about this monster roster that is the USA Women’s Olympic Water Polo Team, which is expected to win gold beginning on July 24 in Tokyo, is Stephania Haralabidis. Born and raised in Greece but already a dual citizen she made the tough decision to
Pod: Nevada’s First Water Polo Olympian, Ben Stevenson
Ben Stevenson made waves in the US water polo community as a high schooler from Reno, Nevada who went on to excel at the University of the Pacific and now takes his place on the USA Men’s Water Polo roster for the Tokyo Olympic Games. He joined James Smith and
Pod: NCAA Champion, UCLA Head Coach Adam Wright
In his 12 years as Head Coach of the UCLA Men’s team Adam Wright has won four NCAA Championships, including one just a few weeks ago. In 2017 he became head coach of the Bruins women and was in Bloomington, Indiana earlier this week with that second-ranked team to take
