Water Polo Planet

A USA Water Polo Hall of Famer Jamie Wright is retiring from UC Davis after 39 seasons. Davis lost a great one. Those are some huge shoes to fill. His name has been synonymous with the UC Davis women’s program since it’s inception. Jamey is such a good coach, leader, and person. Fortunately Kandace...

It's just so funny that you misspelled the word "retarded." Al Actually I did not misspell "retarded"- it is not my quote. In any case, this junior high school humor is not that funny. Actually it is.... Actually, "retarded" did not come from my post- it came from 2ply...

LaSalle now also looking for a women's head coach.

Just saw it on NCAA feed

This is a ton of great historical facts and lots of work on your part Jeff. Greatly appreciated

The timeline in the release seems incredibly ambitious. No coach and no roster and CSUF wants the women to start play in 2023. That will require a lot of work. I wonder if that is a typo on their part, and meant to say Spring 2024 for womens. If it was really spring of 2023, it would mean that new ...

Is Cal State Fullerton athletics Div 1 or II ?

https://www.fullertontitans.com/general/2021-22/releases/20220520nzu1pd I gotta think Gabriel Martinez is the front runner. That would make a lot of sense. He has built and maintained a great program at Fullerton City College and I'm sure CSUF can pay him more than Fullerton College, and he could u...

How different are academic admission requirements at UCLA and UCI for water polo players? Well on paper, and only talking about GPA, the min required for a CA resident, to get into a UC is 3.0 and for an out of state, I believe it is 3.30 or 3.40. Now we all know, nobody gets in with those GPAs unl...

Polononoz, You are absolutely correct, I believe Dan prefers to recruit American athletes. As a US Olympic coach, he maintains his integrity in developing a team from within. A super team from all over the world will win, but that's says more about the players then the coach. If you can win with lo...

A partial solution might be to have those foreign players rostered and actually play at JO quals so that the team is seeded correctly at JO’s. But usa water polo doesn’t care so we are all just pissing in the wind. Correct, the roster for JOs should be the same as the roster for JO Quals. Actually ...

I still completely believe that both the men's and women's water polo teams should NOT have been allowed at any time of the NCAA tournament. This past weekend's finals with USC playing was not right for the other schools that play by the rules. When other sports have their coaches do anything again...

Hearing that there will be tons of international players coming in this year. All the best to the USA kids who start and contribute all seasons for their clubs only to watch from the bench at JO's. Just getting them ready for the college game. Do colleges bring on international players two weeks be...

A partial solution might be to have those foreign players rostered and actually play at JO quals so that the team is seeded correctly at JO’s. But usa water polo doesn’t care so we are all just pissing in the wind. Correct, the roster for JOs should be the same as the roster for JO Quals. Actually ...

Hearing that there will be tons of international players coming in this year. All the best to the USA kids who start and contribute all seasons for their clubs only to watch from the bench at JO's. Yup apparently winning is more important than loyalty to your players. If a player jumps ship and goe...

SwimCoach wrote:Brian McSweeny is taking over as the head coach for the Mater Dei girls team.

He was the assistant coach if I am not mistaken correct?

Any word if he is also taking over Vanguard Red HS girls?