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MEN'S WATER POLO
COACHING STAFF
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Justin Pudwill
HEAD COACH
jpudwill@whittier.edu
Justin Pudwill is entering his first
season as the head coach of the Whittier College men's water
polo program. He is no stranger to the Southern California
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, having been the assistant
men's and women's water polo coach at Occidental College since
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Pudwill majored in Sports
Management at Salem International University in Salem, West
Virginia. While there he was a member of the baseball,
swimming and water polo teams, earning Academic All-American
honors in all three sports for three years. Salem
International is in Division II, and participated in the CWPA.
Pudwill also played semi-professional water polo for the
Ontario Water Polo Club in Ontario, Canada.
Pudwill has been both a water polo and swimming coach since
2000 in Texas and California. He began his coaching career at
Ross S. Sterling High School in Baytown, Texas where he was
the assistant for the swimming and water polo programs. In
his first year at Ross S. Sterling the boys and girls teams
won the state championships. Also at Sterling there were a
number of swimmers that ranked in the state rankings. In
2001, Pudwill co-founded the first year-round age group water
polo program in the state of Texas, the Dirty Bay Water Polo
Club in Baytown. Within two years, the program grew from 20
members to over 100. In 2004, he moved back to California to
become the assistant at Occidental. While at Occidental the
men’s team reached some of its highest rankings in the
Division 3 polls. The women’s team reached as high as number
2 in 2005 polls, while getting to the championship game at the
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Brian Anderson
Assistant Coach
Brian is entering his first season
as a member of the Poets water polo coaching staff. He attended
California State University of Long Beach, where he earned a
degree in History. Before attending Long Beach State he was a
four year Varsity Letterman in Water Polo and Swimming at
Huntington Beach High School. There he received the 2001
coaches’ award, 2002 team captain award, and 2001 and 2002
All-Sunset League team honors. |
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Brian started coaching in
2002 at his alma mater high school. There he was the frosh soph
coach in 2002, and then in 2003 he became the varsity assistant
coach. After a short stint off to concentrate on academics he
returned to Huntington Beach High School in 2006 to become an
assistant Varsity Boys and Girls water polo and swim coach.
While at Huntington Brain has coached some of the finest
swimmers and water polo players ever to come out of that high
school.
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