Justin Pudwill
	Head Coach jpudwill@whittier.edu (562) 907-4916

The 2009 season will mark the third year for Justin Pudwill as the head coach of the Whittier College men's water polo program. In just two seasons he has a career record of 21-37 and a sixth and fifth place finish in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Since Pudwill took over the reigns in 2007 Whittier has had five players named to the All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Team, had five players garner a spot on the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-Academic Team, had two ACWPC All-Americans, had two Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) selections and one player named to the ACWPC All-Freshman Team.

The 2008 season was highlighted by the Poets' first round upset of SCIAC rival Occidental College in the conference tournament. At the end of the season Casey Regehr and Chris Villanueva were each named to the SCIAC second-team. In addition to their conference recognition Regehr and Villanueva were named ACWPC Second-Team and Honorable Mention All-Americans, respectively, and also earned a spot on the ACWPC All-Academic Team.

Pudwill also saw Regehr selected to the WWPA second-team, Alex Hernandez named to the WWPA All-Freshman Team and Chris Hartman garner ACWPC All-Academic honors.

Originally from Huntington Beach, Calif., Pudwill began coaching at the college ranks in 2004 as an assistant at Occidental for both the men's and women's water polo programs. In two seasons with the Tigers Pudwill helped Occidental reach some of its highest rankings in the Division III polls. In 2006 the women's team reached a No. 2 ranking and finished the year as National Runner-Ups.

Pudwill has been a water polo and swimming coach since 2000 in Texas and California. He began coaching at Ross S. Sterling High School in Baytown, Texas, where we was the assistant for the State Champion boys and girls water polo teams. In 2001 he co-founded the Dirty Bay Water Polo Club, the first year-round age group water polo program in Texas. Within two years of coaching the Dirty Bay Water Polo Club the team grew from a roster of 20 to 100.

From 2001 to 2003 he was selected to coach at the National Zone Championships for Zone 4 (Texas) where he ran both the Youth and Cadet Programs. He has also helped over 50 student-athletes develop the skills necessary to compete in NCAA programs such as the University of California Los Angeles, the University of Southern California and the United States Naval Academy, among other places.

Pudwill studied Sports Management at Salem International University in Salem, W.V., and competed at the Division II level in baseball, swimming and water polo. He also played internationally for the Ontario Water Polo Club in Ontario, Canada.

Before Pudwill came to Whittier he enjoyed a position at Fountain Valley High School in Fountain Valley, Calif., as the head coach of the boy's water polo team. Fountain Valley competed in the Sunset League, one of the top leagues in California.

In addition to his duties as the head coach of the men's water polo team he also serves as the head coach for the men's and women's swimming and women's water polo teams.