| Title: | Head Coach |
| Phone: | (562) 907-4916 |
| Email: | jpudwill@whittier.edu |
| Team: | Men's Water Polo |
Hometown: Huntington Beach, Calif.
College: Salem International (W.V.)
Years at Whittier: 6th
Overall Record: 66-93
Whittier
Coaching Accomplishments
2012
Whittier finished 3rd in the SCIAC Standings after starting SCIAC
play 5-0 getting wins overs La Verne, Caltech, Redlands, Cal
Lutheran, and Occidental. Pudwill saw sophomore transfer
Goran Mataic earn 1st Team All-SCIAC honors, while grabbing
Newcomer of the Year recognition in the conference. Mataic
also was Honorable Mention in the WWPA's and 1st Team
All-ACWPC. Freshman Douglas Marriott made 2nd Team All-SCIAC
and was Honorable Mention from the ACWPC, while making the WWPA
All-Freshman Team and senior Cameron Rehm gained Honorable Mention
recognition from the ACWPC.
2011
The Poets finished 5th in the SCIAC
Championships after holding onto a one goal victory 11-10 over La
Verne in the final day of competition and followed that performance
up with another victory over the Leopards in the WWPA
Championships. To wrap up the year Pudwill saw Ryan Rock be
named to the WWPA All-Tournament Team, senior Chet Schuster earn
2nd Team All-SCIAC honors, senior goalie Chris Maloney be named to
the All-SCIAC Academic Team, Erick Gonzalez and Kyle Catino become
ACWPC All-Americans, and Eric Bonander, Catino, and Keary Schlactus
land on the WWPA All-Academic Team.
2010
Whittier returned to the WWPA Tournament after finishing as
runners-up at the SCIAC Tournament. Pudwill saw Erick Gonzalez
named the WWPA Newcomer of the Year and had three student-athletes
named All-SCIAC.
2009
The Poets finished the season 20-14 which includes a 16-3
mark against Division III opponents. It was only the third time in
program's history, and first time since 2004, that Whittier reached
the 20-win plateau.
Whittier ended the year as the No. 1 ranked team in Division III and took home fourth place honors at the Western Water Polo Association Championships held at Chapman University. The tournament was highlighted by a 10-9 win over second seeded Air Force in the opening round.
Pudwill had four players named ACWPC All-Americans, four named All-SCIAC and two named All-WWPA. First-team All-American goalie Casey Regehr led the country, all divisions, in total saves.
2008
Pudwill led the Poets to a first round upset of SCIAC
rival Occidental in the conference tournament.
Whittier had two ACWPC All-Americans, two All-SCIAC selections, one All-WWPA honoree and one student-athlete named to the All-WWPA Freshman Team in 2008.
Other College Coaching Accomplishments
2004-06
Pudwill began his college coaching career as an assistant
coach at Occidental in 2004. In two seasons with the Tigers, he
helped Occidental reach some of its highest rankings in the
Division III polls and saw the '06 women's team reach No. 2 in the
polls.
Other Coaching Accomplishments
2006
Head boys water polo coach at Fountain Valley High School
in Fountain Valley, Calif.
2001-03
Selected as head coach at the National Zone Championships
for Zone 4 in Texas.
2001
Co-founded the Dirty Bay Water Polo Club, the first
year-round age group water polo program in Texas. In two years the
club grew from a roster of 20 to 100.
2000
Assistant coach for the boys and girls water polo and
swimming teams at Ross S. Sterling High School in Baytown,
Texas.
| Coaching History | |
| 2009-present | Whittier - Head Coach |
| 2004-2006 | Occidental - Assistant Coach |
| Coaching Record | |||
| Year | School | Title | Record |
| 2012 | Whittier | Head Coach | 11-20, 6-5 SCIAC |
| 2011 | Whittier | Head Coach | 12-21, 4-6 SCIAC |
| 2010 | Whittier | Head Coach |
13-21, 4-6 SCIAC |
| 2009 | Whittier | Head Coach | 20-14, 9-1 SCIAC |
| 2008 | Whittier | Head Coach | 12-17, 3-7 SCIAC |
| 2007 | Whittier | Head Coach | 9-20, 3-7 SCIAC |
| 2006 | Occidental | Asst. Coach | |
| 2005 | Occidental | Asst. Coach | |
| 2004 | Occidental | Asst. Coach | |


