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For Immediate Release-- United States Water Polo, Inc., the National Governing Body (NGB) for the sport of water polo, today announced the selection of Brent Bohlender, Modesto, CA and John Williams of Long Beach, CA as the 1999 USA Water Polo/United Airlines National Developmment Coach of the Year and National Coach of the Year. Bohlender and Williams have also been nominated as the USOC National Coaches of the year in their respective categories and will attend the USOC Coaches Recognition program in Washington, DC September 17 -19. The USA Water Polo National Coach of the Year is selected annually by the Naional Coaches Committee of USWP, Inc. and is determined by activities conducted taking place from July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the year of the award. USAWATERPOLO/United
Airlines Brent Bohlender began his long and distinguished coaching career in 1974 at Johansen HS in Modesto, CA. In 1977 he formed the Modesto/Stanislaus Water Polo Club with the idea of adding a girls program to an already existing boys program. He has gone on to become the most successful women’s high school and age group club coach in the history of the sport. Over the years he has seen over 2,000 DIFFERENT girls go through his program including well over one-hundred high school and USA Water Polo All-Americans. During one stretch of Junior Nationals his team won 48 straight games from 1984 until the finals of 1990. The Modesto/Stanislaus club has won EIGHTEEN USA Water Polo National Championships ranging from 15-unders in 1986 to TWO Senior National Championships in 1994 and 1997. Additionally, Modesto/Stanislaus at a national level has had 14 second place finishes and 12 third place finishes for a total of 44 medals. His Johansen High School team is currently on a winning streak of eighty consecutive games. Bohlender, whose Masters thesis was on female sports psychology and the difference between individual and team sports personalities, has also been the USA Water Polo Women’s Junior National Coach for the past fourteen years, winning a bronze medal in the first FINA Junior Women’s World Championships in 1997 and the gold medal in the both the 1996 and 1998 Pan American Junior Women’s Championships. USAWATERPOLO/United
Airlines John Williams capped a twenty-six year career as head coach of the University of Southern California with the Trojans first-ever NCAA championship in 1998. Williams’ career record was 449-253-7 for a winning percentage of .638. Although Williams retired after the 1998 season, he will remain as the program’s coach emeritus and will be involved in annual fundraising and long-range development. "Very few coaches have the opportunity to have their last game be an NCAA championship, and I’m going to take the opportunity to join that select crowd," said Williams. "I am retiring with great memories of all the years and with great enthusiasm for the future of USC water polo. I still will be very involved with helping the program to stay at the top, but will also have more time for my family and business interests." Williams, 51, played water polo at USC from 1966-68 and was a two-time All-American. After two seasons as an assistant coach, he took over the head coaching duties in 1973 and turned the USC water polo team into one of the nation’s best. His last 21 teams finished in the top seven nationally, including six second-place finishes before USC’s first championship last fall. Williams coached 87 All-Americans in his 26 seasons. In addition to being named USA Water Polo’s coach of the year, Williams was named conference coach of the year three times (1983, 1987 and 1996) and NCAA co-Coach of the Year in 1998 with his USC co-head coach, Jovan Vavic. Other USWP
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Water Polo Coach of the Year