Team Information
TeamType: College/University
This team has nationally-ranked water polo players
Gender: Male
Affiliation: NCAA
Team Details
About the Coaches: Craig Rond - Head coach
Head Coach Craig Rond continues to improve the men's water polo program in his sixth year of service.
The Kingsmen earned a program record 12 wins this past season and took fourth in the conference standings.
Rond also coaches the women's water polo program and was tabbed as Division III Coach of the Year in 2006.
Former Kingsmen Scott Bredesen became the first CLU water polo player to earn four-time All-America honors.
Rond not only brings extensive water polo playing and coaching experience to CLU, but the local product also possesses in-depth knowledge of the California high school swim scene, an invaluable recruiting asset.
Since 1989, Rond has been the director of the South Coast Water Polo Club in Thousand Oaks. Also the club's founder, he has developed several All-American, Division I, II, and III, and community college student-athletes. The club is open to swimmers age eight to adult and is one of the longest-lasting clubs in the state of California.
Rond has been teaching social science at Thousand Oaks High School since 1996. From 1994-2000, he served as the school's swimming and water polo head coach where he created the first high school girls water polo program in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
A 1989 graduate of San Jose State, Rond earned a Bachelor's Degree in Communications. He also holds a Master of Arts Degree in Exercise and Sport Science from the University of Arizona.
Eligibility (Who can join?): Visit website for http://www.clusports.com/pages/records/mwp_records.php
Dates/Schedule: Visit website for http://www.clusports.com/mens_water_polo/schedule/
How do I sign up?: Online registration: http://www.clusports.com/pages/sport_interest_form.php
