Staff Applause — New water polo coaches
Adam Wright (left) and Brandon Brooks.
has been named head
men’s water polo coach at UCLA, and
Brandon Brooks has been named head
women’s water polo coach. Wright and Brooks replace Adam Krikorian, who was named head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Team this summer. Krikorian had served as head coach for both the UCLA men’s and women’s teams and will remain on the men’s water polo staff as associate head coach. As assistant coaches, Wright and Brooks helped lead the 2009 UCLA women’s water polo team to an unprecedented fifth consecutive NCAA championship. As student-athletes at UCLA, both players were four-time All-America selections before enjoying successful careers competing for the U.S. National Team. They led Team USA to the silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in
Beijing and to a seventh-place finish at the 2004 Olympics in
Athens.
