Water Polo is a very tough sport, demanding straight swimming for 30 plus minutes, grappling with opposing players, and the mental acuity to be able to remember strategies and positions.

It’s also one of the oldest sports in the world, with the first game being played in 1888 in America, and quickly spread across the collegiate athletic circle.

Our guest today is Kirk Everist, a 2x Olympian, head coach of men’s water polo at U Cal Berkeley, 5x National Champion, 4x ACWPC Coach of the Year, USA Water Polo Hall of Fame Inductee, Cal Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee...well, you get the idea.

Not only does Kirk coach young athletes in one of the toughest sports in the world, but also has to rebuild a new team year after year, to add onto a hundred plus year legacy of excellence at U Cal Berkeley. In today’s episode, he shares some of his secrets, beliefs, and strategies for continuously improving at being a coach, and how to balance tradition, with the need to evolve.

This is another episode you’re not going to want to miss, so with that…let’s bring it in!