Men's Water Polo
Lathrope, Bret
Bret Lathrope
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- blathrope@athletics.ucla.edu
Bret Lathrope enters his first yearย as an assistant coach with the UCLA men's water polo team in 2019.
He spent the 2018 season as the head coach of theย Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) men's water polo team and led the Engineers to their ninth CWPA Division III Eastern Championship title in his only season.ย Lathrope was named the Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) Coach of the Year and as the USA Water Poloย Monte Nitzkowski Distinguished National Men's Coach of the Year. Lathrope guided the Engineers to their first-ever NWPC Tournament win (defeated Iona College, 16-11) and saw two of his student-athletes take home AWCPC All-America honors. In addition to his head coaching duties at MIT, he also served as aย physical education and wellness instructor.
Prior to being appointed as the head coach for MIT,ย Lathrope served as an assistant coach with the Engineers in 2017. From 2015-17, Lathrope was as an assistant coach with the Bucknell University men's and women's water polo teams. The former UCLA standout was also previously an assistant coach at UC Davis and played professionally in Spain for Agrupacio Esportiva Santa Eulalia in Barcelona, Spain,ย in spring 2015.
A former member of the Junior National Team, National B Team, Polo National 20-and-Under Team, National Cadet Team and National Development Team, Lathrope was a four-year member of the UCLA squad that made three national championship game appearances during his tenure. Lathrope scored 56 goals in his career, including a career-high 19 as a junior in 2011 and again as a senior in 2012.
ย ย
A product out of Miramonte High School in Moraga, Calif., heย got his start in the coaching profession by serving as a coach of the Lamorinda Water Polo Club Boys 16-and-under team from December 2013 to August 2014. He then served as an assistant with the UC Davis menโs program, helping the Aggies to a third-place finish in the Western Water Polo Association.
Lathrope graduated from UCLA in 2013 with a bachelorโs degree in history.
He spent the 2018 season as the head coach of theย Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) men's water polo team and led the Engineers to their ninth CWPA Division III Eastern Championship title in his only season.ย Lathrope was named the Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) Coach of the Year and as the USA Water Poloย Monte Nitzkowski Distinguished National Men's Coach of the Year. Lathrope guided the Engineers to their first-ever NWPC Tournament win (defeated Iona College, 16-11) and saw two of his student-athletes take home AWCPC All-America honors. In addition to his head coaching duties at MIT, he also served as aย physical education and wellness instructor.
Prior to being appointed as the head coach for MIT,ย Lathrope served as an assistant coach with the Engineers in 2017. From 2015-17, Lathrope was as an assistant coach with the Bucknell University men's and women's water polo teams. The former UCLA standout was also previously an assistant coach at UC Davis and played professionally in Spain for Agrupacio Esportiva Santa Eulalia in Barcelona, Spain,ย in spring 2015.
A former member of the Junior National Team, National B Team, Polo National 20-and-Under Team, National Cadet Team and National Development Team, Lathrope was a four-year member of the UCLA squad that made three national championship game appearances during his tenure. Lathrope scored 56 goals in his career, including a career-high 19 as a junior in 2011 and again as a senior in 2012.
ย ย
A product out of Miramonte High School in Moraga, Calif., heย got his start in the coaching profession by serving as a coach of the Lamorinda Water Polo Club Boys 16-and-under team from December 2013 to August 2014. He then served as an assistant with the UC Davis menโs program, helping the Aggies to a third-place finish in the Western Water Polo Association.
Lathrope graduated from UCLA in 2013 with a bachelorโs degree in history.
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