2016 Bucknell Women’s Water Polo Coaching Staff
BRET LATHROPE ASSISTANT COACH • FIRST SEASON • UCLA ’13 Bret Lathrope joined the Bison water polo staff as an assistant coach in summer 2015. The former UCLA standout was previously an assistant at UC Davis and has also played professionally in Spain. 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. A 6’4” attacker who attended Miramonte High School in Moraga, California, Lathrope played professionally for Agrupacio Esportiva Santa Eulalia in Barcelona, Spain, in spring 2015. Lathrope, who graduated from UCLA in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in history, got his start in the coaching profession by serving as the head 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 men’s program last fall, helping the Aggies to a third-place finish in the Western Water Polo Association. Lathrope serves as an assistant for both Bucknell’s men’s and women’s water polo programs.
BRET LATHROPE RESUME
PERSONAL Date of Birth: April 6, 1991 Hometown: Moraga, California Resides: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania EDUCATION B.A., History, UCLA, 2013
ASSISTANT COACHING CAREER Men (2 seasons) Year School Record 2014 UC Davis 16-17 2015 Bucknell 18-13 Totals 34-30
Pct. .485 .581 .531
MISCELLANEOUS NCAA finalist three times (2009, 2011, 2012) as a player at UCLA Scored 56 career goals while at UCLA USA Water Polo team member for eight years Professional water polo player with Santa Eulalia in Spain (2015) Coached at both club (Lamorinda Water Polo Club) and college (UC Davis, Bucknell) levels
COACHING RECORDS Coach Lynn Kachmarik John Zeigler John Abdou Paul Rave John McBride Totals
Years 1999 (1) 2000-2007 (8) 2008-2010 (3) 2011 (1) 2012- (4) 17
JOHN MCBRIDE
W-L 11-17 139-118 61-37 13-18 50-71 274-261 (.512)
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