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WRIGHT HEAD COACH • 2Nd Year Alma Mater: UCLA ’01 COACHING STAFF ADAM WRIGHT HEAD COACH • 2nd Year Alma Mater: UCLA ’01 Adam Wright begins his second season as UCLA’s head men’s water polo coach in 2010. A former standout in the pool at UCLA and on the U.S. Olympic Team, Wright helped lead the Bruins to the championship match of the 2009 NCAA Tournament in his first season as the program’s head coach. After being named the fourth head coach in program history on June 3, 2009, Wright helped lead the Bruins to the MPSF Tournament title, UCLA’s first conference tournament championship since 2000. After opening conference play with consecutive losses midway through October, Wright knew that the Bruins would have to win the MPSF Tournament to advance to the NCAA Tournament. The first-year head coach adjusted the team’s practice and conditioning regimen, preparing the Bruins for the three-day tournament setting. After closing its MPSF schedule with a 5-3 mark, at fourth place in the standings, UCLA surged in the conference tournament. The Bruins opened with an 8-5 win over No. 5-seed Pepperdine, before upsetting No. 1-seed and tournament host USC, 10-6. UCLA cruised into an MPSF Tournament title showdown against No. 3-seed California, fresh off an upset of No. 2-seed Stanford. The Bruins won a back-and-forth affair against the Golden Bears, pulling away in the fourth quarter to win, 10-7. In his first year at the helm, Wright saw three of his players earn ACWPC All-America acclaim, while two players earned honorable mention accolades. Scott Davidson, a first-team All-America selection, became the first Bruin to earn MPSF Player of the Year honors since 2000 (Sean Kern). Ben Hohl and Chay Lapin were each honored as second-team All-America and All-MPSF selections. Davidson finished his career ranking fifth on UCLA’s career goals list (152), and Lapin became the Bruins’ all-time saves leader, making 719 stops in four seasons as a goalkeeper. Prior to his tenure as head coach, Wright was a four-year letterwinner at UCLA from 1997-2000, helping lead the Bruins to back-to-back NCAA titles in 1999 and 2000. Following his collegiate career, he served as a key member on the U.S. National Team, participating in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. He helped lead Team USA to a seventh-place finish in 2004 (Athens) and to the silver medal in 2008 (Beijing). Wright served as an assistant coach with the UCLA men’s and women’s water polo teams during the 2008-09 school year. He helped guide the women’s program to THE WRIGHT FILE an unprecedented fifth consecutive NCAA championship in May 2009. Following the 2008 men’s water polo season, Wright played an integral role in securing the Coaching Highlights top men’s recruiting class in the nation. • Guided the men’s water polo team to the 2010 NCAA championship contest • Led the Bruins to the MPSF Tournament title in 2010 as the No. 4 seed In addition, Wright served as an assistant coach with the varsity boys and girls • Helped lead the women’s water polo program to its fifth straight NCAA title in 2009 water polo programs at Wilson High School (Long Beach, Calif.) from 2001-04. He • Secured the top men’s water polo recruiting class in the spring of 2009 helped coach the boys program to four consecutive CIF Division I championships • Coached Wilson High School’s boys water polo program to four CIF Championships • Helped guide Wilson High School’s girls water polo program to two league titles and Moore League titles. Wright coached the girls team to two Moore League titles and two CIF Division I quarterfinal playoff appearances. Team USA Highlights • Led Team USA to the silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing As a senior at UCLA in 2000, Wright scored 39 goals before earning honorable • Scored four goals and registered a team-high nine assists at the 2008 Olympics mention All-America acclaim and second-team All-MPSF honors. In 1999, he secured • Played in two summer Olympic Games – 2004 (Athens) and 2008 (Beijing) third-team All-America and second-team All-MPSF honors. That season, Wright led • Scored in six games at 2003 World Championships, leading the U.S. with five goals UCLA in assists (27) and was second in total points (48) and steals (39). Playing Highlights (at UCLA) • Led UCLA to back-to-back NCAA titles in 1999 and 2000 In his first two seasons, he scored 43 goals – 26 as a freshman and 27 as a • Finished four-year career having accumulated 128 goals, playing from 1997-2000 sophomore. He gained second-team All-America honors in 1998 and was an • Named a second-team All-America selection in 1998, third-team selection in 1999 honorable mention All-America and All-MPSF selection as a freshman in 1997. • Graduated from UCLA in 2001 with degrees in history and sociology International Competition Highlights Wright graduated from UCLA in 2001 with degrees in history and sociology. • 2010 FINA World Championships, 4th Place (Oradea, Romania) Following his collegiate career, Wright competed in the European League (Italy and • 2009 FINA World Championships, 4th Place (Rome, Italy) Russia) for Bissolati Cremona, Civitavecchia SNC, Nuoto Catania and Dynamo Moscow • 2009 FINA World League Super Final, 4th Place (Podgorica, Montenegro) • 2008 Olympic Games, 2nd Place (Beijing, China) from 2004-08. He competed for the U.S. National Team in all major tournaments • 2008 FINA World League Super Final, 2nd Place (Genoa, Italy) from 2001-09, helping lead Team USA to the gold medal at the 2003 and 2007 • 2007 FINA World League Super Final, 5th Place (Berlin, Germany) Pan American Games as well as the 2005 ASUA Cup (Mexico City). • 2007 Pan American Games, 1st Place (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) • 2007 FINA World Championships, 9th Place (Melbourne, Australia) Wright, 32, is married to Kerry Norris, a former UCLA women’s soccer player. Adam • 2006 FINA World League Super Final, 5th Place (Athens, Greece) and Kerry reside in Los Angeles with their daughter, Rome (born July 2010). • 2005 ASUA Cup, 1st Place (Mexico City, Mexico) • 2004 Olympic Games, 7th Place (Athens, Greece) • 2004 Torneo di Napoli, 3rd Place (Naples, Italy) • 2003 FINA World League Super Final, 3rd Place (New York, N.Y.) • 2003 U.S. Cup, 2nd Place (Stanford, Calif.) • 2002 FINA World Cup, 7th Place (Belgrade, Yugoslavia) • 2001 FINA World Championships, 7th Place (Fukuoka, Japan) • 2000 UPS Cup, 6th Place (Los Alamitos, Calif. - USA “B”) • 1999 World University Games, 4th Place (Palma de Mallorca, Spain) COACHING STAFF In 2004, Krikorian guided the men’s program to their first perfect MPSF finish since 1999 and first NCAA championship since securing back-to-back titles in 1999 and ADAM 2000. The 2004 team also compiled an 18-game winning streak, which included winning the NorCal Tournament title and gaining multiple victories over the nation’s KRIKORIAN other three top-ranked teams – Stanford, California and USC. In 2000, Krikorian led the men’s program to its fourth NCAA title in six years. He ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH • 15th Year at UCLA also coached the UCLA women to the inaugural NCAA championship in the spring of Alma Mater: UCLA ’97 2001, coaching in the absence of Guy Baker (who then served as the USA Women’s Water Polo Head Coach). The 2001 women’s squad finished the season with an 18-4 overall mark, including a 9-1 MPSF record, and won its second consecutive Adam Krikorian enters his 15th season on the UCLA men’s water polo coaching national championship. staff in 2010. Krikorian served as the program’s head coach from 1999-2008 and in an assistant capacity from 1996-1998 before assuming Associate Head Krikorian was promoted to Co-Head Coach of the men’s program at the start of Coaching duties in July 2009. Krikorian concurrently serves as head coach of the the 1999 season, after serving as an assistant coach for three seasons. In the U.S. Women’s Water Polo National Team. spring of 1999, he served as the interim head coach for the women’s team, while Baker was coaching Team USA. Krikorian has won 15 national titles – 11 as a head coach (men’s and women’s), three as an assistant coach and one as a student-athlete – in 18 years with the During the 1996-1997 school year, Krikorian served as a student assistant coach UCLA water polo programs. Krikorian helped lead the men’s program to NCAA as he completed his undergraduate studies, assisting Baker in leading both squads titles as head coach in 1999, 2000 and 2004 and as an assistant coach in 1996. to national championships. As a senior, he led the Bruins to the 1995 NCAA title, UCLA’s first men’s water polo championship since 1972. As a senior captain in 1995, Krikorian helped lead UCLA to its first men’s water polo national championship since 1972. He scored two goals in the Bruins’ 10-8 On the women’s side, Krikorian coached UCLA to eight national championships (7 win over California in the NCAA title match. During his senior season, he registered NCAA) as head coach from 1999-2009. He helped engineer UCLA’s remarkable a team-best 31 goals, including one two-pointer, while earning second-team All- run of five consecutive NCAA women’s water polo titles from 2005-2009. Serving America and second-team All-MPSF honors. as an assistant coach with the women’s program in 1997 and 1998, he led UCLA to national titles each season.
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