University of California - Berkeley Men's Water Polo

Everist has twice led the Golden Bears to the pinnacle of the sport; directing his alma mater to its NCAA-record 13th national crown with a 8-6 win over USC in 2007 after a thrilling 7-6 last-second national championship victory over the Trojans in 2006. A three-time All-American, 1988 NCAA Player of the Year and two-time United States Olympian, Everist earned the 2002 MPSF Coach of the Year honors in his inaugural season when he guided Cal to the MPSF Tournament title and a national runner-up finish. Then in 2004, he was inducted into both the Cal Athletic and the USA Water Polo Hall of Fames. In 2006, Everist was selected USA Water Polo's Elite Co-Coach of the Year after leading the Bears to both the MPSF and NCAA titles. He also coached the United States' World University Games team that competed in the summer of 2009 in Belgrade, Serbia, mentoring five Bears on the squad. On July 29, 2002 Everist returned to his alma mater and immediately led the Bears to a 20-7 mark and Cal's first MPSF title and national runner-up finish since 1995. Now after guiding the Bears to the school's first back-to-back NCAA trophies since the early '90s, Everist and his troops will be vying for another national crown in 2016, led by a quartet of returning All-Americans that includes 2015 first team selection Luca Cupido. With all of his team's accomplishments in the pool, Everist has also fostered excellence in the classroom. In September, 2009 his team was awarded the 2008-09 Newmark Award for the most improved cumulative team GPA among all of the Cal 27 sports. In the spring of 2010, three of his athletes earned 4.0 GPAs. Before his successful return to Berkeley, Everist had contributed to eight CIF North Coast championships as an assistant coach at Miramonte High School. During Everist's 11-year tenure at Miramonte, the school also produced nine league titles and three third-place finishes in the California State Tournament. He helped develop 22 high school All-Americans, and three of his former players went on to earn NCAA All-American recognition, while two of his ex-pupils played on NCAA championship teams. In addition to his work at Miramonte High School, Everist served as water polo commissioner at San Francisco's Olympic Club from 1999-2001, a period that produced a gold medal and two silver medals in FINA World Masters competition. Also, since 2000 he has been co-head coach for the Lamorinda water polo team, leading that club to the 2001, 2004 and 2005 USA Water Polo 20-Under national championships, and the 2002 Northern California Zone Junior Olympic title. In January of 2005, Everist added to his duties the position of treasurer of the College Water Polo Coaches Association. A 1990 Cal graduate, Everist propelled the Bears to national championships in 1987 and 1988 as a player. He earned NCAA All-American status from 1986-88 and was named the NCAA National Player of the Year in 1988. Everist went on to play for the United States National Team for nine years (1988-96) and was a member of the USA Olympic Team at the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Games. He also competed on America's gold medal winning water polo teams at the 1991 World University Games and 1995 Pan American Games. "Kirk has been an Olympian and an All-American, but I believe he is now a better coach than he was as a player," said four-time NCAA Coach of the Year Pete Cutino, Everist's former Cal mentor who passed away in September of 2004. "He is a very intense person who has always been a student of the game. Kirk is everything we would want in a coach." EVERIST'S RECORD 2002 - 20-7* 2003 - 20-8 2004 - 20-10 2005 - 21-7 2006 - 31-4*** 2007 - 28-4** 2008 - 19-9 2009 - 22-6 2010 - 24-4 2011 - 22-4 2012 - 17-8 2013 - 18-8 2014 - 22-7 2015 - 24-7 Total - 308-93 (.768) *MPSF Champions **NCAA Champions ***MPSF and NCAA Champions Kirk Everist Contact Info: ,

Hafferkamp brings over 35 years of coaching, management and leadership skills with him to Cal and will enter his fourth season with the Bears in 2016. "Russ brings with him a tremendous depth of experience as a leader and coach, said Everist. His addition to our team comes at a time when we look to reestablish our program and continue to build on our championship legacy. Russ has been extremely successful in every aspect of his life. Be it as a player, coach, CEO, entrepreneur, or author, Russ is a proven winner with championship pedigree and he knows how to impart that wisdom." Hafferkamp comes to Cal after serving as Managing Director/Founder of Career Athletes, a career development and networking company that provides counseling to a half-million student athletes and over 1,200 athletic departments across the country. He is the author of and the . No stranger to elite water polo, Hafferkamp was a first-team All-American at UC Santa Barbara, a member of the U.S. National Training Team for the 1980 Olympics and represented the United States at the Ninth World University Games in Sofia, Bulgaria.  A member of the Olympic Club and International Swimming Hall of Fames, he is a three-time US Water Polo Nationals MVP, a 20-time Open or Masters All-American and has been a member of eight medal-winning teams at the FINA Masters World Championships. With over 20 years of coaching experience, Hafferkamp has been both a head coach (UC San Diego and Cal Poly men) and an assistant (UC Santa Barbara men, Cal women) at the collegiate level. He was player/coach for the Tasmanian State Team in Australia and is the current womens coach for The Olympic Club of San Francisco. Hafferkamp has also served as a member of the U.S. Water Polo Executive Committee, and as a member of the U.S. Water Polo Board of Governors and Board of Directors. "Russ and I have a long relationship, said Everist. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him as a person, coach and leader. He will be an amazing role model for the student-athletes at Cal. I am very excited about the opportunity to work with him." Russ Hafferkamp contact info: , Russ Hafferkamp contact info: ,