Terry Schroeder, Head Coach,
Men's Senior National Team
USA Water Polo Hall of Famer Dr. Terry Schroeder was named Head Coach on June 18, 2007. He’s served as an assistant coach since 2006.
Dr. Schroeder is considered one of water polo’s all-time standout players. He captained the National Team from 1983-1992 and coached Pepperdine University’s men’s team for 20 years. Under Dr. Schroeder’s leadership, the Pepperdine Waves have a record of 307-195 (.612), have attended the NCAA Championships eight times, and claimed the NCAA championship in 1997. Schroeder was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame in 1998 and was recently inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
With Schroeder as US team captain, the squad finished second to Yugoslavia at both the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games and placed fourth at the 1992 event in Barcelona, Spain. The team also captured the FINA Cup in Barcelona, downing longtime nemesis Yugoslavia in the title game.
A graduate of San Marcos High in Santa Barbara, CA, Schroeder earned All-American honors at Pepperdine in 1977, 1978 and 1980. He graduated with honors in 1981 and then completed his doctorate studies at Palmer-West Chiropractic School. Schroeder and his wife, Lori, reside in Westlake Village, CA, with their daughters, Leanna and Sheridan.
Ryan Brown, Assistant Coach,
Men's Senior National Team
Ryan Brown, former head coach for the University of the Pacific women’s
water polo team, joined the National Men’s Water Polo Team as the
full-time assistant coach in January 2006.
Brown was head coach of the Pacific women’s program from 2002 to 2005,
compiling a record of 28-94. He led the team to a school record 11 wins
in 2005 and a final ranking of 20. Pacific picked up two Mountain
Pacific Sports Federation victories in 2005, the most since 1998. He
also led the team to a school-record six-game winning streak in 2005. In
the summer of 2003, Brown represented Pacific at the 2003 World
University Games.
He was an All-American water polo goalkeeper at Pacific and completed
his undergraduate education in the fall of 2000. He went on to earn an
MBA in 2001 while coaching. Brown and his wife Rebekah were married in
September 2006 and reside in Tustin, CA. with their two dogs, Tytis and
Jewlz.
Robert Lynn, Assistant Coach,
Men's Senior National Team
Robert Lynn was named assistant coach in December 2007. Lynn was head coach of USA Water Polo’s Youth National Team in 2006 and 2007. Lynn was also head swimming coach at Long Beach (CA) Wilson High School in 2006. He guided the water polo teams at Marina High School in 2005 and 2006. A longtime member of the Men’s National Team program, he played from 1989 to 2001. In that time he played professionally in countries such as Croatia, Italy, Greece, and France. His playing career spanned more than a decade running from 1991 to 2003.
Lynn played collegiately as USC where he held a scoring record for more than 20 years. In addition he played his high school polo at Long Beach (CA) Wilson where he earned All-American honors. Lynn resides in Long Beach.
Adam Krikorian, Head Coach, Women's Senior National Team
Adam Krikorian was named Head Coach of the USA Water Polo Women’s Senior National Team on March 27, 2009. Krikorian joins the staff from UCLA where he was the Head Coach of the men’s and women’s programs for the last 10 years.
Krikorian replaced Guy Baker who was recently named Director of Olympic Development at USA Water Polo.
A former standout on the UCLA varsity water polo team from 1992-95, Krikorian was captain of the UCLA 1995 Men’s NCAA championship team, UCLA’s first title in 23 years. Krikorian has earned National Women's Water Polo Coach of the Year honors five times-2001, 2005-08 and also received National Men's Coach of the Year honors in 2004 after having led the UCLA men's program to its eighth overall NCAA championship. He has guided the women’s team to seven national championships, six sanctioned by the NCAA including a current string of four consecutive titles. In addition he has piloted the men’s program to three NCAA titles two of the three were as Co-Head Coach with Guy Baker.
Krikorian, 34, graduated from UCLA with a psychology degree and a business administration emphasis in June 1997. In May 2001, Krikorian married Anicia Mendez, a four-year Bruin letter-winner in varsity tennis who completed her MBA at UCLA. Adam and Anicia reside in Manhattan Beach, Calif., with their son, Jack (born July 2006) and daughter Annabelle (born June 2009).
Dan Klatt, Assistant Coach, Women's Senior National Team
Dan Klatt, a 2004 Olympian and Head Coach of the UC-Irvine Women’s Water
Polo Team joined the USA Women’s Senior National Team Coaching Staff as
an Assistant Coach in April 2010.. Klatt led the Senior “B” Team to a
first place finish at the Canada Cup in late 2009 and returned to the
National Team scene after a decorated playing career.
Klatt is a 2001 graduate of UC-Irvine and helped guide the Anteaters to a
Big West Tournament Championship in 2009 in the conference’s inaugural
season. He competed with the USA Men’s Senior National Team during the
early 2000s and was part of the group that took home a seventh place
finish at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
Heather Moody, Assistant Coach, Women's Senior National Team
Heather Moody, a two-time Olympic Medalist and former Head and Assistant Coach of the Women’s Senior National Team was named Head Coach of the USA Water Polo Women’s Junior National Team and an Assistant Coach with the Women’s Senior National Team in April of 2010. Moody returns to the Senior Team coaching ranks, where as an Assistant Coach she helped guide the squad to a Silver Medal at the 2008 Olympic Games, after two years at California State University-Long Beach.
Moody, bound for the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame in 2010 departs Long Beach State following a two-year stint as Assistant Coach for the men's and women's programs. One of the dominant players for Team USA in the late 90s and early 2000s Moody earned a Silver Medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and a Bronze Medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. In 2005, Moody served as Head Coach of the Women’s Senior National Team piloting the squad to a Silver Medal at the FINA World Championships in Montreal. From there Moody was an Assistant Coach for the Senior National Team collaborating on a World Championship in 2007 in Melbourne and a Silver Medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.