Hall of Fame
Chris Judge has excelled on so many levels – as both a player and coach – that he has become synonymous with New York City water polo. He first started attending practices with his father, Francis X. Judge (a Fordham Hall of Famer) before age-group water polo even existed in New York City.
In 1976, Chris joined the Fordham Rams where his water polo career truly began to take off. He is considered one of the greatest Rams to ever cap up and was a 1996 inductee into the Fordham Athletics Hall of Fame for both swimming and water polo. He earned All-East honors as both a field player and in goal and served as team captain. At the same time, he was a mainstay at the New York Athletic Club starting in 1976. As a player and coach, Judge helped NYAC win 14 National Championships. He also recruited and built rosters that featured some of the most dynamic players in USA Water Polo history. In 2011, he was inducted into the NYAC Hall of Fame.
Not long after his undergraduate days, he was head coach at Fordham from 1982 to 1989 and led the team to five Metropolitan titles and one Mid-Atlantic conference championship.
As a coach, he also guided the Army men's club team to five New York division titles plus appearances at the club nationals each year. Judge was also named Coach of the Year each year for his efforts. In addition, Judge coached several age group programs at Greenwich Aquatics (CT) and Hudson Valley Water Polo (NY).
Judge is also an active participant in Masters water polo. He won two gold medals at the 2014 & 2017 FINA World Masters Championship with Santa Barbara and several USA Water Polo Masters National titles. Today, he is President of the Hudson Valley WP Club, and a former Chairman of Water Polo at the New York Athletic Club.
