One of the most dynamic players for Team USA, Coralie Simmons emerged in the late 1990's from Hemet, California. There she played on her high school boys' team before finally making her way to a water polo hotbed: Westwood. At UCLA, Simmons was twice named NCAA Player of the Year, a four-year All-American and won three national collegiate championships. She capped her run as a Bruin in 2001, helping UCLA win the first NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship. At UCLA, she helped set the foundation for what would become the Bruins' dynastic run in the mid-2000's. As an undergraduate, Simmons also made the first US women's Olympic water polo team and helped Team USA earn the inaugural silver medal in Sydney.

Outside of Team USA, Simmons was a sought-after player on the international club scene capping up with Glyfada and Vouliagmeni where she won three Greek Championships and one European Cup title. On the domestic front, Simmons was a key piece of the New York Athletic Club's multiple national-championship teams. As her playing career wound down, she took assistant coaching roles at Hawaii and UCLA, helping to guide her alma mater to the NCAA Championship Tournament. She later took over the Sonoma State Seawolves, twice earning Division II Coach of the Year honors. Now in her seventh season as head coach of women's water polo at the University of California-Berkeley, she has already guided the Bears to the NCAA semifinals four times. Simmons also remains a key member of the Team USA pipeline, twice serving as head coach of the women's junior national team which won a world title in 2015.