Dejan Udovicic was named head coach of the USA Water Polo Men’s Senior National Team on May 7, 2013. Udovicic—former head coach of the Serbian national team—joined USA Water Polo after leading Serbia to a Bronze Medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 16^th medal for his teams in the last 17 major championship events. Udovicic has helped rebuild the USA Men to compete among the top ranked teams in international water polo. Udovicic led Team USA to Gold at the 2023 Pan American Games, which also earned the squad qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games. In 2016, the USA Men won their first medal at a major FINA competition in eight years—a Silver at the 2016 FINA World League Super Final. They followed that with a 10th place finish at the 2016 Olympic Games. Team USA routinely medals at the FINA Intercontinental Tournament and took home Gold at the 2018 tournament in Auckland, New Zealand.

The most successful coach in Serbian team sports, Udovicic amassed nearly 500 victories while winning more than 80 percent of all his matches. He led the Radnicki Water Polo Club to a Euro Cup title and an appearance in the Serbian National Championship final in the team’s first year of competition.

Udovicic was named head coach of the Serbian National Team in June 2006 following the separation of Serbia and Montenegro. In the six years that followed he built Serbia into a water polo powerhouse. Included in his run was a FINA World Championship in 2009, two FINA World Cup titles in 2006 and 2010, two European Championships in 2006 and 2012, two Bronze Medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games, and five FINA World League Super Final titles.

In addition to his duties with the Serbian National Team, Udovicic also was the longtime coach of VK Partizan, one of Serbia’s top water polo clubs. From 2000-2009 he led the club to four national championships, four national cups, and an appearance in the Euroleague final four. No stranger to the club, Udovicic played for Partizan along with neighboring VK Beograd, in a playing career that spanned more than 10 years.