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Chris French
Chris has loved the water since infancy, and basically grew up in the pool. He played water polo and was an All-American swimmer for Mission Viejo High School in Orange County. He then attended the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he completed his undergraduate degree in history and played water polo for the Gauchos. After college, he returned to Orange County to obtain a teaching credential and coach water polo. From 2006 to 2014 Chris was a coach for SET Water Polo Club under olympian Brad Schumacher, where he worked with all age groups as a head and assistant coach. Chris moved to the Bay Area two years ago, and he is currently a math teacher in the Tamalpais Union High School District and coaches the Drake Boys JV Water Polo Team.
Corey Mano
Corey Mano grew up in Sleepy Hollow where he began to swim and play water polo for Mark Anderson and Matt Swanson at the age of seven. He was a member of the first Sleepy Hollow Aquatics team to compete in tournaments. He attended Sir Francis Drake High School and played on Swanson's varsity team. In 2018, he graduated from Boston College where he played for the men's water polo club program, making three national championship tournament appearances. Corey is excited to be back in Marin, coaching at SHAQ.
Conor Neumann
Conor grew up in the East Bay where he attended San Ramon Valley High School. He grew up playing baseball and water polo. Conor continued his water polo career at UC Berkeley where he helped his team win a National Championship in 2016. He was a member of the national team that played at the World University Games in Taiwan in 2017. After his water polo career finished, Conor tried out and played a season of baseball at Cal.
Keenan Anderson
Original SHAQ alumni from the very beginning. Led Drake High School to their very first NCS final appearance alongside lifelong teammate and now US Mens Waterpolo Olympian, Dylan Woodhead. UC Davis Men's Waterpolo Alumni and part of the winningest class with 3 Conference Championships and 3 NCAA tournament appearances. Keenan has been coaching with SHAQ since he graduated from Davis and is also the assistant coach of the infamous Sleepy Hollow Swim Team. Keenan took on many roles as a player at UC Davis and is a great, all around skill develop coach because of his utility player attributes.
Emma Sampson
Todd Duplanty
Todd grew up in Hawaii, and played water polo at Punahou and went on to play at UCLA. After UCLA, Todd played in Australia and started coaching youth teams in Sydney. Upon returning to California, he continued coaching at Corona Del Mar High School, and age group teams for Newport Harbor Water Polo Club. He continued to expand his coaching experience by coaching the University of Colorado women’s team. Todd has been lucky enough to coach all levels and ages of water polo players over the years.
Logan Anderson
Logan grew up in Marin County and began playing for SHAQ at the age of 6. He went to Drake High school and won an NCS title in 2017. He played 4 years at UC Davis, earned All American honors and finished 3rd in career points. He is now coaching for Archie and SHAQ.
Stefan Venne
Stefan started playing water polo for SHAQ when he was 7 years old. He continued on to Drake High School where his team won NCS in 2017. His SHAQ age group teams won a Silver and a Bronze medal at JO's. He continued playing at UC Davis for 3 years while getting his degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering.
Ryen Flint
As a San Diego native, Ryen played water polo for Carlsbad High School, while gaining international experience training in Eastern Europe. He continued his athletic career at UC Santa Barbara under Coach Wolf Wigo, graduating in 2012. Ryen began coaching in 2016 at private high schools in California and joined SHAQ in 2020 to work with all age groups.
Bobby Palmer
A native mariner, Bobby grew up swimming for the Scott Valley
Sea-Serpents. He played water polo at Tam High School and then
UC Berkeley for college. He then continued to compete for the SF Olympic club in Masters tournaments. Bobby is looking forward to giving back to the sport that has given him so much. He believes in personal values and a team first mentality, healthy competition and fun.
Alex Brown
Alex was born in Hong Kong, and spent his early years in Japan. Moving to Southern California in his youth he started playing water polo at various clubs in the Los Angeles Area such as LA Water Polo Club, S&S Bruin, as well as Malibu WPC. He attended the Cate High school in Carpinteria California where he played for four years. Following his time in high school, Alex was recruited to play at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Alex is currently the boy’s varsity head coach at San Rafael High School.