Coaching Staff

Club Director, Head Coach 12U/14U Girls, coaches all age groups

Mark is the Head Coach of the Marin Swim League Champions, Sleepy Hollow Swim Team. He has coached the Sealions to 28 league championships. Mark coached the Drake High School boys water polo team for 18 years. He was inducted into the Marin County Athletic League, Hall of Fame in 2014. Mark is co-founder of SHAQ.  

Club Director, Head Coach 18U Boys, coaches all age groups

Matt grew up in San Diego and attended Poway High School, and was a part of the first water polo club in San Diego. He then attended UCLA and was a part of two NCAA championship teams in 1995 and 1996, earning NCAA player of the year awards both years. After college he moved to Marin County and has coached water polo in the MCAL league since 2000. Matt and Mark formed SHAQ in 2007. 

Head Coach 18U Girls, Media Operations

Sophie Doyle has been swimming since she was four years old and playing water polo since age 9. She grew up in Southern California and attended Mater Dei High School where she played four years of varsity water polo and swimming. Sophie then went on to play water polo and swim at Santa Rosa Junior College. After two years, she transferred to the University of Pacific and went on to play two years of D1 water polo and earn a degree in communication and psychology. After graduating, Sophie moved to Australia to play water polo and coach. Since returning home, Sophie has been coaching for Marin Catholic High School varsity women's water polo and men's and women's swimming since 2013. She has been coaching for SHAQ since 2014 and has a passion for coaching and sharing her love of the game. 

Head Coach 16U Girls

Joey was a dual sport athlete as a member of the Santa Rosa Junior College water polo and swim teams, earning 1st Team All American in Water Polo and helping lead each team to a third place finish in the state. Joey then transferred to the University of the Pacific (UOP). At UOP, he was a two-time All MPSF Academic Team Selection, and helped guide the water polo team to a National No. 4 NCAA D-1 ranking.

Coach Doyle comes to SHAQ having previously spent three years as an Assistant Coach for the Sonoma State University Women's Water Polo Team and as a Swim Instructor/Lecturer in the Sonoma State University Kinesiology Department. Additionally, he served two years as the Head Coach for the Santa Rosa Junior College Women's Water Polo Team.

Head Coach 16U Boys and 14U Girls

Brian grew up in the Lamorinda area and played in high school at Acalanes HS. Brian played collegiately at Cal and was a member of the 1990, 1991, and 1992 NCAA championship teams. He was the boys coach at Acalanes from 1995-2010 and will begin his first year as the girls coach at Redwood this coming fall.

Head Coach 12U and 14U Boys

Chad grew up in the East Bay and went to De La Salle High School where he was a varsity member of the water polo, soccer, swimming, and track teams. Chad then played water polo for Stanford University where he participated in 4 NCAA championship games and won titles in 2001 and 2002. He was twice named to the All-MPSF and All-American teams as Stanford's goalie.  After college, Chad earned a MBA from UCLA Anderson and settled in Marin by 2015 where he works in real estate and construction. 

Head Coach 12U and 14U Boys

Brian grew up in southern California and attended Servite High school where he was a member of the varsity swim and water polo teams and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017. He attended Stanford University where he was 3x team captain, 3x First Team All-American and Academic All-American, 4x All MPSF, MPSF Player of The Year, Stanford Male Athlete of The Year (Conference), Peter J. Cutino Award Finalist, and 2x NCAA Division I Runner-Up. Throughout his water polo career, he competed as a member of the United States Youth, Junior, and National teams.  

Goalie Coach

Chris, from Fremont, California, was a standout collegiate water polo athlete at UOP with impressive academic credentials. He earned 4 time All Academic Team selections throughout his career. During his junior year, Chris helped his team achieve both the prestigious #1 NCAA ranking and a National Runner Up finish. He continued his leadership role as team Captain during his senior year. As a coach, Chris specializes in goalie training, drawing from his experience to elevate the last line of defense.