Michael Schofield is the head coach

Head coach

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 for the water polo

Water polo

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 team of the United States Naval Academy

United States Naval Academy

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A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

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, Schofield was captain of that school's water polo team. He joined the staff of the Naval Academy in 1982, and was promoted to the head coach's position in 1985. Under his direction, the team has won the CWPA

Collegiate Water Polo Association

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's Eastern Division championship six times, and played in the NCAA tournament eleven times. He was named National Coach of the Year in 2004.

Schofield is a member of the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 2001.http://www.usawaterpolo.org/media/011906HallofFameList.pdf

External links

• Schofield's Naval Academy biography