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By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor<\/em><\/p>\n

In a move that sends shockwaves through East Coast water polo, Luis Nicolao<\/strong> stepped down from coaching Princeton\u2019s men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams to return to his alma mater and take over the recently vacated head coaching position at the U.S. Naval Academy.<\/p>\n

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The move is a stunning change for one of the country\u2019s premiere water polo coaches, who complied more than 800 wins over two decades at Princeton.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne part\u2019s bittersweet to leave a place you\u2019ve been for 20 years, and Princeton\u2019s truly an amazing school with great kids,\u201d Nicolao said by phone today. \u201cOn the other hand, to go back to the Academy, to have a small part in developing future leaders of our country is truly exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNavy\u2019s a special place, and to be back involved with the Midshipmen, I\u2019m really looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement<\/a> released earlier today, Naval Academy Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk<\/strong> announced that Nicolao, a Navy water polo standout from 1988-91, would replace former head coach Mladen Stanicic<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst my gratitude to a wonderful and accomplished professional, our former coach Mladen Stanicic,\u201d said Gladchuk, according to the Navy Athletics website. \u201cHis leadership over the past four years has set a strong foundation from which we now launch the next era of varsity water polo at Navy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat era begins with Luis Nicolao. Throughout his career, Luis has always excelled as a midshipman, educator, and unparalleled intercollegiate coach at the highest level. We welcome him home to Annapolis and are certain he will in short order make a significant impact on the program.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hiring their former star player, who still holds program records for points (377) and goals scored (282), will almost certainly return the Midshipmen to prominence. Under head coach Mike Schofield<\/strong> (1985-2013), Navy won 630 games, nine Eastern Championships and advanced to the NCAA Men\u2019s Water Polo Tournament 13 times. Since Schofield left early in the 2013 season, Navy has languished, including a 10-16 record this past season, 1-9 in the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference.<\/p>\n

Nicolao is no stranger to success. During his playing career at Annapolis, the San Jose native won two Eastern Championships (1988, \u201890) and reached the NCAA Tournament three times (1988, \u201890, \u201891). He was named the Collegiate Water Polo Association\u2019s <\/a>Eastern MVP in 1990 and 1991 and earned CWPA First-Team All-East accolades three straight seasons (1989, \u201890, \u201891). Serving as team captain his senior year (1991), Nicolao was awarded the Naval Academy Athletic Association\u2019s Sword for Men as the top graduating male athlete in 1992.<\/p>\n

Immediately following graduation, he assisted Coach Schofield on the Navy water polo staff and was a member of the U.S. National Team that won the gold medal at the World University Games before serving in the Navy for five years.<\/p>\n

By some measures, Nicolao\u2019s record at Princeton is among the most accomplished in the country.<\/p>\n

During his Tigers tenure, Nicolao\u2019s men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams posted a combined 868-316 (.733) record, the best of any coach in the East. Princeton\u2019s men posted a 402-163 (.712) overall mark, while it\u2019s women amassed a 466-153 (.753) ledger. His men\u2019s teams made four\u00a0NCAA Tournament appearances (2004, 2009, 2011, 2015) while his women\u2019s squads earned three NCAA berths (2012, 2013, 2015).<\/p>\n

Nicolao, the 2004 Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches Men\u2019s National Coach of the Year, also has five Eastern Coach of the Year awards split between the men and the women (Men: 2004, \u201809, \u201811; Women: 2001, \u201807) and has garnered Southern Coach of the Year honors on seven occasions (Men: 2001, \u201803, \u201808; Women: 2001, \u201805, \u201806, \u201813).<\/p>\n

In addition to positioning Princeton water polo as the best men\u2019s and women\u2019s program in the East, Nicolao was responsible for developing one of the greatest players ever to come from the Atlantic Coast: Ashleigh Johnson<\/strong>, who backstopped the U.S. Women\u2019s Senior National Team to gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics.<\/p>\n

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As an encore, Johnson returned to Princeton last year to finish her degree and complete a spectacular career that saw her capture the 2017 Peter J. Cutino Award, given annually to the country’s outstanding female and male Collegiate water polo players. Johnson is the first player from the East to have been awarded one of the sport\u2019s most prestigious awards, and Nicolao has the distinction of nurturing her development as one of the greatest athletes in the illustrious history of Princeton Athletics.<\/p>\n

\u201cLouie\u2019s such a universally well-loved guy here,\u201d said Jerry Price<\/strong>, Senior Associate Director of Athletics\/Athletic Communications at Princeton. \u201cHe bought in so much to the values of Princeton Athletics.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a tough choice for him but obviously it\u2019s his alma mater and it\u2019s the Naval Academy,\u201d Price added. \u201cI know in Louie\u2019s heart that Navy is the only place that he would have left Princeton for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carl Quigley<\/strong>, the former St. Francis College men\u2019s water polo coach who for years went up against Nicolao, first as a player and then as a coach, saw the hiring as ideal for both Navy and the one-time Midshipman.<\/p>\n

\u201cLouie\u2019s a perfect fit,\u201d Quigley said, \u201cbecause he knows the culture at the USNA better than anyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n

CORRECTION: A previous version of this article mistakenly mentioned that Mladen Stanicic would return to his previous role as an assistant coach for Navy Water Polo.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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