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

One of the more intriguing\u2014and challenging\u2014coaching opportunities in men\u2019s varsity water polo has just been filled. On Tuesday, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Athletic Department announced that it had found a replacement for David Andriole<\/strong>, former Engineers\u2019 head coach who quit last December.<\/p>\n

Julie Soriero<\/strong>, MIT Director of Athletics, didn\u2019t have to look very far for a new coach; she hired Bret Lathrope<\/strong>, Andriole\u2019s assistant last year.<\/p>\n

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“We are excited to welcome Bret into this new leadership role as our head coach,” Soriero said in a statement<\/a> released on the MIT athletics website. “Having served as our assistant last year, he has a good understanding of our program, the competitiveness of our water polo conference and our student-athletes. He brings experience and enthusiasm to the position and his impact should be immediate.”<\/p>\n

By some measures, the job Lathrope just accepted is the toughest in NCAA polo. MIT is a Division III program\u2014meaning the school does not offer athletic scholarships\u2014and is one of the most difficult colleges in the world to into. According to the MIT website<\/a>, in 2017 the school received 20,247 applications, and admitted 1,452 freshmen\u2014a meager 7.2% acceptance rate. What distinguishes MIT from other highly selective colleges in America is that the school does not <\/a>consider \u201clegacy admissions\u201d\u2014that is, giving preference to the children of alumni.<\/p>\n

Getting in is one challenge, then there\u2019s difficulty of staying afloat given the exceptionally difficult academics at MIT\u2014which John Benedick<\/strong>, Associate Director of Athletics, addressed in responding to an inquiry.<\/p>\n

\u201cMIT is one of the world\u2019s leading institution for science and technology,\u201d Benedick said via email. \u201cAs such the academic demands on its students are challenging and rigorous. We are very proud that our water polo athletes are able to balance the academic rigor and athletic challenges in a significant way.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was academic achievement\u2014and not wins\u2014that Benedick, who over a 42-year career at MIT has coached men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming and diving as well as men’s water polo, cited as a criteria of success for Engineer polo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe team\u2019s All-America Academic ranking is a universal testament to their ability to achieve high academic and athletic success,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Al and Barrie Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center Pool. Photo Courtesy: Alison Bartlett<\/p><\/div>\n

Success in the classroom does not easily translate to wins in the pool, as former head coach Andriole knows. Now in California, he said in an email that coaching for the Engineers is \u201cone of\u201d college polo’s toughest jobs, citing admissions policies and the impact of academics on student-athletes\u2019 training as crucial to the team\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n

Throw in the fact that MIT plays in the Northeast Water Polo Conference<\/a>, which includes Harvard\u2014back-to-back NCAA qualifiers from the East\u2014Brown, Iona, Princeton and St. Francis Brooklyn, and success has been elusive. The Engineers have gone 8-24 in conference play the last three years, part of an overall record of 33-49 from 2015-2017.<\/p>\n

One bright spot in the recent past came in 2015 when Andriole\u2019s team ended more than a decade of dominance by St. Francis with a 14-13 win.<\/p>\n

The Engineers new coach certainly has a great deal of experience with success; in his four years playing for UCLA, the Bruins appeared in three NCAA title matches\u2014all loses to arch rival USC. After graduating in 2013, the California native coached with the 680 Water Polo Association<\/a> and as an assistant coach at UC Davis and at Bucknell University.<\/p>\n

The Engineers’ new coach was elated by his first-ever head coaching job in NCAA varsity polo.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am excited to begin working with the players\u00a0to achieve a new level of excellence for our water polo program,” Lathrope said.<\/p>\n

Not surprising, his former mentor wished him well in a new, and exacting, adventure.<\/p>\n

\u201cBret knows water polo and has good report with the players,\u201d Andriole said. \u201cMIT is a talented team and I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll continue to grow the program.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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