{"id":354611,"date":"2019-02-28T14:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T21:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=354611"},"modified":"2019-03-19T14:34:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T21:34:40","slug":"on-the-record-with-carroll-vaughan-head-coach-for-gulliver-prep-and-miami-riptides-water-polo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/on-the-record-with-carroll-vaughan-head-coach-for-gulliver-prep-and-miami-riptides-water-polo\/","title":{"rendered":"On The Record with Carroll Vaughan, Head Coach for Gulliver Prep and Miami Riptides Water Polo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s Note: Swimming World was down in Coral Springs, Florida for the annual\u00a0South Florida International Tournament<\/a>. Offered by\u00a0<\/em>Michael Goldenberg<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0his daughter\u00a0<\/em>Elina\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>and extensive coaching staff from\u00a0the\u00a0South Florida Water Polo Club<\/a>, this annual age group tournament\u2014started in 2003 by\u00a0<\/em>Istvan Csendes<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>Jim Shoemaker<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>Bruce Wigo<\/em><\/strong>\u2014draws teams from all over the East Coast as well as from the Bahamas, Calgary, Chicago, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rome and other locations.<\/em><\/p>\n

MIAMI, FL. The dean of Miami water polo is in perpetual motion on the day before her Gulliver School<\/a> boys’ and girls’ teams begin play in local high school competition. Directing, deciding and delegating prior to an afternoon practice on a balmy Presidents’ Day holiday, Carroll Vaughan<\/strong> is absolutely in her element, leading one of South Florida’s best polo programs.<\/p>\n

Since 2008 she’s coached at Gulliver Prep, as its known locally, a tony private school separated from its\u00a0South Miami neighbors by an imposing palm tree-lined fence.\u00a0 But the bronzed Vaughan is anything but pretentious, despite her surroundings. Her day job is as a waitress in a deli, a gig Vaughan says she’s held for over 40 years.<\/p>\n

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Vaughan and her star player, Ashleigh Johnson. Photo Courtesy C. Vaughan<\/p><\/div>\n

Nationally she’s known as Olympian Ashleigh Johnson’s<\/strong> coach, the astute talent evaluator who cultivated one of the most precocious polo athletes to grace Team USA Head Coach Adam Krikorian’s<\/strong> roster for the 2016 Rio Olympics. In her native element, Vaughan is a compassionate yet firm maestro who has orchestrated multiple programs to success. Since her arrival, the Gulliver Prep boys have captured state titles in 2012 and 2014, while the Raider girls won in 2013. Her Miami Riptides club team<\/a> has been among Florida’s best in polo and swimming for almost two decades.<\/p>\n

Following “Coach Carroll’s” lead, the Riptides are very much a family affair. Son Chase played at\u00a0Palmetto Senior High School and then club ball at Florida International University. Daughter Lyndsey runs the\u00a0Riptides business end, while many former players return to South Miami to coach.<\/p>\n

Swimming World<\/em> spoke with Vaughan at the Gulliver Prep pool about her career, her club and the values that she instill in the boys and girls\u2014and their parents\u2014who continue to flock to her program.<\/p>\n

– How did you get started in water polo?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I played at Miami Palmetto High School. I swam my whole life\u2014and was supposed to go to the University of Arizona, but they wanted me to swim and I was just done with it.<\/p>\n

So I stayed here and went to the local junior college. Got married and had children. I was really out of the scene of swimming and water polo for a good ten years, but when my kids were young I brought them to the little neighborhood pool in Cutler Ridge. Within a year I was running the program.<\/p>\n

The year I graduated from high school I played club. I was very fortunate; years ago the Miami Hurricanes and a group of girls who played out of Gables were really talented. Kathy Horn<\/strong>\u2014who\u2019s in the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame\u2014she played with Maureen O\u2019Toole<\/strong>. And Jenny Thompson<\/strong>; those were two of my best friends. They helped me and taught me how to play.<\/p>\n

Years ago we hosted the Junior Pan Am Games here\u2014when Ashleigh and Chelsea were young. The guy who was running it, [who was] from California, said: If I had three of you in California we\u2019d run the state!<\/p>\n

– At some point your kids\u2019 swim program is looking to be more competitive; how does water polo factor in?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I had a very supportive husband who was a competitive soccer player and coach. My first licensing was actually soccer; I went with him and did some camps and clinics and got a soccer license.<\/p>\n

We never took vacations. The only time we went anywhere was for a water polo tournament. In hindsight, I don\u2019t know if that was the best thing to do\u2014I tell people that\u2014he died at 56. You always think: We\u2019re gonna do it later!<\/p>\n

Now, I don\u2019t have later.<\/p>\n

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Team Johnson is also Team Vaughan. Photo Courtesy: C. Vaughan<\/p><\/div>\n

So, when somebody comes and says: Carroll, I made plans for something and we can\u2019t go. I feel terrible!<\/p>\n

I say: Don\u2019t feel terrible! I have other kids! Go! Enjoy your life.<\/p>\n

We put out important dates; if you can be there you can. If not, somebody else plays.<\/p>\n

– Donna Johnson emphasized that it was the family atmosphere you created for the club that drew her and her children to the Riptides.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Almost every single assistant coach I\u2019ve ever hired was one of my own players. So, I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever run across a problem\u2014there\u2019s a lot of problems that exist in the world. They know what I expect; I don\u2019t have to reiterate at any time exactly how we do things. And it is like a family. We\u2019re there for each other.<\/p>\n

They come back from college and become my assistant coaches.<\/p>\n

– There is an idea that it\u2019s important to give back to the sport. How does that help the Riptides stay competitive?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Of course you want to win. But, I believe the most important thing to us is to do things the right way. There are so many things tempting them that aren\u2019t the right way. I\u2019ve had kids come and tell me\u2014even my parents tell me\u2014something I know isn\u2019t right to get ahead. What do I do then?<\/p>\n

I tell them: Always listen to that little voice in your head. And if you need to, call me. And I\u2019ve had kids do it. Because there\u2019s just so much temptation out there to not do things the right way.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s been my philosophy all along. We\u2019re always going to do things the right way. If we win, we win. If we lose, we lose. But, it doesn\u2019t matter; we gave it our best shot.<\/p>\n

– That means you have supportive parents.<\/h3>\n

People jump ship. People leave if you\u2019re not doing things the way they want or you\u2019re not winning quick enough. Like I said, my husband was very supportive and he would tell me all the time: Let them go! They\u2019re going to be a cancer to your program.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s sad because sometimes you lose really good kids because of bad parents. but you can\u2019t let that spoil everything else.<\/p>\n

– So let\u2019s talk about one very good parent\u2014Donna\u2014and one very special player: Ashleigh.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

She probably could have played any sport and have been a gold medalist. If you look at her work ethic, she worked hard! It goes back to that they were all friends. They\u2019d tell me: Don’t cancel practice on Christmas! We want to come!<\/p>\n

We would do two-a-day practices, eat lunch in between, and the kids would say: are we all going to the movies together?! They loved being together.<\/p>\n

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A silver finish for the 16U Riptides in South Florida. Photo Courtesy: Annie Tworoger \/ 3rd & Ocean<\/p><\/div>\n

We struggle now because we don\u2019t have that. My assistant coaches\u2014Chelsea, Hunter, Chris\u2014we don\u2019t see that now, so we\u2019re trying to figure out how to get these kids to want to be here.<\/p>\n

We try to give them the fundamentals of water polo through repetition\u2014and they\u2019ll even tell me at the next level: Carroll, don\u2019t scrimmage so much because it\u2019s not what they really need. But, if I don\u2019t make it fun and they don’t scrimmage enough, they won\u2019t come back. So I have to do things a bit different. in order to make them want to come here and make them come back.<\/p>\n

– What\u2019s interesting\u2014and also makes a lot of sense\u2014is the regional aspect of the Miami water polo scene, with each local club reflecting the character of the community it\u2019s based in.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

We are very much neighborhood. Some of the programs are not; they\u2019re just their school. But we have kids from Palmetto, Taro, Mast; I\u2019ve had kids from Ransom [Everglades], Coral Gables\u2014all over.<\/p>\n

You get one or two kids, they like it, and just by word of mouth new kids come. And then the parents will say: Your child was about even to my child last year. What did you do this summer?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been just word of mouth, the same with my swimming program. It goes year-round, we have swim meets every weekend. They\u2019re rec; we run them ourselves and invite other rec \/ park programs. We purchase all the medals and the ribbons and everything.<\/p>\n

– Again, you\u2019re taking care of all the details and making this all happen! Is this a role you still embrace?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I started the program, we incorporated and made it a 501c3 organization\u2014all of that back work. I\u2019ve worked my whole life, I\u2019m in the restaurant business as a waitress. That pays my bills. I would love for my daughter or son to take it over, or somebody that I\u2019ve coached. Because I can\u2019t do it forever. And I don\u2019t want it to end. It\u2019s been a very good club with a very good reputation.<\/p>\n

When I first came to [Gulliver Prep], when they interviewed me, they said: You have to fold your club and start a Gulliver club. I thanked them for the offer and I left.<\/p>\n

They called me back and said: What happened?! [I said:] I\u2019m not folding my club. There’s no reason to do that. They agreed I could bring my club into [Gulliver].<\/p>\n

– There\u2019s also the Raiders that were at the South Florida Invitational Tournament\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ransom Raiders. We\u2019re Gulliver Raiders; St. Thomas is [the] Raiders\u2014there\u2019s a lot of \u201cRaiders\u201d our there; we all have the same name!<\/p>\n

– To jumble things up even more, the head coach of the Ransom Raiders is <\/strong>Eric Lefebrve, <\/strong>formerly your assistant coach with the Riptides.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

We\u2019re very good friends. And I tell my kids that. It\u2019s wonderful to have a rivalry, but we\u2019re such a small sport that they\u2019re going to leave here and go play in college with somebody that was your rival [in Miami]. And if you’re lucky enough to play on the national team, for sure you\u2019re going to play with kids that you\u2019ve played against forever.<\/p>\n

Never disrespect them. It’s such a small sport we need to grow it\u2014and that won\u2019t happen if we have all of those problems, a lot of which comes from parents. They can\u2019t handle rivalries or losses.<\/p>\n

A child, they\u2019re okay. You give them a snack and they\u2019ve already forgotten about [the loss]. They\u2019re on to what they\u2019re doing that night. Sometimes these parents, they sit in the stands and I don\u2019t know what they\u2019re saying. Next thing I know someone\u2019s telling me about what\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n

– Last year Hialeah won the girls\u2019 state polo title\u2014first time ever for a Florida public school. What does this mean about possible changes in the state\u2019s high school polo landscape?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A lot of it has to do with Nelson. His genes, his know-how and his coaching.<\/p>\n

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Nelson Dominguez of Hialeah Storm Water Polo Club. Photo Courtesy: Alex Donis<\/p><\/div>\n

When I started coaching\u2014and I started in the public schools\u2014that was one of my main things. I started at Palmetto, and I said to the kids: I\u2019m really excited you\u2019re here but can you bring me your younger brothers and sisters? Because, in order for us to compete against the private schools, that\u2019s what we need. They\u2019re starting in middle school\u2014and there\u2019s not much we can do if they\u2019ve already got a three- or four-year [head start].<\/p>\n

We need those young kids from the swimming and soccer programs; we need water polo to be out there! That\u2019s why splashball is going to be huge. We\u2019re going to exceed everything else that been happening, because [kids] are starting earlier.<\/p>\n

When you get somebody who\u2019s in 11th grade and wants to start water polo for the first time because they swam their whole life, that\u2019s hard. But you don\u2019t want to say: I won\u2019t waste my time on you.<\/p>\n

So we really need to bring the youth in to [the sport].<\/p>\n

Coach Nelson\u2019s had those girls for a while; they\u2019re young and grew together. They\u2019re great girls; I took them to California [the last] two summers for JOs.<\/p>\n

Yes, we\u2019re a club here at Gulliver Prep but I have a lot of people who are not privileged at all. Because we\u2019re a 501c3, all the money we make we pay out in pool rental and coaching fees. Whatever\u2019s left over we fundraise and we take these kids [to tournaments].<\/p>\n

To me that\u2019s what it\u2019s all about. The ODP program\u2014and years ago I was exposed to it through soccer\u2014and my husband said that soccer ODP was only for those who could afford it. Some of the best players in the world, if they didn\u2019t have the money, they were left behind.<\/p>\n

– How is this any different than the way USA Water Polo runs its ODP program?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

They give financial aid for Olympic Development<\/a>. They have it and I\u2019ve told every child who was doing it to apply for it. The worse thing they can say is no.<\/p>\n

I had a family\u2014two of the kids are coaching here for me\u2014they had quadruplets plus siblings. So imagine you\u2019re trying to travel with six kids, and you\u2019re trying to pay fees.<\/p>\n

We look for [whomever] needs help and then we help. And all we ask for in return is that you help us with running our programs and with our tournament\u2014we need people to work tables. They obviously like it because they come back and coach for me. They really want to be around.<\/p>\n

It is like a family.<\/p>\n

– It\u2019s interesting that Felix Mercado, who\u2019s been at Brown for so long, remains pivotal to Miami water polo.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

My first year, I\u2019d seen the athletic director at Palmetto, who had been the PE teacher when I went there, in line at the grocery store. She asked what\u2019s happening in my life, and I said that my daughter\u2019s going to Palmetto in two years, so she\u2019ll be playing water polo there. She told me: Somebody better go get the job because I\u2019m about to fold the program. I can\u2019t find a coach. Are you interested?<\/p>\n

I told her I\u2019d just got my swimming program going and hadn\u2019t been involved in water polo in a long time.<\/p>\n

She said: Come and see me.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s how it started. She hired me, and I went in that first year, met the kids and it was overwhelming. [It\u2019s] Pinecrest, a very affluent area, but a public school. The parents wanted to control everything, which they had previously. I was not going to let that happen.<\/p>\n

Felix took me under his wing. \u201cWhatever you need, you come to me.\u201d He taught me how to coach, he helped me\u2014some of the kids went to him and said: This is some mom who has no idea what she\u2019s doing. We\u2019re not going to listen to her.<\/p>\n

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Family is key to the Riptides’ success (and a certain goalie, in the center). Photo Courtesy: C. Vaughan<\/p><\/div>\n

He told them: [She\u2019s] here to coach. Nobody else is willing to do that. You either listen to her or quit the sport. It was really good that he helped me in that way. he was great, and I\u2019ll never forget that.<\/p>\n

My daughter played club for him for years, even when I started the Riptides Water Polo because we were a swimming club that turned into water polo. I left her with him; there\u2019s no sense in her going backwards.<\/p>\n

– In taking the pulse of water polo in the region, are things getting better?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

We\u2019ve tried. We really have tried. But unfortunately I would say no. I don\u2019t see it. We now get kids with the mentality that they can play three months of the year for their high school team\u2014kids who might be fine with getting MVP of their high school, yet they can\u2019t do anything in club. But that\u2019s the expectation they hold for themselves.<\/p>\n

The colleges say they want well-rounded kids. So that really got to the parents; they have to have music, They have to have art, they have to be [part of] a club. I don\u2019t know that anybody is focused on doing anything exceeding expectations because they\u2019re so spread out. They\u2019re overwhelmed with all the work they have to do.<\/p>\n

I tell them: Your school work is first. Your family, and then I would hope it will be our sport. Years ago I asked every athlete to give up soda, alcohol\u2014which they shouldn\u2019t have been having anyway\u2014and PlayStation. And all those video games. For a whole season. A handful did it. I asked them to give everything to this team and this sport.<\/p>\n

That year those boys won states, and I\u2019ll never forget: my best player\u2014he was MVP\u2014telling me he put his PlayStation in the closet so he couldn\u2019t see it.<\/p>\n

He said it taught him something about himself that he never knew\u2014that he could do. It was such a life lesson\u2014and he really understood it. It wasn\u2019t just about the team; it was so much for him!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m trying to do little things that I think down the road will help them. That\u2019s really why I coach.<\/p>\n

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Vaughan is on it in Coral Springs. Photo Courtesy: Annie Tworoger \/ 3rd & Ocean<\/p><\/div>\n

When we started, I would have to make up a team with an eight-year-old girl, nine-year-old boy, 12-year-old sibling\u2026and we would go up to South Florida and play the Wigo twins, Drac and Janson. Their father, Bruce, was the head of the [International Swimming] Hall of Fame, and his older son Wolf is KAP7.<\/p>\n

We would play them when they were in middle school. And they would trounce us! 30-1! But we would go every weekend. Felix, who was at Ransom [Everglades] would say: why do you keep going there?<\/p>\n

I\u2019d say: You know, the next week we went it was 30-2. And we just kept going.<\/p>\n

Almost all of our kids ended up playing in college. I had a girl who went to Cal Baptist, Ashleigh Wheeler-Rood<\/strong>, she was one of my first ones. She\u2019s now coaching in California. Water polo was such an important thing in her life. I\u2019ll never forget; she wrote me after she started coaching: I\u2019m sorry! I was one of these pain in the necks!<\/p>\n

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