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Last July, in an unexpected East Coast water polo development, Chris Radmonivich<\/strong>, the men’s and women’s water polo coach at Wagner College in New York City, stepped down after nine years and 265 combined victories.<\/p>\n

The surprise was not that he left\u2014though he did compile an unparalleled record of success with the Seahawk women that included six-straight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference titles<\/a> and a conference unbeaten streak stretching back five years. Rather, it was his decision to forsake a promising career in collegiate water polo for a life as a search and rescue firefighter in Georgia that sent ripples through the tightly-knit world of Eastern polo, where Wagner was one of the region’s strongest programs.<\/p>\n

[Radmonovich Steps Down After Nine Superb Years Leading Wagner Water Polo<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n

After graduating from the Dekalb County Fire Academy, Radmonovich is now in his third month as a fireman serving the greater Atlanta metropolitan region. In contrast to the COVIC-19 health crisis that has forced the suspension of sports across America , earlier this week Swimming World<\/em> spoke with the former Seahawk coach about his career change, the current challenges America faces and how he, his wife Carina and son Halden will remain tethered to polo no matter where they are.<\/p>\n

– What was it that compelled you to leave a successful program at Wagner?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I was a volunteer firefighter in New Jersey for the last three years or so during my time up there in New York and New Jersey.\u00a0 I started volunteering several years ago purely by luck. I was out on a run and saw a sign that said: Volunteers needed. I thought that would be a productive way to spend some of my time.<\/p>\n

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Chris, Halden and Carin Radmonovich. Photo Courtesy: C. Radmonovich<\/p><\/div>\n

The guys there were awesome and taught me a lot. It was a working-class community, and they devoted their time to giving back to their community. I really enjoyed it; the more that I was there, the more that I thought that would be something that I would like to do as a career.<\/p>\n

Not that I didn\u2019t in any way enjoy my time at Wagner; I did. I loved it and I loved being there. There\u2019s a lot of factors that went into that decision to leave, but how that whole things started is I really enjoyed being a volunteer fireman and the opportunities that I got\u2014and it led me in this direction.<\/p>\n

– Do you see t<\/strong>he camaraderie that exist in water polo <\/strong>as similar to what you\u2019ve experienced as a firefighter?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Absolutely. There\u2019s a lot of similarity between team sports and certain types of professions, whether it’s a doctor, or firefighter or police officer. I think there\u2019s a lot of similarities between team sports and the attitude of people in those professions.<\/p>\n

– In your time at Wagner, the Seahawk women were consistently one to the best programs in the East\u2014and second to none in the MAAC. Those teams had some great individual talents, but it is the way they played as a team that was perhaps most impressive.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Obviously, Wagner came before I was a firefighter\u2014before I was volunteering in Jersey. The culture that developed [in our program] developed largely out of\u2026 the athletes have to get credit for developing that culture. The coaches might have looked to point them in the right direction but they\u2019re the ones who had the reins of where things were going to go.<\/p>\n

Starting with the first team I had there, which is when I started, they were the foundation and every year after them came of building on that foundation of all in for each other.<\/p>\n

– Your men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams epitomized a drive for success\u2014both for the moment but also for the long-term.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

That\u2019s the thing that you see in any successful sports team\u2014or any successful team in whatever it is you\u2019re trying to accomplish. That you create a competitive environment to be successful in\u2014which is incredibly difficult, and athletes are under pressure with that all the time. Ultimately, they\u2019re the ones who decide that\u2014a decision to compete, every day is your conference championship, or every day is your biggest game of the year.<\/p>\n

– Was there anything in your Wagner experience that might have been done differently to change your mind about leaving?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In looking back and where I am now, there\u2019s nothing that would have changed my decision. My decision was largely based on my family. And my son was the biggest factor. I lived in Jersey, I was commuting two hours every day. Tuesday was my day off; other than that I was up in New York every day. I just didn\u2019t get to soend the time with my son that I wanted.<\/p>\n

Which seems a bit odd because of the profession I chose, but I work nine days a month now. I work 24-hour shifts and I\u2019m home way more than I was.<\/p>\n

In leaving coaching, that was the biggest factor; I wanted to be home with my son more and spend more time with him\u2014especially as he\u2019s [almost] four and soon he\u2019ll be going to school. I saw that time running out that I would be able to spend a lot of days with him.<\/p>\n

That was the biggest factor in my decision.<\/p>\n

– The Wagner shallow\/deep pool challenged opponents but also obstacles to practice. Did your players take a certain amount of pride in excelling despite these challenging conditions?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It became a reason [for our players to] succeed, that despite any limitations they had that they could be successful. And it\u2019s not that Wagner didn\u2019t do what they were supposed to because they did a phenomenal job. We got support from Walt Hamline<\/strong> (Wagner Athletic Director) and Brendan Fahey<\/strong> (Associate AD). They did amazing work in helping bring that program forward.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: M. Randazzo<\/p><\/div>\n

Once we got things going and needed the push to get help from them, they did everything they could to move things forward. Unfortunately, they just didn’t have the millions of dollars available to build a new pool; given the opportunity they probably would have.<\/p>\n

Being from a small school and not having the facility that Princeton has or some of these bigger programs\u2014it certainly was in the back of their minds.<\/p>\n

– Are there any particular moments about your time at Wagner that stick out the most?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

There are a lot of little moments that led to our success\u2014and were very exciting in their own right and were very big moments. My very first year we beat Maryland back when they had a team and was very good, and we were able to win at their pool.<\/p>\n

That was my first year and the team was on its way.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s these moments all along; it\u2019s not every year that there was a game or a moment throughout that season that signified the next step is coming. But there was always one or two things that kept the program moving forward.<\/p>\n

– And it was a program poised to do even better this season\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I watched as many games as I could this year [and] I talk to Ciaran [Wolohan]<\/strong> on a regular basis. I talk to a lot of the athletes throughout the season. I was planning on being up there in the next month to see some games.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no regrets but there definitely moments that I missed\u2026 not so much the games [but] being around the athletes and Ciaran and Bailey. Those things are much more missed than the wins.<\/p>\n

– There is a great deal of apprehensions a result of the coronavirus outbreak. What are your thoughts on how to combat this pervasive anxiety.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

That\u2019s a tough question. I don\u2019t want to make it [seem] as if I have done or are doing anything close to what others are doing. I\u2019m the new guy; I came down here and went to the academy like everybody else. I\u2019ve only been on shift here for two – two-and-a-half months. So, I\u2019m the new guy doing what I\u2019m told.<\/p>\n

The positive is you see a lot of people doing a lot of good things. It\u2019s great that they\u2019re involved with this stuff\u2014folks who have come through nursing school or who are teachers, doing what they need to do to educate students. The nurses and the doctors who are on the front lines.<\/p>\n

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Ciaran Wolohan, a star for the Seahawks, has followed in Radmonovich’s footsteps. Photo Courtesy: Wagner Athletics<\/p><\/div>\n

As a country, everybody\u2019s stepping up and doing the things to get us back to normal.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the positive; when things are getting tough, as a community everybody steps up and does what they need to do to get things back in the direction they were.<\/p>\n

– The Radmonovich family has water polo in their blood; what will be the next step in this path for you and your family?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I think Carina definitely will be involved in water polo. In the fall I refereed some high school games\u2014there\u2019s some talent in this part of the country. Hopefully as we get more settled and are able to have a more time we\u2019ll get involved.<\/p>\n

They have a good-sized high school program and there\u2019s a couple of water polo clubs that got our to JOs the last few years. Maybe another club or two will be popping up in the area.<\/p>\n

At some point we will definitely be involved. I can\u2019t keep my son out of the water\u2014so I\u2019m sure he will get started as he gets older.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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