University of California-Los Angeles Women's Water Polo

Adam Wright, who has coached the UCLA men’s water polo team to NCAA Championships in 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2020, had his role expanded to include the UCLA women’s water polo team, then Director of Athletics Dan Guerrero announced July 20, 2017. Wright, who enters his eighth season as the head coach of the UCLA women’s water polo team in 2025, sports an overall record of 152-36 (.809) with the Bruin women. He is also 31-12 (.721) in MPSF competition. Wright guided the Bruins to their eighth NCAA Championship and 12th National Championship in program history in 2024 with a perfect 26-0 record. It marked his first NCAA Championship with the women's program and he now has seven total titles, winning two as a player in 1999 and 2000, four as the Head Coach of the UCLA Men's Water Polo team (2014, 2015, 2017, and 2020) and now this year's title with the Bruin women. Wright was named the MPSF and ACWPC National Coach of the year in 2024 and is the first Bruin Head Coach to earn the honor since Adam Krikorian won it in 2009. It is the eighth time a Bruin mentor has been named the national Coach of the Year. Wright guided UCLA to just its third undefeated season in program history, joining the 2005 (33-0) and 2008 (33-0) teams. Just five squads have ever had perfect runs to NCAA Championships, with USC doing it twice (2004 and 2016). He guided UCLA to a 21-8 overall record and a 4-2 mark in the MPSF in 2023 with the Bruins ranked No. 3 in the final CWPA poll. He guided the Bruins to a

Athletic Trainer Florida '09, Michigan State '12 Sport Assignments: Men's & Women’s Water Polo Additional Specializations: Manual Medicine, Proprioceptive Ne...

Jason Falitz (center) celebrates the 2015 NCAA Championship. Jason Falitz wears many hats at UCLA and serves both of the Bruins' water polo teams but in different capacities. He completed his 11th season with the Men's Water Polo Team in 2025, his eighth as the Associate Head Coach. In 2026, he begins his fifth season with the Women's Polo Team, but his first as the Interim Co-Head Coach. He reported to the post of Assistant Coach for the men's program in May of 2015, replacing Dustin Litvak, who assumed the head coaching duties for the boy’s water polo program at Agoura High School and is now the men's head water polo coach at Princeton. Falitz was promoted to Associate Head Coach on August 16, 2017 after Head Coach Adam Wright was named the Head Coach of the UCLA women’s water polo program on July 20, 2017. Then in August of 2021, he was named the Associate Head Coach for the women's water polo program. On Dec. 29, 2025, Wright announced that he was stepping away from day-to-day activities with the Bruins' Women's Team and Falitz was then promoted along with Matt Kubeck to the post of Interim Co-Head Coach. Falitz was named the 2023 Assistant (Associated Head) Coach of the Year as announced by the ACWPC on May 31, 2024. It marked the first time a Bruin has won this award. Falitz won an NCAA title with the Bruins in his first year as UCLA went 30-0, defeating USC, 10-7, in the national championship game. He won his second championship in 2017 as UCLA defeated the Trojans at

Kyle Hashimoto joined the UCLA Athletic Performance team in September of 2024. He is responsible for implementation of training programs for baseball, women's water polo, and men's and women's cross country. Prior to UCLA, Hashimoto worked at California State University Long Beach working with the Dirtbags baseball team. He was also Director of Basketball Performance at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas where he worked with men's and women's basketball. Previous to that he also made stops at Towson University in Towson, Maryland and was also a Graduate Assistant at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa. He began his career in athletics as an intern with the University of Washington football team in 2016-2017. Hashimoto received his Bachelor of Science degree in Human Physiology with a minor in Computer Science from Gonzaga University. He also received his Masters of Science in Human Physiology from Briar Cliff University. He is a Certified Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach (RSCC) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association as well as Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certified.

Matt Kubeck serves both of the Bruins' water polo teams but in different capacities. UCLA Head Coach Adam Wright hired Kubeck, a former Long Beach State goalkeeper, to the post of assistant coach on July 3, 2024. He just completed his second season with the Bruins' Men's Water Polo team in 2025. Then on Dec. 29, 2025, when Wright stepped away from day-to-day activities with the women's team, UCLA promoted Kubeck, along with Associate Head Coach, Jason Falitz, to the post of Interim Co-Head Coach. Both will be in their first seasons in the role for the 2026 women's season. Kubeck played four seasons for the Beach from 2008-11 and was a four-time All-CIF and All-Ocean League selection at El Segundo High School. Prior to UCLA, he completed his first season in the spring of 2024 as an assistant coach for the LMU Women’s Water Polo team after serving for two seasons (2022-23) as an assistant coach for the Stanford Men’s Water Polo team. While with the Cardinal, he served as the goalies coach as well as handled video and analytics for the program. “Matt comes to UCLA with a wealth of experience, not only from playing in college, but from coaching at one of the top high schools in the country as well as at Stanford,” Wright said. “Being at the forefront of analytics, he will fit in perfectly to what we are doing here at UCLA. He has also been on the staff with the USA National Teams, which will put our program in a great position from a recruiting standpoint - not only in seeing the

Ryann Neushul joined the Bruins as an assistant coach in February of 2026 and is in her first season as an assistant coach for the UCLA Women's Water Polo te...