Adam Wright

Biography

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