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Water Polo Academy
3030 Skylar Lane
Indianapolis, IN 46208
317.925.2039
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Faculty
 Loren A Bertocci, Ph.D. Program Director of Referee Training and Exercise Physiology. A FINA A referee (ret.) with extensive international experience, Dr Bertocci is Dean of Mathematics and Science at Marian College in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr Bertocci is a world respected bio-physicist , author of numerous international research papers on muscle physiology and acknowledged as one of the top researchers in the world on training and competing at altitude. A 20 year college professor, he has extensive experience in on line learning and curriculum development. His water polo career has spanned 30 years as both a player and an international referee, refereeing at NCAA Championships, International professional and olympic events as well as the FINA World Championships.
 Dante Dettamanti: Coach Dettamanti has produced winning and championship water polo teams at all levels. He started as a graduate assistant coach at UCLA, under the legendary Bob Horn. While at UCLA the school won the first ever NCAA Championship ever held in 1969. From there he went on to Occidental College, where he transformed a program that had been the league doormat, into league champions, in just two short years. After coaching at Oxy for 4 years he went on to UC Santa Barbara and turned the water polo program around, again producing a league champion team and a NCAA top four finish in just three years time.
It was at Stanford University though, that Dettamanti came into his own as a winning coach. In 25 years at Stanford, his teams played in the NCAA Championship final game a total of 14 times, producing 8 NCAA Championships and 6 second place finishes. His teams have finished outside of the collegiate top four rankings only a total of three times during that 25 year period. He became only the second collegiate coach in NCAA history to record over 600 wins, along with UC Irvine’s Ted Newland. His eight national championships ties the NCAA record for the most in NCAA history, along with the legendary Pete Cutino of Cal-Berkeley. His .800 winning percentage at Stanford also is an NCAA record.
He has been named League “Coach of the Year” ten times and NCAA “Coach of the Year” six different times. Dettamanti has also had great success at the International level. He coached the USA World University Games teams to Gold and Silver medals in 1979 and 1981; the highest finish ever for a USA National team. Dettamanti gained valuable International coaching experience as assistant National Team coach under Bill Barnett at the 1990 FINA Cup and at the 1991 FINA World Championships; and as an assistant at the 2001 World Championships under the top International coach in the world, Ratko Rudic. Dettamanti has not only produced winning teams, but also top international players. Twelve of his players have gone on to play for the USA Olympic Team, including Olympic team standouts Jody Campbell, Craig Klass, Wolf Wigo and Tony Azevedo.
 Nikola Malezanov, MS, Director and Lead Instructor of Age Group Training. A former professional player in the Serbian National League, Nikola Malezanov was trained as a Serbian National Team coach, attended national team training camps and clinics and as a coach, trained several players who went on to the Serbian National Team. Nikola has a BS in Biomechanics and as a graduate student, authored several research papers on the subject of predicting future performance of age group water polo players via physical testing. Nikola is currently in the US pursuing a Masters degree in Science and Math Education and is the Head Coach of the Northeast Zone National Team for boys 16 and under.
 Dr. Jim D. Solum, DC. Dr. Solum is a former college instructor in Physical Education and Sociology and a retired Doctor of Chiropractic. As a coach, he has extensive coaching experience at the high school level and was the Assistant Coach at Long Beach City College and the Head Coach at Fullerton Community College and El Camino Community College. His passion for shooting and shooting techniques has evolved to the point where he has written a complete textbook entitled the Science of Shooting. His online course is based on this textbook. A student of Ricardo Azevedo, three-time US Olympic coach and father of Tony Azevedo. Dr. Solum, as a private shooting coach, has developed 36 Division players in college. He trained the 2004 Women's NCAA MVP and the 2007 Cutino Award winner, men's college player of the year, John Mann. His years of coaching in high school and college plus his in-the-water personal training of elite water polo players has given him a comprehensive view of the fundamentals of shooting for men and women.
 Don Holbrook, M.Ed Graduated from California Polytechnic University with a Masters in Mathematics Education. Taught mathematics for 38 years in Hacienda La Puente School District. Retired and living with wife, Charlotte, in Walnut California. Officiates water polo at the collegiate and high school level. Head referee at the National Junior Olympics for most of the yearly events for the past 15 or more years. State rules interpreter for the state of California.
Russ Thompson USWP Referee since 1988. Active official for CWPA Varsity and USAWP. Played NCAA Water Polo for Doc Hunkler at Slippery Rock University and currently Referee Zone Chair for the Northeast Zone. Russ is a data base administrator/instructor and brings a high level knowledge and teaching experience to the faculty.
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