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USA Water Polo's Guy Baker Named USOC 2008 National Coach of the Year

Guy Baker, Head Coach of the USA Water Polo Women’s Olympic Team and Director of the Women’s National Team Program has been named National Coach of the Year by the United States Olympic Committee. Baker’s award was announced earlier today by the USOC along with the rest of their annual coaching awards including Developmental, Volunteer and Paralympic Coach of the Year as well as the recipient of the “Doc” Counsilman Science Award.

Learn to Play Water Polo

It takes a lot of time and work to become an Olympic water polo player, but anyone can try it. Water polo takes fitness, swimming ability, ball-handling skills, and a sense of awareness of what is happening around you (where is the ball, what will I do if it comes toward me).