Andy Coffman, Head Coach

Andy Coffman was hired as the Aquatics Director in 2015 taking over both the Water Polo and Swim programs. In 2017 he led the Friars to the CIF Div 3 Semifinals having four players named All-CIF. In addition, Coach Coffman was selected to coach the 2017 All-Star game in which Servite hosted and had three players participate. He has also sent a Friar to play collegiately each of the last three years.

As the Swim Coach, Coffman took four Friars to the CIF State Tournament in 2018 with his athlete's setting new school and Trinity League records in the 50 Free and 200 Free relay.

Prior to Servite, Coach Coffman served as the boy’s head water polo coach at University High School from 2008-2014 and the head coach at SOCAL Water Polo Foundation from 2009-2014.

Prior to beginning his coaching career, Coffman played at UC Irvine under legendary coach Ted Newland and was a member of the Anteater's swim team for two seasons.During his time at UCI, he also trained with the USA National team and played one season in the Australian National League.

Coffman returned to his alma mater in 2004 where he spent seven seasons as the Women’s Water Polo assistant coach helping the Anteaters to three consecutive Big West conference championships and a school best 5^th place finish at the NCAA Championship tournament.

During this time he also served as an assistant coach at Corona Del Mar High School and as the General Manager/Head Coach of the Coast Water Polo Club.

Coffman graduated from UCI in 2001 with a degree in social sciences. Before attending UCI he was an All-American in water polo and swimming at Clovis High School.

Paden Mitchell, Varsity Asst. Coach & JV Head Coach

Now in his second season with Servite Aquatics, Coach Mitchell comes to the Friars from Santa Margarita High School where he served as the Head Coach from 2011-2016. During his time there 11 athletes were recruited to play at Division 1 schools including USC, UCLA, Pepperdine and more.

Mitchell has also coached at the club level working with ORCA and SOCAL Water Polo, leading the 12 Under Boys team to three Junior Olympic medals including two gold in four years. Most recently, Mitchell has served SOCAL as Director of 16 Under Boys. 

Mitchell is a graduate of Villa Park High School where he played three years of Varsity Water Polo and was a four-year varsity letterman in swim. During his time with the Spartans they won seven league titles (3 water polo/ 4 swim) and advanced to the Div II CIF semifinals twice and the finals once. Mitchell went on to play two seasons at Santa Ana College where he earned 2nd Team All-Conference recognition and was the 5th leading scorer in the state.

2019 tournament registration

Please fill out the below form to reserve your spot for one or multiple of our 2019 tournaments.

 

FRESHMAN FAQ

My son wants to play water polo, who do I send my contact information to?

Coach Andy Coffman, Aquatics Director: acoffman@servitehs.org
Kathryn Diamond, Aquatics team parent: diamondka@me.com

What are the summer requirements?

Summer Conditioning officially starts Monday, June 10^th to July 18^th
Freshmen can only start once 8^th grade finishes.
Try-outs will take place during Summer Conditioning. The schedule is as follows:
POOL: M-TH 6:00am-8:00am (Summer school athletes get out at 7:40am.)
WEIGHTS: 8:30am-9am
Evening scrimmages will be added on TBD basis.

What is the cost of Summer Conditioning and how do you sign up?

The cost is $300.00. You can sign up by obtaining the necessary forms from theServite Athletics Home Webpage.
You will need:
Summer Conditioning sign up form
Emergency Form filled out online and
Physical Form

How do we get physical form filled out?

Servite has a day where you can get your physical done for a small fee. We highly encourage our athletes to get physicals done at Servite Physical Day as the fee goes to our athletic trainer and facility. This year it is on Saturday, May 11^th.

Will we have tournaments or games during the summer?

Yes, we will have both tournaments and games. They are TBD.

When will Fall practice start?

The first day of Fall Water Polo practice is Monday, Aug. 12^th. This is also the first day of school for 2019.

Incoming Freshman will have morning practice 2 to 3 days/week at 6:20am before school starts. After school practice will be 5 days/week at approximately 3:15-5:15pm.

What is involved for Fall water polo as far as games?

There will be a schedule for Fall games and tournaments that we will post. Water Polo season starts in September and goes to the first weeks of November.