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Denny Harper

Denny Harper

  • Class
  • Induction
    2023
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Water Polo, Men's Water Polo
Denny Harper
Women's Water Polo Head Coach | 1985-1999
Men's Water Polo Head Coach | 1980-2021
Garden Grove, Calif. (Rancho Alamitos HS)
  • Five-time women's water polo national champion
  • One-time national runner-up
  • Two-time third place finisher
  • Developed future Olympian Julie Swail and multiple national team players
  • 17-time ACWPC National Coach of the Year
  • 19-time Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) Coach of the Year
  • Won 697 games as men's head coach and 245 as women's
  • Retired in Spring 2022 after more than 40 consecutive years of service to UC San Diego
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