BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The CWPA Remote interview series continues as Mike Shannon of the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) discusses the game and more with Johns Hopkins University head coach Max Schlegel.
Promoted to the Blue Jays’ head coach in February 2019 after serving as an assistant for Hopkins from 2016 to 2018, Schlegel arrived at Homewood following a a two-year stint as the head coach at Calvert Hall College High School.
During his season at the helm of Hopkins, Schlegel led the Blue Jays to an 11-23 record, a sixth place finish at the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) Championship, the 2019 CWPA Division III Eastern Championship title and a fourth place mark at the inaugural USA Water Polo Division III Championship.
A four-year standout a Loyola Marymount University, Schlegel helped the Lions to four straight Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) championships and four straight trips to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Final Four. LMU earned a pair of third-place finishes at the NCAAs in 2008 and 2010. He totaled 50 goals, 23 assists and 56 steals in his career and captained the Lions as a senior.
Schlegel, a 2012 graduate of LMU, led Calvert Hall to a Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) Championship in 2013 as an assistant coach and again in 2015 as the head coach. He also guided the Cardinals to a Prep Eastern Championship, a Flight 3 title and a Flight 2 runner-up finish at the Beast of the East Championship.
A native of Annapolis, MD, Schlegel played two years on the National Development team, two years on the National Cadet team and one year on the National Youth b team. He also won a gold medal in the Youth Pan America Games in Mexico.
The CWPA Remote series is intended to provide both varsity and collegiate club coaches, athletes, alumni and more a forum to discuss the sport of water polo.
