Varsity Girls Water Polo

Mike Koziol enters his fourth season as Head Coach of the girls water polo team. Koziol, the Assistant Director of Aquatics at GA, also is the head coach of the Boys Water Polo program.

In 2022, the Patriots finished 2-10 overall.

Koziol is an alumnus of Wissahickon High School where he was a key contributor to the most successful water polo class in school history, making the state tournament all four years, including a fourth place finish his senior year. He also swam while at Wissahickon.

Koziol attended DePaul University in Chicago, and as a student coached a swim team and founded the water polo program at the High Ridge YMCA. Under Koziol's guidance, the water polo program tripled in size in three years and he coached the first player from a Chicago YMCA to be selected to the USA Water Polo Olympic Development program.

Over the years, Koziol has coached at the club level with Trojan Aquatics, NXT, Philly Select, and Maverick Water Polo. He has also led or assisted a number of camps or workshops all over the country, including a camp at the United States Naval Academy.

(Updated: 6/26/23)

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