Bellevue Water Polo players have played at the college level in many of the nation’s most prestigious schools, including Harvard, Stanford, Santa Clara University, The Claremont Colleges, United States Naval Academy, Occidental College, University of Washington and countless others. They have established a tradition of returning to Bellevue as coaches to share their knowledge and lead by example.
Boys Water Polo Coaches
JT Dugan, Head Coach of Bellevue Boy’s Water Polo
JT is a junior at the University of Washington, where he serves as the elected President of the UW Water Polo Club. Under his leadership, the team earned an 11th-place national ranking at the most recent Collegiate Water Polo National Championships. JT is studying Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and plans to pursue either a PhD in Comparative Immunology or a career in medicine.
With 11 years of water polo experience, JT brings a strong background in water polo, competitive swimming, and weightlifting. He is passionate about helping athletes develop both in and out of the pool and is committed to building well-rounded student-athletes who excel in competition, academics, and leadership. His coaching philosophy focuses on developing fundamental skills, fostering a strong work ethic, and creating an environment where athletes of all experience levels can grow and succeed.
Elliot Goldstein, Assistant Boy’s Water Polo
Elliot is a junior at the University of Washington studying Journalism and History, where he plays for the Husky Club Water Polo Team and serves as a club officer and player-coach. A lifelong aquatics athlete, Elliot has been swimming since age six and playing water polo since high school. He was a three-year varsity swimmer and water polo player at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California, and competed for four years in club water polo.
Elliot brings a broad coaching background, including coaching Sammamish/Interlake Water Polo in the 2025 season, serving as assistant coach for a local club 16u team Water Polo team, and coaching swimmers age 4-18 for more than 5 years. His coaching philosophy focus on building strong team relationships, developing technical skills, teaching fundamental water polo strategy, improving conditioning, and creating a positive environment where athletes can learn, compete, and have fun.
Girls Water Polo Coaches
Adam Florsheim – Girls Head Coach
Jenna Frazer – Girls Assistant Coach
All Water Polo Previous Coaches
Jenna Frazer – Boys Head Coach, Fall 2023 – 2025 seasons
Coach Jenna Frazer, BHS Class of 2019 playing Master’s Water Polo in the salt water lagoon at Ala Moana Beach Park, Honolulu, Summer 2022.
Jenna began playing water polo at 12 or 13 during Midlakes, and since then haven’t stopped. She played at a highly competitive level of club water polo for six years for multiple different programs including: (RCWP, NWPC, Narrows Water Polo, and UW Women’s water polo club). Jenna competed in Junior Olympics six times and was selected for the PNW Olympic Development team three times. Concurrent with club polo, she played for Bellevue High for all four years. In high school, Jenna was named team defensive MVP twice; WA state defensive MVP, and was a captain her senior year. In 2022, she had the privilege of spending a summer playing Master’s Water Polo in Honolulu on a club team. Since graduating in 2023 from Marist College, she continues to play Water Polo on Master’s Polo clubs in the Seattle area.
Ali Goldsmith, Head Coach of Junior Varsity and Assistant Boy’s Water Polo. Fall2023-2025
Ali Goldsmith has joined the Bellevue Water Polo coaching staff as assistant coach for the 2023 Boy’s season. Ali earned All American status and all SCIAC player while playing for Occidental College in Los Angeles. During her tenure at Occidental, Ali helped bring home Oxy’s first National Championship. Most recently, summer of 2023, Ali coached 10u and 12u teams at Northwest Water Polo and took a 10u team to the Junior Olympics. Ali has 3 kids, all in the Bellevue School district and all are Water Polo players. Her husband Matt is a teacher by profession and loves all sports but has joined the rest of the family as an avid Water Polo supporter and enthusiast.
Marco Stanchi – Boys Head Coach, Fall 2022
Graduating from Bellevue’s International School in 2015, Marco proved his mettle as a leader on Bellevue Water Polo. During Marco’s time at Bellevue, our Water Polo program was the Washington State powerhouse, winning State Championships four years running. After graduation from International School, Marco moved on to Stanford University where he played varsity Water Polo for 4 years, competing in the NCAA Championships all while majoring in Computer Science. After graduating from Stanford, Marco played professional Water Polo in Italy for two years. We are extremely lucky to have him as our coach this year and hopefully for many more years to come.
Zack Rossman – Boys Assistant Coach 2022
Zack is a Bellevue High School alumnus, graduating in 2016, a year after his buddy, and now colleague, Head Coach Marco. For all four years at Bellevue Zack played polo and swam at the varsity level and helped bring the Wolverines to victory many times alongside his cohort Marco. Zack continued in the athlete/scholar tradition of our water polo athletes by attending Claremont McKenna College where he was again a varsity polo player all four years, eventually leading his team to a Division III NCAA Championship. Zack, a standout player in college and high school graduated from Claremont McKenna in Computer Science. Along with his old teammate Marco, Zack is intent on bringing Bellevue Water Polo back to the top tier of High School squads in the state.
Jake Van Wolvelaere – Head Coach Bellevue Boys 2021 Season
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Matthew Mulfinger – Assistant Coach Bellevue Boys and Girls 2021
Matthew started playing water polo at Bellevue as a high school junior. Starting to play late worked out for Matthew as his athleticism was evident as soon as he was in the pool. Graduating from Bellevue in 2019, and with only two years of experience playing waterpolo, Matthew went on to play at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo. Matthew carved out his niche as a left handed defensive specialist as well as the guy calling plays for the Mission Viejo offense. in 2021 Matthew was admitted to University of Washington where he still plays club Water Polo and majors in Economics. Look for former coach Matthew cheering from the sidelines at games this Fall season 2022.
Ed Brovick – Boys Head Coach (2006-2020)
Ed Brovick provides some of the original impetus for the Bellevue High Water Polo program, leading Bellevue boys from 2006 – 2020. In addition to coaching the boys, Ed worked as assistant coach to the girls from 2006 to 2019.
Coach Brovick has been Bellevue’s head coach since 2006. In addition to his high school coaching duties, Coach Brovick serves as the head coach of the Pacific Northwest Zone’s 8th Grade & Under Boys Olympic Development Program (ODP) team. Run by USA Water Polo, ODP is the feeder system for the US Junior National Team.
Coach Brovick grew up in San Diego, California. He played high school water polo at Hilltop High School for legendary coach Greg Ormsby. He is presently retired.
Evan Kaseguma
Evan Kaseguma is the former head coach of Bellevue High’s boys & girls team.
Coach Kaseguma founded the BHS Boys Water Polo program in 1998 as a high school freshman and served as its assistant coach from 2008-2016. In 2013, he helped revive Bellevue’s girls program, which had been shuttered for several years, and took over head coaching duties. In 2010, he founded Rain City Water Polo.
Coach Kaseguma was born and raised in Bellevue. After competing at Bellevue High School, he played Division 1 collegiate water polo at Harvard. He graduated from Harvard in 2005, now lives and works in the Seattle area in Real Estate development.