Kyle Kopp
C0-Head Club Coach

Kyle Kopp has an extensive background in water polo where he has been an assistant coach for the Women’s National Team since 2001. Kopp (former National Team Assistant Coach) help guide the USA Women's Water Polo to a silver in the Bejing Olympics this past summer.

Kopp is a 1996 and 2000 Olympian, and during his career he was known for his aggressive style of play and tireless work ethic. While with the National Team, Kopp was party to a 1997 FINA World Cup gold medal and two Pan American Games gold medals in 1995 and 1999. In his playing days at Long Beach State, Kopp was a three-time All-American and All-Big West selection, capturing All-Tournament Team honors at the NCAA Championships in 1988 and 1989. In 1988, Kopp was named the Big West Most Valuable Player after leading all scorers at the NCAA tournament.

Heather Moody
C0-Head Club Coach

Two-time Olympian Heather Moody of Green River, ID, recently took on the role of Assistant Coach to Women’s National Team Head Coach Guy Baker after serving as the interim Head Coach for the Women’s National Team in 2005. In just a few short months, she was able to lead the Women’s World Championships Team to a silver medal finish. Moody took on the position with a wealth of knowledge and groundbreaking experience in women’s water polo. Not only was she a key member of the first-ever USA Women’s team, which carried home silver medals from the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, she is also the first American woman to play water polo professionally abroad. Moody signed with Greek club Voulafmeni in 2001.

As a student-athlete at San Diego State University, Moody helped San Diego to a third place finish at the 1996 Collegiate Nationals. Since that time, she has gone on to help the USA Women to several first place finishes including a first place finish at the 2001 and 2002 Holiday Cup, the 2003 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, and the 2003 Pan American Games in Dominican Republic. Moody’s last feat as a member of the National Team was leading her team to a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She now lives in Long Beach, Calif., where she coaches with the Women’s National Team in addition to her work with Golden West College.

Bernice Orwig
18&U and 16&U Girls
Age Group Coach

A former USC and USA National Team member, Bernice Orwig has been involved in coaching water polo since 1994 and was the starting goalkeeper on the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team that won a silver medal in Sydney, Australia. She has been working as an assistant coach for the Women’s National Team since May 2005 and was the former assistant coach for UC Berkeley.

In 2005, Orwig was an assistant coach with the United States Junior National Team that won a gold medal at the Junior World Championships in Perth, Australia. Prior to coaching at Cal and assisting with the junior national team, Orwig served as an assistant coach for Drury-Pinto at the University of Michigan from 2000-02. In 1999-2000, Orwig was an assistant coach at her ala mater, USC, and from 1995-98 she was the head girl's and assistant boy's coach at Foothill High School in Santa Ana, Calif. During the 1994-95 season, Orwig was an assistant boy's water polo coach at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana.

As an athlete, Orwig was a star goalie at USC, earning second team All-America honors as a sophomore and junior. During her senior year, Orwig helped lead USC to the 1999 NCAA title, earning first team All-America honors. She graduated from USC in 1999 with a degree in social science education. As a member of the USA National Team from 1998-2003, Orwig also helped the USA Women to a silver medal at the 1999 Pan-American Games and an appearance at the 2001 FINA World Championships.