Board Member & Coach: Nick Wooler
Email: admin@otterbaypolo.com
Nick has played, coached and refereed water polo for over 30+ years. He played high school water polo in Los Angeles at Loyola High School and after graduating from UCLA returned to coach at Loyola from 1991-98. After moving to Monterey in 2001 he coached at Palma and has been on the Otterbay Board since 2017
Board Member: Sean Raymond
Sean Raymond grew up in Los Angeles and played High School water polo for coach Rich Corso at Harvard Westlake. He continued playing in college at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, helped establish the Cal Poly CWPA team as its first coach, and played with SLO Masters. Sean joined the Otter Bay board in 2019.
Board Member & Coach: Brendan Sigourney
Board Member & Coach: Chris Barlow
Founder Coach: Steve Hunt
Steve Hunt started playing water polo in the 1970's under Pete Cutino and Steve Heaston (both coached at Cal and U.S. Men's National Teams). Steve played four years of high school at Miramonte in Orinda, CA where he was All America his senior year. He also played four years in college; two at Citrus J.C. and two years at Oregon State University from where he graduated and met his wife-to-be over 25 years ago. Steve was captain of both teams at Citrus and OSU. Steve now lives in Marina, CA with his wife Julie and three children Tyler, Brian, and Sara.
Founder: Gary Figueroa
Gary Figueroa Founded the Otterbay Water Polo Foundation with Steve Hunt. Gary has many years played the sport of water polo with distinction at the high school, college and olympic level. After moving to Monterey he continued to give back to the sport by coaching college at CSUMB and UC Santa Cruz as well as high school at Salinas, Notre Dame and Palma High Schools.