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  Scott Reed

Scott Reed

Player Profile

Position:
Head Coach

Experience:
10th year

Alma Mater:
Massachusetts '94

Scott Reed is in his 10th year as head coach of the men's water polo pro­gram. In 2007, Reed was named CWPA Southern Division Coach of the Year for guiding GW to third place at the Eastern Championship and an end-of-season No. 17 national ranking. In nine seasons, Reed has led GW to 84 victories and three Eastern Championship appearances. He also is the first and only head coach of the GW women's water polo team, which competed in its inaugural season in the spring of 2000, and earned CWPA Southern Division Women's Coach of the Year honors in 2003.

Reed came to GW from Wash­ington & Lee University in Lexington, VA, where he served as the head water polo coach and as an assistant coach with the university's men's and women's swimming teams.

Reed graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 1994 with a bachelor of science degree in sport management. At Massachusetts, he served as a captain on the nationally-ranked Minutemen's water polo squad and also competed on the swim team. He still owns the Massachusetts school record in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:30.65.

In addition, Reed served as a graduate assistant in aquatics at Eastern Kentucky University, where he received a master of science degree in sport admin­istration in 1997. He also is a member of the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) board of directors and won the CWPA's Southern Division Coach of the Year award in 2002-03.

Reed lives in Fairfax, VA, with his wife, Allison.