COACHES | San Clemente High School Triton Boys Water Polo

MEET THE COACHES

2024-25 Season

LOGAN POWELL

HEAD COACH

Coach Logan Powell returns to San Clemente after serving as Men’s and Women’s Water Polo Coach at Ottawa University in Arizona. Before moving to Ottawa University Logan Powell served as head coach of the boys and girls water polo teams at San Clemente High School. In four seasons leading the boys, the team won three league titles and reached the CIF Finals in 2019. His 10 seasons coaching the girls team saw them win seven league titles, make four trips to the CIF Finals, and win one CIF Championship.

Logan Powell was named the 2011 CIF Coach of the Year and he received the USA Water Polo (USAWP) Brent Bohlender Award for Girls Development in 2017 and the USAWP Bill Barnett Distinguished Coaching Award in 2018.

Logan Powell graduated from San Clemente High School in 2002. During his collegiate career at UCLA, Powell helped the Bruins win the 2004 NCAA National Championship. During his career at UCLA Logan Powell was a 2-Time All-American Selection and in 2006 served as team captain. Powell scored a team-best 34 goals as a senior and had 88 goals in his UCLA career.

Powell graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Political Science. He and his wife Emilee are the parents of three sons, Henry, Lewis, and George.

MIKE BURKE

VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH

Mike Burke is a native of San Clemente having attended San Clemente High School and playing water polo under coach Steve Yancey, earning league MVP, all-CIF and all-American honors.

Mike received a scholarship to Long Beach State where he was a 4 time all-conference selection as well as a 3 time all-American. As a freshman, Mike was selected to the Junior National Team where he competed in the World Championships in France. Mike was brought up to the US Men's National Team in 1989, where he competed in numerous worldwide events until 1996. Mike won gold medals in the World University games - 1991 in England, and 1993 in New York. Mike was recruited by the New York Athletic Club in 1993, where he went on to help claim 10 National club titles.

Mike was a varsity assistant coach to Steve Yancey in 1995, and coached age group club at the same time here at SCWP. Mike has been coaching club age group programs since his twins (now in 18U) started in Splashball at San Clemente. Mike is instrumental in our 16/18U boys program and we are lucky to have him.

SCOTT BOZANIC

GOALIE COACH

Scott has been a goalie coach with the club since 2011, and San Clemente High School since 2000.

Prior to working as a coach, Scott played water polo at Marina HS in Huntington Beach and at UC Berkeley where his team earned NCAA placements in his Junior and Senior years. Scott also represented the USA at the 13th Macabbiah Games earning a Silver Medal.

While his free time is spent body surfing 204 and North Beach, Coach Bozanic has also reached the summit of Mt. Whitney 25 times and has hiked the entirety of the John Muir Trail (233 Miles) in 3 weeks.

PAT HIGGINSON

JV COACH

2024 marks Coach Higginson’s 40th year as a water polo coach.

Coach Higginson has been coaching with the San Clemente High School Boy's program since 2019, and served as Interim Head Coach in 2020.

He began his career at Bonita Vista High School coaching Girls and Boys Water Polo. He then went on to Valhalla High School to serve as Head Coach for the Girls & Boys High School teams from 1995- 2001. During his tenure, the Girls were 7X Back to Back League Champions and the Boys were 7X League Champions with 7 CIF Finals Appearances - pulling out wins in 1995 and 2000. During this time, Coach Higginson also served on the USA National Water Polo Team Staff.

From 2002 through 2019, Coach Higginson ran the Girls Water Polo program at Capistrano Valley High School while concurrently working as the Head Coach of Men's Water Polo at Saddleback College.

Alongside his Political Science degree from San Diego State, Coach Higginson also received a Masters degree in Coaching and Sports Administration from Concordia University.

Coach Higginson has two daughters that competed at the Collegiate Level, Tori Higginson (Ottawa University) and Alex Higginson (UC Cal Berkeley). Mr. Higginson is currently a Government Teacher at Capistrano Valley HS and uses his free time to Vespa around South OC.