Men's Water Polo

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    Marko Pintaric
    Marko Pintaric

    Position:
    Head Assistant Coach
    Experience:
    12th season

    05/06/2013

    No. 1 USC Heads To Harvard For 2013 NCAA Tournament

    Top-seeded Women of Troy take aim at a fourth national championship this week in Boston.

    04/24/2013

    USC Scores No. 2 Seed For 2013 MPSF Championships

    Women of Troy take aim at their third conference crown this week in Berkeley.

    02/06/2013

    Jovan Vavic Leads Team USA To FINA World Championships

    The USA men secured qualification with a second-place finish in Canada.

    12/02/2012

    UNDEFEATED TROJANS WIN FIVE IN A ROW!

    USC beats UCLA 11-10 in a heart-stopping national championship game in the Trojans' home pool.

    11/25/2012

    Trojans Roll Undefeated To MPSF Title

    USC wins its eighth conference tournament championship behind a career-high four goals from Mace Rapsey.

    Former USC All-American Marko Pintaric is in his 12th season at USC, serving as head assistant coach of both the men's and women's water polo teams.

    Pintaric was a two-year starter for the Trojans in 1997 and 1998. He recorded 44 goals during the Trojans' 1998 national championship season and earned National Player of the Year and first team All-America honors. He also earned second team All-America honors in 1997. Pintaric was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team both years. He transferred to USC from the University of Zagreb in Croatia, where he was a member of the Croatian Junior National Team (1989-94).

    Along with his current coaching experience, Pintaric served as the varsity coach at Loyola High in Los Angeles during the 1999-2000 school year. He has played club for Shores and Los Angeles Water Polo, and currently plays for the New York Athletic Club, where he also was a member of the 2001 summer national championship team and four consecutive winter national championship teams (1999-2002).

    Pintaric graduated from USC in 2000 with a degree in communications and earned his master's in 2003 in communications management.