Brogan O’Doherty - [email protected]

Head Coach

Coach Brogan started playing water polo when he was 10-years-old. There was no age group water polo being offered close by, so he would commute to Naperville, Illinois in the evenings to play. At the time, his older sister was in high school at Hinsdale Central and after just one game Brogan knew that he wanted to follow in her footsteps.

After high school, Brogan would go on to swim at Eastern Illinois University. His junior year at EIU, he was voted captain and broke the school record for the 200-yard backstroke. Brogan's water polo coaching career began in 2015, where he started Salt Creek Club's water polo team with home-made goals and just a handful of athletes. The team has grown in size every summer and now includes 40+ members of all age groups and ability levels. In the spring of 2020, Brogan became the junior varsity Coach for the men's team at Central. Brogan decided that only offering three months of water polo wasn't enough. Ever since starting his first team, Brogan dreamed of creating a year-round program to introduce the sport to the next generation of athletes in the Hinsdale Area. Now, that dream has finally come true.

Josh Del Rosario-Rivera

12u Assistant Coach

Coach Josh began playing polo when he was going into 8th grade. During that summer, he fell in love with the sport and decided he was going to play water polo in high school. He played for Hinsdale Central all four years, with three of the years being on the varsity team. Over the summer, he would play for the Lyons and Fenwick water polo clubs. 

After his years at Central, he attended College of DuPage and during his free time would help coach for the Red Devils. Josh first joined as a helping hand on the JV team and then eventually took over as the JV head coach for two years. He began coaching the water polo team at Salt Creek in 2019 and just recently started coaching a summer water polo program at Five Seasons in Burr Ridge, Illinois. After that, Josh transferred to Arizona State University where he finished his career with a degree in education. This fall,he will be teaching 6th grade science in Naperville.

Sarah Pircon

12u Assistant Coach

Sarah started her water polo career at Hinsdale Central freshman year in 2009. She quickly learned the game and began playing at the varsity level by the end of her freshman year. She fell in love with the game and knew she found her passion. Sarah was awarded team MVP two years in a row and also voted a Captain senior year. She also set the record for most in season goals for Hinsdale Central Girls water polo senior year, and still holds it to this day. Senior year she was voted onto Illinois All Sectional First Team. Sarah then continued her water polo career after high school into college. She attended Indiana University in Bloomington and joined the Women’s Water Polo club. 

 

Holden Satre

Assistant Coach

Holden started playing water polo in eighth grade under Coach Josh, and fell in love with the sport. He lost his freshman season to covid, but came back sophomore year and was starting on varsity late in the year. He was a full-time varsity starter, junior, and senior year, as well as a two-year Captain. Over the summer, he played on the West suburban water polo club, and with lyons aquatics. In his free time, he works as a lifeguard at Salt Creek Club, and enjoys being around the water/ exercising. He is currently an incoming freshman at the University of Wisconsin Madison.

Connor Burke

Assistant Coach

Connor started playing water polo at Salt Creek Club when Coaches Brogan and Chuck first introduced the sport to him. After a few fun summers there, he joined Lyons Aquatics Water Polo where he competed in Junior Olympics and still competes in their fall Elite League. He has played and competed at Barcelona International Water Polo Academy (BIWPA) and the Brown University High School Recruiting Camp. He currently is a senior at Saint Ignatius College Prep where he is the captain of the boys water polo team and competes on their varsity swim team. In polo, he is a four year varsity starter and was named All Sectional and All Conference junior year. 

Jack Duggan

Goalie Coach

At the suggestion of his older brother, Jack started playing water polo in middle school. Up until his freshman year at Hinsdale Central High School, he played for both the Lyons and Fenwick water polo clubs. While at Hinsdale Central, Jack was named captain of the varsity water polo team in his junior and senior year. He remains passionate about water polo, and looks forward to introducing the next generation of athletes in the western suburbs to the sport.

Drake Kinney

16u & 14u Assistant Coach

Drake started playing water polo at York High School in 2009. He played his freshman and sophomore year at York (2009-2010) until he moved to Hinsdale and played for Hinsdale Central his junior and senior year (2011-2012). Drake began coaching in 2013 at Hinsdale Central and coached for three seasons (2013-2015).

In the summer of 2015 he started coaching at West Suburban Water Polo Club and coached for three seasons. Starting in the Fall of 2015, Drake played at Illinois State University on its club team for three seasons (2015, 2016, 2017).

His first spring season back from college, Drake began coaching with York in 2019 and has been coaching in both the spring and summer ever since.

Chuck Genoar

Club Administrator

Chuck has been involved in aquatics in the Hinsdale area all his life. He was a Salt Creek and Hinsdale Swim Club member growing up. Now he holds the position of Aquatics Director and Head Coach at Salt Creek Club, and also Coaches at the Hinsdale Swim Club. Chuck is looking forward to helping Brogan build Hinsdale Water Polo Club into one of the most exceptional water polo clubs in the state.