Kay Hired as Assistant Coach
7/4/2010 8:00:00 AM | Water Polo
July 4, 2010
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Serela Kay, a former standout player and experienced coach, has joined the Maryland water polo staff as head coach Carl Salyer's top assistant.
This past season Kay served as an assistant coach on both Princeton's men's and women's staff, her second stint with the Tigers. Kay spent the previous four years as an assistant at California.
Kay was also on the staff of the U.S. Women's Senior National Team that won a gold medal at the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome.
Kay has more than 20 years of water polo experience, both as a player and a coach. She previously served as an assistant coach at Princeton from 2002-04, helping lead the Tigers to a men's and women's Southern Championship in that time.
The native of Annapolis, Md., also currently serves as an assistant coach with the USA Water Polo Youth National Team. She has worked with the team over the past six seasons.
As an athlete, Kay was a four-year starter and team captain as a senior, helping lead UCLA to national titles in 1997, 1998 and 2000. She was a member of the USA Junior National Team from 1995-97 as well, helping Team USA to a gold medal at the 1996 Junior Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba.
