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Bill Smith
Greenwich Family Y Water Polo Head Coach
Background
Athletic: All American, Captain of the US Junior National Team and played
internationally.
Coaching:
- Three Universities: University of Pennsylvania, Indiana University,
Villanova
- Assistant Coach of the USA Cadet National Team at the 2002 World
Championships in Serbia
- Assistant varsity boys coach at Greenwich High
School (6 years)
- Coached numerous age group teams - Junior Olympics, 20
& Under
- Nationals, has been a NE Zone Head Coach (Junior, Youth &
Cadet) for over 6 years
- Have lead teams to many international competitions
in Hungry, Greece, Italy, Croatia, Canada, Serbia and Montenegro
- USA Water Polo Northeast Zone Developmental Coach of the Year 2005
Water Polo Leadership:
- Currently is the Secretary and Board Member of USA Water Polo, Inc. (the
Official Olympic Governing Body for Water Polo in the USA)
- Initiated the
first ever "Ivy League Water Polo Championship"
- Founder of the
Indiana AAU Water Polo Association
- Founder and 1st President of Greenwich
Water Polo
- Developed all operating processes and ran day-to-day operations
for the first 7 years of operations
- Had over 230 athletes and over 40
volunteer coaches making it the largest water polo club in the East at the
time
Professional:
- President & CEO of Renaissance Capital LLC
- Also worked for Kidder
Peabody, Bear Stearns, Touche Ross and Booz Allen
- Books authored:
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"Strategic Growth Through Mergers & Acquisitions", Prentice
Hall, published in the U.S. and Japan
- "IPOs for Everyone", John
Wiley & Sons
- Frequent contributor to Wall Street Journal, Business Week,
Barron's, Forbes and guest speaker on CNBC and Bloomberg TV
Educational: Villanova (BSEE - Electrical Engineering); Wharton Business
School - University of Pennsylvania (MBA - Finance)
Personal: Married for 27 years, and has two children who graduated from
Greenwich High School and are currently playing water polo in college at
Stanford University and Harvard College.
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Bill Smith coaching in
Athens, Greece (2006)
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