AGUA Water Polo boasts highly experienced coaching staff from around the world to ensure that each athlete receives the best training in swimming fundamentals and water polo technique. Learn more about our coaching staff:

Founders

Matt Guerrerio

Matt started playing water polo at 12 years old in St. Louis, Missouri, where he was part of two high school state championship teams at Saint Louis University High. There, he also played for the Daisy Water Polo Club, participating in numerous regional and national tournaments, earning honors along the way.

After high school, he became a nationally recognized scholar-athlete at Fordham University where he was a starter for most of his tenure.

Since then, Matt has played for various clubs in New York City, traveling to participate in tournaments around the world. He has also served as assistant coach of Fordham University's water polo team, the head coach of the Hudson Valley Region team, and most recently, the head coach of Riverdale Country Day School.

Miklos Gor-Nagy

Miklós started playing water polo at nine years old in his home country of Hungary. Excelling in the sport, he played professionally from 2001 until his retirement in 2019. Miklós played for Budapesti Vasutas Sport Club, Eger, Honvéd, Budvanska Rivijera Budva, Orvosegyetem Sport Club, and Ferencváros. In addition, he played his first national match in 2005 under the captaincy of Dénes Kemény. Throughout his career, he appeared in over 200 international matches with the Hungarian national team, including five World Aquatics Championships and three European Championships, and was on the Hungarian team that won the World Championships gold medal in 2013. 

Coaches

Morgan Allison

St. Francis ‘17 

Morgan started playing water polo at nine years old in Pennsylvania. In high school, she led her team to the state championship for the first time in program history while also playing club for the Princeton Tigers at the Junior Olympics.

After high school, Morgan played water polo at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, where she was named team captain and Student-Athlete President her senior year. As a coach, she served as assistant coach for the St. Francis College water polo team and as head coach of the Packer Collegiate Institute Varsity Swim Team. 

Currently, Allison is the head coach of the LIU Men’s and Women’s water polo team.

 

Jacob Barashick 

St. Francis ‘15 

Growing up in Orlando, Florida, Jacob showed great promise at Bishop Moore High School. In his high school career, Jacob was named to Florida’s All-State team three times and became one of the leading goal-scorers in the state. He also received national honors at the USA Water Polo Junior Olympics. 

Jacob eventually joined St. Francis during its most recent successful run, where he was an integral part of two Eastern Champion teams and grew into a team leader in and out of the pool.

Since graduating, Jacob has remained in the city working and playing with the Men’s Club.

 

Lazar Cirvic

Lazar is a skilled water polo coach with over 10 years of experience. Born in Belgrade, Serbia, he began his water polo journey with Partizan at the age of 10. Later, he explored a passion for basketball, playing for two years at Sacramento City College. However, he returned to Serbia to pursue professional basketball, competing for eight seasons until a back injury led him back to his first love of water polo.

Alongside a few water polo friends, Lazar established his own club, where he coached players and promoted water polo at the grassroots level. He also launched a gym, dedicated to the development of young athletes. Here, he took on personal training responsibilities, enhancing players’ water polo skills, technique, and physical conditioning. During this time, he learned extensively from esteemed coaches like Dejan Savic, which helped him refine his approach to coaching young athletes.

After moving to the USA, Lazar joined Fieldston High School as a water polo and swim coach. He recently completed his fourth season with the team, achieving a winning record in every season and finishing second twice in the New York IVY leagues.

 

Samu Csordas

St. Francis ‘23 

Samu began his water polo journey in Budapest, Hungary, where he played water polo at Ferencvárosi Torna Club, one of the most successful clubs in Europe. Samu moved to the United States to play at St. Francis in 2000, where he was a four-year letter winner and helped the Terriers consistently rank amongst the nation’s top 20 teams. 

Since graduating and gaining employment, Samu has continued to play with Asphalt Green’s men’s team while coaching the youth program.

Most recently, he has also coached the Riverdale Country Day School. He has been part of our program for four years and today, he runs the strength and conditioning training and serves as our head coach for 16/18u boys.

 

 

Angelos Koutsogeorgas 

LIU  

Angelos played high school and club water polo in the Chicago area, receiving awards in Illinois and national recognition during his junior and senior years. Angelos became a top recruit to LIU’s team in 2022 and led the men in the school’s inaugural season as an NCAA Division 1 team. 
 

Gee Lee

Gee grew up in the Chicagoland area in Illinois, where she competed in varsity swimming and played on the varsity water polo team for all four years. She established herself as a skilled and dedicated athlete, helping her team to sectionals and state championships. She went on to continue her athletic career as a student-athlete at New York University.

After graduating in 2016, Gee channeled her knowledge and enthusiasm into coaching. She began at the Trinity School in 2017, where she has coached the middle school, junior varsity, and varsity water polo teams.

In the summer of 2024, Gee expanded her coaching journey by joining Asphalt Green, fostering young athletes’ growth and development.

Sophia Zamoyski 

Stanford ‘23 

Sophia began her water polo career in San Diego at an early age and quickly became one of the region’s top goal scorers. She graduated from Del Norte High School with multiple championships and school records, including scoring 160 goals in a season and 428 goals across her four years in high school.

In addition, she was one of two top ten finishers in the USA water polo’s Junior Olympics for the San Diego Shores and earned an All-American honorable mention.

After high school, Sophia played for the Stanford University varsity women’s water polo team, winning the NCAA Division I National Championship in 2019.