Head Coach: Dennis E. Piccolotto
HEAD COACH – Dennis Piccolotto (Pic)
This will be Coach Pic's fifteenth year coaching water polo at Curtis High School. Coach Pic was a member of the CHS water polo and swim teams when he attended Curtis. During the 1997-1998 school year, Denny represented the Vikings at both the Washington Water Polo State Tournament and the Washington State Swim Meet. After graduating from Curtis in 1998, Coach Pic furthered his education at Central Washington University studying education and graduated in 2002 with endorsements in elementary education and health and fitness education. This will be Coach Pic's eleventh year teaching at Narrows View Intermediate and his seventh year teaching health and fitness.
Under Coach Pic's leadership, the Curtis High School Boys' Water Polo Team has had much success. The varsity team has reached the Washington State Water Polo Championship Game eight of the last ten seasons and have won the state championship title six times: 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2010-2011, 2015-2016, 2016-2017. The junior varsity squad has also been impressive finishing first or second at the "J.V. end of the Season Tournament" the last several years and is regularly one of the largest J.V. programs in the area.
In addition to CHS Boy's Water Polo, Coach Pic has other coaching experiences. He coached girls' water polo at Foss in 2004 and Mount Tahoma in 2008 – 2011. Pic became the head coach of the Curtis Girls Water Polo Team in 2012 and helped lead the Lady Viks to three straight state championship games including a state title in 2013 and runner up in 2016. Pic is also currently a head coach of the Puget Sound Water Polo Club.
In addition to coaching water polo, Dennis Piccolotto has also coached numerous swim teams, and this winter will also be his fifteenth season coaching the Curtis Boy's Swim Team.
Assistant Coach: Alex Hacker
Assistant Coach: Stan Knapp
Stan Knapp is a former high school water polo goalkeeper. Stand played goalie for four years during his high school days in Milpitas, California. After high school Stan played water polo for San Jose City and De Anza Colleges. Coach Knapp also swam competitively for San Jose. When Stan is not volunteering at Curtis, he is a Chief MRI Technologist for Group Health in Tacoma.
Coach Knapp has volunteered as a Curtis High School assistant boys' water polo coach since 2006. Stan focuses much of his attention working with the varsity and junior varsity goalkeepers. Stan's commitment to Curtis water Polo has benefited the program greatly and it is nice to have him back for another season.
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