Dr. Marcelo Leonardi is the University of Michigan Women's Water Polo Head Coach since 2014. He has just completed his sixth season as head coach for the Michigan Wolverines. In his six years coaching, his record is 143-56, and he has led his teams to four straight years of being CWPA Champions and four consecutive years of NCAA appearances, with a Top 4 finish in his 2017 season. The year of his Top 4 finish in 2017, his team finished with a season record of 28-9 overall. He has earned two Doc Hunkler Coach of the CWPA Tournament awards in 2016 and 2017. Coach Leonardi is a respected coach both in the USA Water Polo world as well as in the Michigan Wolverines community. “He is also my head coach and someone who has helped guide me through my water polo experience the past seven-year of my life.” 

* Originally published on August 20, 2020, by Heidi Ritner