Men’s water polo: Gall new OCC polo coach

COSTA MESA - Jason Gall, who played collegiately at Fresno State,

Long Beach City College and USC, has been named men’s water polo coach at

Orange Coast College, Pirates’ Athletic Director Jane Hilgendorf

announced Tuesday.

Gall, 26, replaces Chris Oeding, a former CdM High star and current

member of the U.S. national team, who resigned May 26 to take a similar

position at Long Beach City College.

The former El Dorado High star was an assistant coach at Fullerton

College in 1997 and became head women’s coach at Pomona Pitzer in ‘98,

guiding the Sagehens to a top-five Division III ranking the past three

seasons. He will retain his job at Pomona Pitzer.

“I’m excited about the challenge of coaching at the community college

level,” Gall said. “I know there’s a lot of good local talent and good

potential for a quality team this year.”

In addition to playing and coaching, Gall has officiated the past five

years, including work in CIF Southern Section championship games and the

Junior Olympics.