Raffi Alapont has been a Head Coach for the West Valley Water Polo Club since 2002. During that time he has been instrumental in building the club from 40 players to over 200 today. He has taken the travel team to Puerto Rico, Spain, and Hungary, as well as throughout the US. He has been a FINA rated official and is currently a USA Water Polo referee. As an athlete, Rafael began swimming competitively at 6 years old and began playing water polo at 12. He attended and played water polo for the University of Sacred Heart in Puerto Rico.  Prior to West Valley Water Polo Club, he took Mountain View HS to two league championships and several CCS appearances, the Puerto Rican Youth National Team to a Gold Medal in Mexico, his club in Florida to the Florida State 19 and under Championships, Brantley HS(Florida) boys to 3rd place and girls to 2nd place in the Florida State Championships. Rafael is also an excellent math instructor and has taught at both Mountain View and Homestead HS, and currently teaches math at Prospect High School. He is married to Teresa and has three sons, Justin, Aaron and Alton.

Don has been coaching with West Valley Water Polo Club for the last seven years and has been involved with every age group, both boys and girls, and he has taken club teams to Spain, Hungary, Puerto Rico and Florida. Don has coached water polo at Mercy HS in Burlingame, Mountain View HS, where he lead the girls to 3 CCS berths and a quarter final ,which was a school first, as well as the boys to 3 CCS berths. He is currently the Head Women’s Water Polo Coach at Los Gatos HS and has taken them both to the CCS quarter finals each year, and won the championship title in 2015. A large number of his athletes from these high schools have gone on to play for a wide range of universities and colleges. As an athlete, Don was a water polo player and swimmer at Junipero Serra HS in San Mateo where he was four time team captain, received All-League honors and was a CCS finalist in the 100 Breast and 200 IM. Don also played for Burlingame Water Polo under Bob Greene(Serra HS) and Keith Wilbur(Santa Clara University) and played in the Junior Olympics and in Hawaii. He then played for Bruce Watson at West Valley College and was an All-American both years and won a State Championship. Don is currently completing his studies at San Jose State University.

Bruce is currently the Men’s Head Coach for the newly reinstated NCAA Division I team at San Jose State University, which began Fall 2015. He was formerly at West Valley College, where he had been since 1979. During that time, his Men’s teams have won 21 Northern California Championships and 6 State Championships. He has had over 100 All-Americans who have also transferred to major universities to earn degrees and continue their careers. He has been California Community College and US Water Polo Pacific Zone Coach of the Year several times. Coach Watson played his college water polo at San Jose State University where he was All-American. He has also been a US Water Polo All-American several times and is a former member of the United States National Team. Bruce has also won a FINA Masters 50 and Over World Championship as a player, and officiated over 30 International water polo matches. Besides coaching West Valley College and the 18 and Under’s for West Valley Water Polo, Bruce also coaches the Olympic Club Men’s Open team. Bruce was recently inducted into the San Jose State Athletic Hall of Fame and is only the fourth water polo player to be inducted.