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Katie Larson

Coach

Katie Larson

Katie Larson is from Atlanta, Georgia, and has played water polo for over thirty years, including four years at Division I UMass, a program that lost its varsity status soon after she graduated.

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Katie Larson and David Huelsman crouched on deck briefing young players at the wall
Katie Larson and David Huelsman on deck · 2025 November Blast

She coached the women's water polo team at the University of Florida for fourteen years, placing first in the region in ten of them, earning CWPA Coach of the Year twice and winning the National Championship in 2019.

She joins Gator Water Polo to help athletes find as much fulfillment and delight in the sport as she does, and to mentor the club's younger coaches so the staff is strong from top to bottom.

Coaches on deck briefing the team in the water
An athlete holding the ball high, looking for the pass
Young players lined up along the pool wall during a drill
A young goalkeeper rising to block a shot
Two athletes in white caps racing through a splash
Gator Water Polo · 2025 November Blast at FAST, Ocala
Young athletes in white caps lined up on the pool wall listening to their coach

Meet Katie on deck

Practices run at NE Pool, 1100 NE 14th Street, Gainesville, with drylands at Gate 18 of the UF football stadium. No prior water polo experience is needed to start.

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