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Serving under head coach Keith Wilbur as an assistant for her first eight season, Linney was elevated to head women's coach in September 2021.

Linney guided the Broncos to seven wins in her first campaign in 2022. Under her leadership, senior center Lauren Baglietto earned a spot on the All-Golden Coast Conference Second Team after finishing in the top 10 of the league with 40 goals on the year.

The native of Watsonville, Calif., served as assistant coach at Cal State Monterey Bay from 2010-12. She helped the team to its best-ever finish in the Western Water Polo Association. The Otters finished 18-15 overall, including a semifinal appearance in the 2012 WWPA Tournament. Under her tutelage, Nikki Smart was named the NCAA Division II Player of the Year in both 2011 and 2012.

In addition, she served as the head varsity boys coach at Salinas High School where was a two-time Monterey Bay League Coach of the Year.

Linney was first hired to the Santa Clara water polo staff in August 2014.

As a senior at Santa Clara, Linney was team captain and MVP. During that 2009 season, the Broncos made it to the WWPA Championship game, which was the best finish for the program at the conference tournament.

Linney played at Aptos High School and was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 2014.

She graduated from Santa Clara in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in sociology.

In her first season on staff, Lamb helped guide the Broncos to seven wins. Senior center Lauren Baglietto earned All-GCC Second Team honors after finishing in the top-10 in the conference with 40 goals.

Lamb joined the Broncos after serving as the head varsity and junior varsity water polo coach at The Harker School from 2010-2020.

A 2009 graduate of Santa Clara University, Lamb was a member of the Broncos' water polo team from 2006-2009. As a senior in 2009, she served as team captain and helped guide the team to their first-ever second-place finish in the league. She returned to the Broncos for the 2010 season as a volunteer assistant coach while working toward a graduate degree in Multiple Subject Credential with CLAD emphasis.

Lamb earned her Masters of Education from Concordia University, UCI in 2018.

Grant joins the Broncos after serving as the head boy's water polo coach at St. Ignatius College Prep in San Francisco. After joining the program as an assistant coach in 2018, he was promoted to head coach in April 2019. While working at St. Ignatius, Grant also split time as an age group coach for the San Francisco Water Polo Club. In October of 2021, he joined the USA Water Polo Olympic Development Program as a Cadet Team Assistant Coach.

Grant is a 2016 graduate of Santa Clara University where he was four-year member of the men's water polo team, serving as a team captain for his junior and senior seasons. He concluded his career tied for fifth in program history in earned ejections. Grant graduated with a degree in Biology from SCU and earned his Masters of Science in Marine Biology from San Francisco State in 2021.

Wilbur, an accomplished collegiate player, is the winningest coach in school history for both programs. He has recruited and coached six Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-Americans, led both men’s and women’s programs to their best-ever seasons, including taking the women to the 2009 Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) Championship game and has twice been named WWPA Coach of the Year.

His men’s program achieved a No. 10 national ranking in 2009 by the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA), and both programs have enjoyed extended time ranked among the nation’s top 20. The women’s team's best ranking came in 2007, when the CWPA tabbed the Broncos No. 12.

Not only have his teams excelled athletically, his student-athletes have posted a 100 percent graduation rate on the women’s side and more than 95 percent on the men’s side.

The Broncos have consistently been recognized for their accomplishments outside the pool. In 2012, the women placed a league-best 11 student-athletes on the WWPA All-Academic team, and at the end of 2017 eight women landed on the Golden Coast Conference (GCC) All-Academic team.

The Broncos best-ever record on the men’s side came in 2009, when SCU went 22-12 and advanced into the WWPA semifinals, behind All-America driver Jack Wall, who finished his collegiate career among the most accomplished water polo players in school history.

The Bronco women’s best overall record of 25-8 occurred in 2006. In 2009, SCU was one win away from its first-ever NCAA tournament berth. Utility player Lindsey Bacolini was the program’s first Division I All-American in 2006 and lefty Amy Lamb was honored as an All-American in 2009.

Prior to being hired at Santa Clara, he served as the top assistant at San Jose State University in 2002, helping the Spartans rank as high as No. 6 nationally.

Following an outstanding playing career, which included a brief stint as a member of the U.S. National Team and competing in the 1997 World University Games in Sicily, Italy, he moved into coaching, getting his start at his high school alma mater Menlo School. Wilbur coached four high school All-Americans and led the team to the CCS Championship game three times in his four years at Menlo. Before his arrival, Menlo had never won a CCS playoff match.

Wilbur, who was hired in July 2002, is a 1996 honors graduate of Princeton University, earning his bachelor’s degree in economics. He helped the Tigers win three Ivy League Championships as a goalie and team captain.