Stefan Luedecke - Men's Water Polo Coach

Stefan Luedecke

Title:
Assistant Coach

Stefan Luedecke enters his fifth season as an assistant coach at USC. He has been on the USC coaching staff for three men[apos]s national championship runs as well as the USC women']s 2013 NCAA title.

Luedecke served three seasons as an assistant at Long Beach State before taking over as head coach of the water polo and swim programs at Los Angeles Trade Tech for two years. As a player, Luedecke was a two-year letterwinner for the 49ers after beginning his collegiate career at Long Beach City College.

A 2005 MPSF All-Academic honoree at Long Beach State, Luedecke earned his degree in Religious Studies in 2006. He earned his masters in sports management at Long Beach State while serving as assistant coach.

At Long Beach CC, Luedecke was a two-time first team All-American and the South Coast Conference MVP in 2001 and co-MVP in 2002. A graduate of Realschule Heidkamp Quickborn School, Luedecke hails from Hamburg, Germany. His father, Rolf, was a water polo referee at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games.