Now in his third season as the women’s swimming and water polo coach, Sergio Macias led his team to a fourth place finish in the conference championships last year after they came in fifth in his first season. The team had six entries in the state championships last year, while the team came in 20^th place overall. In addition to their finish last year, three school records were broken, including one relay record. This season’s team will once again be dominated by freshmen, but Macias is excited about the possibilities of what his team can accomplish this year. In the last three seasons, Macias has also turned around the water polo program and led them to the South Coast Conference Tournament Championships, as well as the Southern California Regional Playoffs, the last two years. He has compiled a 75-21 record in his three seasons, which included a 28-3 mark in 2006, which set a new school record for wins in a season.

Macias came to Cerritos College with a successful background as both a coach and a player. He started his water polo coaching career with one of the top club programs in the nation, Commerce Aquatics, where he also learned how to play water polo. Macias then took over the Montebello High School water polo team who, at the time of his arrival, had only won one league championship for both the boy’s and girl’s varsity team. In a four-year span, Macias guided both the boy’s and girl’s water polo teams to three consecutive league champions. He guided the boy’s water polo team to back-to-back C.I.F. Div III. Championships and become the first sport in school history to win back-to-back C.I.F. championships titles. He also led his girl’s team to the C.I.F. semi-finals Div I in 2005. Macias was named C.I.F. Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2004, Los Angeles Times Coach of the Year 2003 and Whittier Daily News Coach of the Year 2004.

Macias played age group club water polo with the City of Commerce where he had the privilege to participate in several Junior Olympics and Junior National Tournaments. At Bell Gardens High School, Macias helped lead his team to four consecutive league championships and back-to-back C.I.F. championships in 1995 and 1996. As a player, he earned league’s Most Valuable Player, CIF Most Valuable Player, 1^st Team All C.I.F. 1^st Team All-Southern California and 1^st Team All-American honors. Macias was also a member of the USA National Youth Team in 1994. After graduating high school he attended Whittier College where he became the school’s first ever water polo player to receive SCIAC Conference Player of the Year as a sophomore. While at Whittier College, he was named 1^st Team All-Conference, 1^st Team WWPA, and 1^st Team All-American.

Macias graduated from Whittier College in 2001 with a Bachelors degree in Physical Education and Recreation.  He earned his Master of Science degree in Kinesiology at California State University of Los Angeles in 2005.