Now in his third season as the Cerritos College women’s water polo head coach, Sergio Macias has already established a reputation of fielding one of the better teams in Southern California in a very short period of time. Since his arrival on campus, Macias has put together a 75-21 record and last year they won their first Southern California Regional Playoff game in their first post-season appearance. The team finished with a 26-7 record and Macias has guided his teams to over 20 wins in each season. His teams have finished second in the South Coast Conference twice, while they won their first conference title in 2006 and were seeded #2 in the playoffs. For the second year in a row, the team had at least one All-American selection, as Stephanie Rosero was named 1^st Team All-American, joining the trio of Berlyn Sanchez, Daisy Carrillo and Jeannette Diaz from the 2006 team. In his first year, the posted a 21-11 record and just missed advancing to the post-season, while the team had a 28-3 record in 2006. During that year, the team also won their first four tournaments in school history and won a school-record 19 games in a row, in addition to winning the South Coast Conference Tournament. For his efforts on the year, Macias was named the conference Coach of the Year.

    Macias came to Cerritos College with a successful background as both a coach and a player. He started his 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 championships. He led the boy’s water polo team to back-to-back C.I.F. Div III Championships and become the first sport in the school’s history to win back-to-back C.I.F. championships titles. He also led his girl’s team to the C.I.F. Division I semi-finals 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 the 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 Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education and Recreation.  He earned his Master of Science degree in Kinesiology at California State University of Los Angeles in 2005.