Jason Falitz

Biography

Jason Falitz (center) celebrates the 2015 NCAA Championship. Jason Falitz wears many hats at UCLA and serves both of the Bruins' water polo teams but in different capacities. He completed his 11th season with the Men's Water Polo Team in 2025, his eighth as the Associate Head Coach. In 2026, he begins his fifth season with the Women's Polo Team, but his first as the Interim Co-Head Coach. He reported to the post of Assistant Coach for the men's program in May of 2015, replacing Dustin Litvak, who assumed the head coaching duties for the boy’s water polo program at Agoura High School and is now the men's head water polo coach at Princeton. Falitz was promoted to Associate Head Coach on August 16, 2017 after Head Coach Adam Wright was named the Head Coach of the UCLA women’s water polo program on July 20, 2017. Then in August of 2021, he was named the Associate Head Coach for the women's water polo program. On Dec. 29, 2025, Wright announced that he was stepping away from day-to-day activities with the Bruins' Women's Team and Falitz was then promoted along with Matt Kubeck to the post of Interim Co-Head Coach. Falitz was named the 2023 Assistant (Associated Head) Coach of the Year as announced by the ACWPC on May 31, 2024. It marked the first time a Bruin has won this award. Falitz won an NCAA title with the Bruins in his first year as UCLA went 30-0, defeating USC, 10-7, in the national championship game. He won his second championship in 2017 as UCLA defeated the Trojans at