Bill Barnett

William "Bill" Robert Barnett was an American water polo coach who competed for Long Beach State and was best known for leading the U.S. men's Olympic water polo team to a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea and to a fourth place finish at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. As of 2026, he was one of only two U.S. Olympic men's water polo coaches to lead the U.S team to two consecutive top four finishes in the Olympic games. While serving in his primary career as a coach at Newport Harbor High School from 1966-2015, he led the Sailor's Water Polo teams to ten boys championships and five girl's championships in the Southern Section of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF).