Matt Farmer enters his third season as The Penner Family Assistant Men's Water Polo Coach after being hired in May of 2023.
Farmer's two seasons on The Farm have seen the Cardinal go 38-13, including a return to the NCAA Championship in 2024.
Farmer arrived at Stanford as a highly decorated water polo player at the club, collegiate and international levels, with experience coaching both at home and abroad. A center at UCLA, Farmer scored 84 goals in his time with the Bruins, helping his team win three NCAA championships in 2014, 2015 and 2017. He was named a second-team All-American as a senior, along with second-team All-NCAA Tournament and first-team All-MPSF honors.
Since graduating college, Farmer has lived in Australia, Italy, Spain and most recently Greece, competing on the sport's international stage. Farmer features experience with USA Water Polo from the junior level and has represented his country at both the 2019 and 2022 FINA World Championships. As a coach, Farmer has coached high school men at the Los Angeles water polo club and coached high school men & women for the Sea Wolf water polo club in New Zealand and for Lyons Swim Club & Elmhurt Aquatics in Illinois.
A native of La Grange, Ill., Farmer graduated from UCLA in 2017, earning a degree in psychobiology. He is currently pursuing a master of exercise science degree in sports performance training from Concordia University Chicago.
Farmer arrived at Stanford as a highly decorated water polo player at the club, collegiate and international levels, with experience coaching both at home and abroad. A center at UCLA, Farmer scored 84 goals in his time with the Bruins, helping his team win three NCAA championships in 2014, 2015 and 2017. He was named a second-team All-American as a senior, along with second-team All-NCAA Tournament and first-team All-MPSF honors.
Since graduating college, Farmer has lived in Australia, Italy, Spain and most recently Greece, competing on the sport's international stage. Farmer features experience with USA Water Polo from the junior level and has represented his country at both the 2019 and 2022 FINA World Championships. As a coach, Farmer has coached high school men at the Los Angeles water polo club and coached high school men & women for the Sea Wolf water polo club in New Zealand and for Lyons Swim Club & Elmhurt Aquatics in Illinois.
A native of La Grange, Ill., Farmer graduated from UCLA in 2017, earning a degree in psychobiology. He is currently pursuing a master of exercise science degree in sports performance training from Concordia University Chicago.