Bruce Wigo’s involvement and impact on water polo in the United States is so extensive it’s hard to
summarize. Stretching more than 50 years and involving a countless number of projects and
initiatives, Wigo simply was all about pushing water polo forward. Wigo was introduced to water polo in the late 1960s and after initially focused on swimming, circled back to the sport as a coach,
collegiate referee and zone chairman, Wigo volunteered to take on the role of USA Water Polo
Executive Director, an assignment that would last over 12 years. In that time Wigo and a host of
dedicated volunteers took on a variety of projects. Wigo played a key part in a new training facility for Team USA in Los Alamitos, identifying coaching staffs for the senior national teams while also helping boost members. He assisted in sport education and sport growth including the efforts to see women’s water polo included in the Olympic Games, which occurred in 2000. He hasn’t strayed far from the sport or the aquatics world, serving as CEO of the International Swimming Hall of Fame for a dozen years and more recently working as a consultant to various aquatic-related organizations and museums.
