Edward Reed

Ed Reed was coach of Brown University’s water polo team from 1971 to 1992, where he led the team to seventeen consecutive New England Championships between 1975-1991. Prior to 1974, Brown's Water Polo team had been a Club Team, but achieved Varsity status that year. Initially, he was also head coach of the varsity swim team at Brown. College swimming As an undergraduate at Springfield College, Reed was a two-time All-American in swimming. At the March 1965 New England Intercollegiate Championships in Cambridge he won the 200 Individual Medley with a New England Intercollegiate Swimming Association (NEISA) record time of 2:06.5 minutes. In 1965, he also set a NEISA record of 4:42 minutes in the 400-yard IM. He set school records in the Individual Medley, placed frequently in back stroke events, and served as team Co-Captain for Springfield in 1965. His knowledge of the training required to obtain swimming speed would later be valuable in coaching both Water Polo teams and swim teams. Brown swimming and water polo coach Coaching water polo at Brown, Reed achieved an impressive record of 420 wins, 159 losses, and 5 ties, holding a winning record in all seasons. He also won seventeen New England Championships in a row in addition to four Eastern Championships (three of those consecutively). His team went to the Eastern Championship ten times, and the NCAA tournament eleven. In 1983, 1984, and 1985, Brown University placed 6th at the NCAA tournament. Seventeen of his players earned All-American honors. Coaching positions Reed initially coached swimming for Tufts University beginning in 1966 following his graduation with a Masters from Springfield College. After leaving Tufts in the Spring of 1971, he began coaching both swimming and water polo at Brown University where he stayed until 1994. Reed was appointed interim-coach at the University of Alabama for the 1994–1995 season, and then became the Aquatic Center Manager and then Aquatic Sports Director, before retiring after a long career in 2008.