Men's Water Polo
Litvak, Dustin
Dustin Litvak
- Title:
- Head Men's Water Polo Coach
- Email:
- dlitvak@princeton.edu
- Phone:
- 609-258-1847
Litvak begins his seventh season with Princeton 2025-26. He is also an assistant for the women's squad.
The Princeton men’s team went 23-9 in 2024, winning the Northeast Water Polo Conference title for the fourth straight season. The Tigers collected 11 victories against ranked foes and set a program record with 514 goals.
Litvak’s group had four All-Americans including Rozo Pozaric who became the fifth player in program history to be named All-American all four seasons. The senior, who was a Cutino Award Finalist, led the Tigers with 75 goals, 37 steals and 90 sprint wins. He also broke the program's all-time goals record, finishing with 281 tallies in his career.
Princeton women's squad went 21-7 overall and recorded 10 ranked victories in 2025. Princeton reached the CWPA Championship game and corralled three All-American selections in Kayla Yelensky, Rachael Carver and Lindsey Lucas. Yelensky, the CWPA MVP, led the team in scoring with 94 goals and 118 points overall, adding 48 drawn ejections and 21 steals. She was the first Tiger to reach 90 goals in a season since Adele McCarthy-Beauvais in 2002 and just the third player to get to that mark overall. She graduated second all-time in career goals with 278.
The Tigers' men's unit set a program record with 28 wins in 2023, winning its third straight NWPC title while also reaching the NCAA Semifinals for the first time ever under the expanded format of the NCAA bracket. The Tigers had three All-Americans highlighted by Pozaric’s first-team honors. He became the first Tiger to ever earn first-team All-America status and was also a Cutino Award finalist.
The Tigers became the first CWPA team to win three straight conference crowns since Navy from 2006-08.
The women’s water polo squad went undefeated in CWPA play in 2024 en route to its second straight conference title and was just the second time the Tigers have won in back-to-back years.
Yelensky was second-team All-America after producing a career-high 69 goals, 23 assists along with 47 drawn ejections and 31 steals. Lindsey Lucas was honorable mention All-America as she became just the third player in program history to be named CWPA Player of the Year. She went 18-7 this season with a .543 save percentage and 245 saves, adding 23 steals.
The men's 2022 season saw the men’s team have four All-Americans for the first time ever. It was also the first time that the program had reached the NCAA Quarterfinals in consecutive years following its victory over Fordham. The team's historical season included highlights such as defeating Stanford for the first time in program history and becoming NWPC Conference Champions for the second straight season.
Princeton's men's team defeated Brown and then St. Francis-Brooklyn to earn the 2021 Northeast Water Polo Conference title, collecting the team's sixth conference crown. The Tigers had 11 wins against nationally ranked opponents include a California trip that featured three straight victories over No. 17 Loyola Marymount, No. 10 Pepperdine, and No. 13 UC Irvine. The women's squad went 21-10 in 2022, placing third in the CWPA. The Tigers recorded eight wins over top-25 teams and posted at least 20 victories for the fourth straight full season.
The Princeton men's squad went 16-15 overall in 2019 and advanced to the NWPC Tournament Championship for the second straight year. The Tigers went 19-11 in 2018 and won the Northeast Water Polo Conference title. Princeton finished No. 13 in the final Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Varsity Poll after securing the program's sixth NCAA Tournament appearance.
Before his time at DeNunzio Pool, Litvak spent five seasons at UCLA, working with the men’s and women’s water polo teams. From 2013-15, he was an assistant with the men’s team that won the 2014 national title, the first time UCLA had won the national championship in ten years. Litvak then assisted with the women’s squad from 2015-2017, highlighted by an MPSF championship and a second-place finish at the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
Prior to UCLA, Litvak earned coaching experience at Occidental College for one year (2007). He also was the head coach of the boys’ water polo team at his alma mater, Agoura High School, where he earned Marmonte League Coach of the Year nine straight years. Agoura won its first-ever CIF Championship in 2007 and three more additional crowns in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Litvak was a four-time CIF Coach of the Year (in Divisions 4 and 2) and a seven-time Los Angeles Daily News Coach of the Year. He was also a finalist for the Positive Coaching Alliance’s Double Goal Coach Award.
The former assistant also had a variety of assignments with USA Water Polo, serving as a coach with the men and women’s youth national squads. In 2017, the men’s youth national team won the goal medal at the 2017 UANA Youth Championships in Lima, Peru.
Litvak graduated from Pepperdine University in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications.
The Princeton men’s team went 23-9 in 2024, winning the Northeast Water Polo Conference title for the fourth straight season. The Tigers collected 11 victories against ranked foes and set a program record with 514 goals.
Litvak’s group had four All-Americans including Rozo Pozaric who became the fifth player in program history to be named All-American all four seasons. The senior, who was a Cutino Award Finalist, led the Tigers with 75 goals, 37 steals and 90 sprint wins. He also broke the program's all-time goals record, finishing with 281 tallies in his career.
Princeton women's squad went 21-7 overall and recorded 10 ranked victories in 2025. Princeton reached the CWPA Championship game and corralled three All-American selections in Kayla Yelensky, Rachael Carver and Lindsey Lucas. Yelensky, the CWPA MVP, led the team in scoring with 94 goals and 118 points overall, adding 48 drawn ejections and 21 steals. She was the first Tiger to reach 90 goals in a season since Adele McCarthy-Beauvais in 2002 and just the third player to get to that mark overall. She graduated second all-time in career goals with 278.
The Tigers' men's unit set a program record with 28 wins in 2023, winning its third straight NWPC title while also reaching the NCAA Semifinals for the first time ever under the expanded format of the NCAA bracket. The Tigers had three All-Americans highlighted by Pozaric’s first-team honors. He became the first Tiger to ever earn first-team All-America status and was also a Cutino Award finalist.
The Tigers became the first CWPA team to win three straight conference crowns since Navy from 2006-08.
The women’s water polo squad went undefeated in CWPA play in 2024 en route to its second straight conference title and was just the second time the Tigers have won in back-to-back years.
Yelensky was second-team All-America after producing a career-high 69 goals, 23 assists along with 47 drawn ejections and 31 steals. Lindsey Lucas was honorable mention All-America as she became just the third player in program history to be named CWPA Player of the Year. She went 18-7 this season with a .543 save percentage and 245 saves, adding 23 steals.
The men's 2022 season saw the men’s team have four All-Americans for the first time ever. It was also the first time that the program had reached the NCAA Quarterfinals in consecutive years following its victory over Fordham. The team's historical season included highlights such as defeating Stanford for the first time in program history and becoming NWPC Conference Champions for the second straight season.
Princeton's men's team defeated Brown and then St. Francis-Brooklyn to earn the 2021 Northeast Water Polo Conference title, collecting the team's sixth conference crown. The Tigers had 11 wins against nationally ranked opponents include a California trip that featured three straight victories over No. 17 Loyola Marymount, No. 10 Pepperdine, and No. 13 UC Irvine. The women's squad went 21-10 in 2022, placing third in the CWPA. The Tigers recorded eight wins over top-25 teams and posted at least 20 victories for the fourth straight full season.
The Princeton men's squad went 16-15 overall in 2019 and advanced to the NWPC Tournament Championship for the second straight year. The Tigers went 19-11 in 2018 and won the Northeast Water Polo Conference title. Princeton finished No. 13 in the final Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Varsity Poll after securing the program's sixth NCAA Tournament appearance.
Before his time at DeNunzio Pool, Litvak spent five seasons at UCLA, working with the men’s and women’s water polo teams. From 2013-15, he was an assistant with the men’s team that won the 2014 national title, the first time UCLA had won the national championship in ten years. Litvak then assisted with the women’s squad from 2015-2017, highlighted by an MPSF championship and a second-place finish at the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
Prior to UCLA, Litvak earned coaching experience at Occidental College for one year (2007). He also was the head coach of the boys’ water polo team at his alma mater, Agoura High School, where he earned Marmonte League Coach of the Year nine straight years. Agoura won its first-ever CIF Championship in 2007 and three more additional crowns in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Litvak was a four-time CIF Coach of the Year (in Divisions 4 and 2) and a seven-time Los Angeles Daily News Coach of the Year. He was also a finalist for the Positive Coaching Alliance’s Double Goal Coach Award.
The former assistant also had a variety of assignments with USA Water Polo, serving as a coach with the men and women’s youth national squads. In 2017, the men’s youth national team won the goal medal at the 2017 UANA Youth Championships in Lima, Peru.
Litvak graduated from Pepperdine University in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications.
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