Pepperdine University Athletics

Mike Tragitt enters his 13th season on staff with Pepperdine water polo and first as Associate Head Coach in 2025. Tragitt was elevated to this role in August 2025 after spending the previous nine seasons as an assistant coach.
 
The Waves have posted a 143-77 overall record in the eight seasons with Tragitt as assistant coach including seven campaigns with a winning record. In his previous 11 seasons total on staff, the Waves have finished in top-13 in the final CWPA rankings in all 11 years.

Pepperdine has had a pair of 25-plus win seasons during his tenure including the 2019 campaign which saw the Waves win the Gold Coast Conference and reach the NCAA semifinals.

Tragitt graduated in 2013 with a degree in history. In 2014, he took over the role of director of operations, a position he held for two years. He was promoted to assistant coach in 2017. Since then, the Waves have gone 122-69 (.674) and won three conference titles.
 
Tragitt played for the Waves from 2009-13 and posted career totals of 35 goals, 76 assists and 34 steals. He appeared in 98 of 99 matches over his four years.
 
Tragitt is a native of Clovis, Calif., who graduated from Clovis High School in 2009. He was an All-American water polo player for the school.