Peter Ollis joined the Augustana men's and women's water polo coaching staffs during the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Prior to joining Augustana, Ollis has been involved in Collegiate water polo for the past decade and Midwest water polo for over five years.
Previously, Ollis spent the past five years as the head coach for the men’s and women’s water polo teams at Monmouth College. During his time with Monmouth he led the women’s water polo team to record win totals, multiple national rankings, a conference player of the year, 3 All Americans and 10 All Conference awards. With the men’s program, Ollis led the team to record win totals, 1 All American and 3 All Conference athletes. Additionally, both programs received multiple academic All American awards and Ollis was named the 2019 women’s division III CWPA coach of the year.
In addition to his role at Monmouth, Ollis also worked for USA water polo as the head coach for the Midwest women’s youth team. In this role, Ollis coached high school athletes throughout the Midwest and worked with the national team staff on developing a national pipeline.
Prior to his role at Monmouth College, Ollis was the graduate assistant for the women’s water polo team at Utica College. In this role Ollis helped lead the program to their highest conference placements, two All Americans, two All conference awards and multiple academic All American awards.
In addition to these roles, Ollis was the assistant swimming and diving coach at both Monmouth and Utica.
Ollis completed his undergraduate education at Virginia Tech in Sociology and Psychology and his master’s degree at Utica College in Cyber Security.
