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Felix Mercado was hired in the summer of 2007 as Brown's new
men's and women's water polo coach. Mercado spent the two seasons
prior to coming to Brown at the helm of the MIT men's varsity and
women's club teams after one year as an assistant. In two years as
the coach of the MIT club women's team, Mercado's squads posted a
30-3 record, making back-to-back appearances at the Club National
Championships. He was named the North Atlantic Conference Coach of
the Year in 2007. Mercado also served as an assistant coach at
Hartwick College in the spring, as the Hawks finished fifth at the
NCAA Championship. In 2006, he was named CWPA Division III and CWPA
Northern Division Coach of the Year after leading MIT's men's team
to a second-place finish at the Division III Eastern Championship
and the team's third-ever appearance at the Division I Eastern
Championship. He posted a 26-34 record in Cambridge, as the
Engineers attempted to integrate 12 freshmen into the program in
2006 after a 15-14 record in 2005. Before arriving in Cambridge,
Mercado spent 11 years coaching national power Ransom Everglades
School in Miami, Fla. During his tenure with the high school
juggernaut, Mercado helped guide Ransom Everglades to three Florida
State Championships in the boys division and coached the girls
program to six straight Final Four finishes. Mercado was also the
head coach and founder of the Raider Water Polo Club Foundation,
and led the program to six Southeast Zone Championships. He has
offered his coaching expertise at numerous national team
development camps for USA Water Polo and is the current head coach
for the U.S. Water Polo Northeast Junior team. Mercado earned his
Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration Management
from American Intercontinental University in 2006. He also has an
Associate of Arts degree in Secondary Education from Miami Dade
College.
