Anais Mathes - Women's Water Polo Coach - Brown University Athletics

Anais Mathes

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
anais_mathes@brown.edu

Anais Mathes joined Brown as an assistant coach in June of 2026.

Mathes joins Brown having been an assistant coach for Cal State Northridge since the 2024 season. Mathes has helped CSUN win at least 16 games in each of the three seasons she has been on staff with the Matadors.

In addition to her time at CSUN, Mathes has served as an Olympic Development Program coach of USA Water Polo since August of 2025.

Mathes joined CSUN after a stint with the Santa Cruz Water Polo Club as a youth girls coach. Previously, Mathes played professional water polo beginning in 2020 with the Lille Metropolitan Water Polo Club in Lille, France.

Mathes played collegiate water polo at Marist College from 2017-20, helping the team post three 20-win seasons. In 125 career matches, Mathes registered 186 points, 123 goals, 63 assists and 56 steals. She scored a career-high 45 goals to go with 20 assists in her junior season.

As a senior, Mathes would receive ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention accolades along with MAAC Preseason Co-Player of the Year recognition. She would finish the shortened 2020 campaign with 22 goals.

Originally from San Diego, Mathes prepped at Torrey Pines High School where she played water polo all four years. She served as team captain in each of her last two years and would be named the team's Most Valuable Player from 2014-16. Mathes was also a first-team All-Division and first-team all-league selection with Torrey Pines