Coaches

Coach Tanner Franklin is from San Diego, California and started started playing water polo in high school. As a freshman, Coach Tanner became 1 of 2 freshman to earn a varsity letter in several years at Hilltop High School in Chula Vista. As a sophomore and junior he developed into an every game starter, and became an outside shooting threat for the Hilltop Lancers. He then was honored to be named one of three captains along side his closest friends, who all lead the team to the Lancers most successful season since the 1980 team, an accomplishment that holds to this day.Upon graduation, Tanner stayed for one more year during college and coached Hilltop's novice team. After achieving a graduate degree in finance and establishing himself as a leader in the sports industry, Tanner moved to South Florida to work for the Miami Dolphins where he currently serves as Director of CRM.

9 years have past since Tanner stepped away from the sport, but after finding inspiration to get involved in his new community, he decided it was time to coach again. He took a volunteer assistant coaching role at Nova High School in 2023, is an assistant coach at Breach Aquatics, and has since taken on the head coach role for the boys team in 2024.