Ted Minnis begins his second year as Harvard men's and women's water polo coach after joining the program in July 2010. Minnis is the 10th coach in Harvard men's and women's water polo history.

In his first season as a collegiate head coach and first year in charge of the Crimson teams, Minnis showed immediate success. The men's squad won its most games (12) in three seasons and matched its CWPA Northern Division Championship finish (fifth) from a year ago. The men's team also finished third at the Ivy Championship and boasted 13 CWPA Scholar-Athletes and ACWPC All-Academic award winners.

The women's team was also instantly successful during Minnis' first season. The Crimson women logged 17 victories, its most wins in six years, and its first above .500 record since 2005. The team had two CWPA Southern Division All-Conference players in Devan Kennifer '12 and Monica Zdrojewski '12 and had five different players earn CWPA Southern Division Player of the Week, Defensive Player of the Week or Rookie of the Week honors during the season.

Minnis, who has competed and coached at the youth, club and high school level, came to Cambridge after serving as the interim director of athletics, aquatics director and head water polo and swim coach as Castilleja School in Palo Alto, Calif.

Minnis is a veteran coach at the Stanford Club. During his 10 plus years of service, he has won two Junior Olympic bronze medals, a U.S. Club Championship and finished among the top 10 at various national tournaments numerous times.. For the last three years, Minnis has served as the head coach for the Olympic Development Program Pacific Zone and in 2009 worked with the National Youth team staff. Most recently, his teams picked up a pair of silver medals at the 16 and Under Olympic Development Regional Championship and Zone Championship

In 2007, Minnis was named the USA Water Polo Development Coach of the Year and in 2005 and 2007 was a Positive Coaching Alliance finalist for coach of the year.