JJ Addison Steps Down as Brown University Women’s Water Polo Head Coach

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown University Samuel M. Mencoff ’78 Vice President for Athletics and Recreation M. Grace Calhoun ’92, Ph.D., announced today that JJ Addison stepped down as the Women’s Water Polo Head Coach.

“I want to thank JJ for all that he has done for the Women’s Water Polo program at Brown,” Calhoun said. “We wish him the very best going forward.”

Addison was in his seventh season at Brown and his first as the women’s head coach. Felix Mercado, the Director of Water Polo, will serve as the Bears’ interim head coach. A national search for a permanent successor as women’s head coach will begin this spring.

Release courtesy Brown University Athletics Communications