Former standout water polo player Dave Kasa returns for his 15th season as a member of the LBCC coaching staff in 2018. He served as the interim head coach for all aquatics programs at the college during the 2015-16 academic year as Chris Oeding is on sabbatical leave with the USA Women's Water Polo team as they get ready to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.

Kasa has played a key role in the success of the LBCC aquatics program since his arrival and serves as the primary coach for the men’s water polo team. He and Oeding have combined to win seven state championships overall (Men: 2006, 2007, 2013, 2015; Women: 2003, 2004, 2007).

Kasa has been named the South Coast Conference men’s water polo Coach of the Year nine times (2003, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017) after leading the Vikings to 12 conference titles. He was also named the SCC men's swimming and diving coach of the year in 2011.

Kasa was also an assistant coach for Oeding at Orange Coast College for one season in 1999. He also served as head coach for the boy’s and girl’s water polo and swimming teams at Canyon High School for three years (1997-2000). While at Canyon, he was twice named Century League Coach of the Year.

His coaching experience also extends to the club level. From 1996-99, Kasa was head coach of the ORCA club team and led the squad to back-to-back national championships in 1998 and 1999.

As a player, Kasa earned All-American, All-Southern California, and All-Orange Empire Conference honors in 1994 for Orange Coast. In his freshman season in 1992, Kasa was a member of Golden West College’s state championship squad.

During his prep career at Canyon, Kasa twice earned All-CIF honors and three times was named All-Century League. He was a member of the 1991 U.S. national youth team and in 1988 earned Junior Olympic All-American honors.