Kyle Ramstack named new coach of Crean Lutheran girls and boys water polo teams

Kyle Ramstack has been named the new girls and boys water polo coach at Crean Lutheran. (Photo courtesy Crean Lutheran)

Crean Lutheran High School officals announced Friday that Kyle Ramstack has been named the new head varsity coach for the Saints girls and boys varsity water polo teams.

“We are excited to welcome Coach Kyle Ramstack to the home of the Saints,” said Crean Lutheran Athletic Director Eric Olson in a statement. “He will serve as our head girls and head boys water polo coach. Kyle is a strong Christian role model with a tremendous passion for teaching, coaching and mentoring student-athletes.”

Ramstack, a 2007 graduate of Loara High School, earned his Bachelor’s Degree in history from Long Beach State in 2013. He teaches sixth grade Ancient History at California Connections Academy.

This will be his first head coaching assignment.

“All the things fell into place, I’ve been praying for a while for an opportunity to be able to teach kids not only a sport that I absolutely love but teach them to be better citizens of our world,” he said in an interview.

Ramstack, 30, will be coaching the girls and boys programs around the same time since the new CIF plan calls for the two sports to begin in December, subject to approval by health officials. Boys water polo normally starts in August and girls water polo in December, but changes were made because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“They will be on the same day and literally right after one another,” he said.

Ramstack said he believes it will be beneficial since the players from each team can be there to encourage each other.

He has other plans for the programs too.

“We will always begin and end practice with a prayer and before each game we will be praying and we will always try to do our best to serve Him.”

Ramstack worships at St. Boniface in Anaheim.

Ramstack replaces former Coach Millicent Powell, who Olson said had to “step down due to an increased workload in her teaching position in Garden Grove Unified.”