- 2009 CWPA Northern Division Coach of the Year
- 2017 MAWPC East Division Coach of the Year
- 2018 MAWPC Championship Coach of the Tournament
- 2019 MAWPC East Division Co-Coach of the Year
- 2021, 2022, 2023, & 2024 MAWPC Champions
- 2021, 2022, 2023, & 2024 NCAA Championship Berth
- 2024 NCAA Championship semifinalist

Bill Harris enters his 21st season with the Fordham water polo program having elevated the team’s play and expectations over his tenure, which includes five trips to the CWPA Championship (2009-10, 2013-15) and four to the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo (MAWPC) Championship (2016-19). In 2020 after 16 years as head coach or co-head coach, Harris changed his role to associate head coach role with Brian Bacharach taking over as head coach.

All the efforts of those two decades at Fordham came to fruition in the 2024 season, as Rams set the new program standard, reaching the National Collegiate Championship semifinals.  The Rams went undefeated through the regular season, the lone team in the NCAA to do so, ending the year with a 32-1 record with its fourth consecutive MAWPC Championship and became the first non-California school to reach #1 in the national top 20 poll. 

Individually, Fordham had five players earn All-America honors in 2024, highlighted by Luca Provenziani becoming the team's first-ever First Team All-America selection by the AWCPC.  Thomas Lercari, the 2024 MAWPC MVP, and George Papanikolaou were named Third Team All-America with Lucas Nieto Jasny and Andras Toth receiving Honorable Mention All-America.  In addition to the program record 32 wins, the Rams also blew away team records for total goals (667), assists (533), and points (1200).

In 2021, the work put in by Harris and Bacharach began to pay off, as Fordham captured its first-ever MAWPC Championship and earning its first berth into the NCAA Championship, posting a school record 26 wins.  The 2021 season saw the Rams receive a number of awards, led by Honorable Mention All-American Hans Zdolsek, who was the league's MVP and the most outstanding player of the MAWPC Championship.  George Papanikolaou was also an Honorable Mention All-American and was the MAWPC Rookie of the Year, while Thomas Lercari was named Rookie of the MAWPC Championship.  The Rams also saw four players earn First Team All-MAWPC East honors (Zdolsek, Papanikolaou, Jacopo Parrella, Bailey O'Mara).

The Rams followed that with another MAWPC Championship season in 2022 and a second trip to the NCAA Championship.  The team also tied the school record for wins in a season (26), went undefeated in league play at 16-0, and were ranked in the national top 20 all season long.  Individually, five players earn All-MAWPC honors in 2022, led by Nir Gross, who was the league MVP and an ACWPC Third Team All-American, and George Papanikolaou, who was First Team All-MAWPC and an ACWPC Honorable Mention All-American.  Harris was also recognized in 2022 by Fordham Athletics with the Jack Coffey Award for his contributions to Rose Hill.

In 2023, Fordham picked up its third consecutive MAWPC Championship and NCAA Championship berth.  The Rams once again went undefeated in MAWPC play and were ranked all season long, finishing the year at #12.  Individually, three Rams earned All-MAWPC honors, led by George Papanikolaou, who as the League MVP and an ACWPC Third Team All-American, while Luca Silvestri was First Team All-MAWPC and an ACWPC Honorable Mention All-American.  Additionally, Balazs Berenyi received national acclaim, receiving the Elite 90™ Award for the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Water Polo Championship.  The Elite 90 is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA's championships.

Under Bacharach and Harris as co-head coaches in 2019, the Fordham water polo team continued its upward trend into a top 20 nationally-ranked program.  The Rams posted 24 wins, five of which were over ranked opponents, and reached as high as #16 in the polls for a portion of the season.  The duo was named the MAWPC East Coach of the Year and had three players named Honorable Mention All-Americans by the ACWPC. 

In 2017, Harris earned his second major coaching accolade, earning MAWPC East Division Coach of the Year, after helping the Rams to their first national ranking since the 1980s and a fourth place finish at the MAWPC Championship.  Individually, three Rams earned MAWPC All-East Division honors with Massimiliano Mirarchi and Jake Miller-Tolt earning First Team honors with Mirarchi also being named Rookie of the Year, while Alex Jahns picked up Second Team honors.  Mirarchi was also an ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention selection. 

The Rams had another fourth place finish in the MAWPC Championship in 2018, led by Miller-Tolt earning ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention accolades after becoming the second Ram ever to have 100 goals in a single season.  He also earned First Team MAWPC All-East Division honors, while teammates Ian Watson and Bailey O'Mara garnered Second Team accolades.  The team was also recognized by the NCAA for its Academic Progress Rate (APR) score for the sixth time, while 11 Rams were named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team.  Harris also received the MAWPC Championship Coach of the Tournament, while Miller-Tolt and Watson was named to the All-Championship Team.

2016 saw the team finished third at the inaugural MAWPC Championship, while having a pair of MAPWC honorees as R.J. Simmons was named First Team All-East Division, while Miller-Tolt was Second Team All-East Division.  In addition, seven Rams were honored ACWPC All-Academic and the MAWPC Scholar-Athlete Awards. 

Harris’ 2014 squad played to a 16-18 overall record and a ninth place finish at the CWPA Championship. Goalkeeper Noah LeBeau was named Honorable Mention All-American after yet another fantastic season in net. The team continued to grow in 2015 and enjoyed their first winning season (20-15 record) since 2009 and the first 20-win season in recent memory, with Alex Jahns replacing LeBeau in net admirably with 295 total saves, good for the second-most since 2000, while Andrew Gonzalez and Patrick Lenihan, earned Honorable Mention All-American recognition.

In 2013, Harris helped lead Fordham back to the CWPA Championship, earning its first berth in three years.  Individually, three Fordham players earned CWPA All-Northern Division honors, led by Nicholas Allen and Ori Raz, who both scored at least 50 goals on the season, while goalkeeper Noah LeBeau made a career-high 291 saves.

Back in 2010, Harris guided the team to a third place finish at the CWPA Northern Division Championship, led by Ali Arat and Ryan Hultman, who both received Honorable Mention All-American honors by the ACWPC. For Arat, who ranked second in the NCAA in goal scoring, it was the first of many accolades he received, which included being named Second Team Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America®. He was also the first water polo player to receive the Vincent T. Lombardi Award, as Fordham's Male Student-Athlete of the Year.

Prior to the 2010, Harris led the Rams to their best season under his tenure in 2009, receiving the 2009 CWPA Northern Division Coach of the Year award. The Rams captured a share of the CWPA Northern Division regular season title, and finished as runner-up at the CWPA Northern Division Championship. That run led Fordham to earn a berth at the Eastern Championship for the first time in over 20 seasons.

The Rams also received a number of accolades in 2009, led by Arat, who received Honorable Mention All-American honors from the ACWPC, as well as CWPA Northern Division Rookie of the Year and Rookie of the Eastern Championship accolades. Three players received All-Northern Division honors (Arat, Hultman, and Mikey Edwards), while four of them earned at least one weekly award from the CWPA. In addition to the athletic honors, five Rams were named to both the AWPCA All-Academic Team and the CWPA Scholar-Athlete Team.

In 2008, Harris guided the Rams to a 13-10 overall record, posting the team's first winning season since 1987, and ended the season with a fifth place finish at the Northern Division Championship. Fordham also had two players earn CWPA All-Northern Division honors.

Since 2004, Harris has brought respect back to Fordham, starting with eight overall wins and three conference victories in his first season. He quickly followed that up with nine victories in 2005, and has brought in quality recruiting classes each offseason.

In 2006, Harris did another solid job posting an 11-11-1 mark, the first season for Fordham at or above the .500 mark in over a decade, while in 2007, the Rams matched that win total (11), playing a number of ranked opponents, as well as making their first trip to the West Coast in over 20 years, posting a 5-2 mark over seven games.

Individually, Harris helped 13 Rams earn All-CWPA Northern Division honors from 2005-14 (Paul Shrewsbury - 2005 & 2007 Second Team; Todd Conway - 2006 First Team; Alex Powell - 2008 First Team; Timmy Will - 2008 Second Team; Ali Arat - 2009 & 2010 First Team; Ryan Hultman - 2009 & 2010 Second Team; Mikey Edwards - 2009 Second Team; Robert Fleming - 2011 Second Team; Noah LeBeau - 2012 Second Team; Noah LeBeau, Nicholas Allen, & Ori Raz - 2013 Second Team; Noah LeBeau - 2014 First Team, R.J. Simmons - 2014 Second Team).

Harris, who was the girls' varsity coach at Greenwich High School, has brought a plethora of experience to Fordham. Prior to Greenwich High School, he served as the travel team coach for Greenwich Youth Water Polo from 2000-03, while also serving as an Age Group coach for the New York Athletic Club from 1995-2003. Harris was also the head coach for the NYAC Men's Team from 1982-87.

A 1997 U.S. Water Polo Hall of Fame inductee, Harris had a prolific playing career at St. Francis College, where he was a 1966 NCAA All-American and a four-time ECAC All-Star Team selection, while helping St. Francis to four ECAC Championships and an undefeated conference record in those four seasons. He later was selected to the St. Francis College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990.

Following his collegiate career, Harris represented the New York Athletic Club from 1967-92, where he was a member of eight National Championship teams. He was selected First Team All-America eight times as a member of the NYAC, and was 1973 and 1977 MVP for the National Championship Tournaments. Harris was also named MVP of the NYAC Paul Wacker Tournament on three separate occasions (1975, 1978, and 1980), and earned MVP honors of the North American Cup in 1977.

Harris and his wife, Dorothy, have two sons, and currently reside in Rye, N.Y.