Fordham University Athletics

- 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, & 2025 MAWPC Champions
- 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025 NCAA Championship Berth
- 2024 & 2025 NCAA Championship semifinalist
- 2025 Fordham Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee

For over two decades, Bill Harris has become synonymous with the Fordham water polo program, spending 16 years as head coach or co-head coach, and then changing his role to associate head coach role with Brian Bacharach taking over as head coach in 2020.  For his extensive service, Harris was inducted into the Fordham Athletics Hall of Fame in the fall of 2025.
 
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.  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 2025, the Rams made their second straight run to the National Collegiate Championship semifinal with a 26-4 record, ranking in the top five in the national polls throughout the season, while also ranking in the top five nationally in academic GPA.
 
Since 2021, Fordham has won five MAWPC Championships and appeared in the National Collegiate Championship in each of those seasons, compiling a 134-28 record in that span.
 
Prior to the current run, the Rams’ last championship was the 2009 CWPA Northern Division Championship, led by Harris.  Fordham finished runner-up in the championship tournament and earned its first berth into the Eastern Championship in over 20 seasons.
 
Harris remains the longest serving head coach for Fordham water polo, recording 208 wins over 16 seasons.  Since coming to Rose Hill in 2004, he has coached 49 All-League selections, 26 ACWPC All-America selections, five MAWPC Most Valuable Players, and two CSC Academic All-Americans®.
 
Prior to Fordham, Harris was the girls' varsity coach at Greenwich High School and 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. He 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.