Cody Pletcher was appointed the Interim Head Coach for the men's and women's water polo programs in June of 2021. He has been with both programs for the past 15 years. 

With a Cal Lutheran women's SCIAC title in 2009 and again in 2019 and 2021, Pletcher has the rare honor of having been a member of a SCIAC Championship team as both coach and player. He helped Whittier win the men’s championship in 2004.

Originally from Houston, Texas, he attended Alvin High School where he played water polo and swam all four years. He earned all-conference selections twice and an all-state bid his senior year in water polo. He held the record for the 200- yard and 500-yard freestyles while attending Alvin. Coach Pletcher was also a member of the Houston Water Polo Club where he participated in nationwide tournaments within Florida, Maryland and California. 

Pletcher earned a degree in history while minoring in education at Whittier where he played four years of water polo. With the Poets, Pletcher was a three-time Academic All-American. His senior year he was a Second Team All-SCIAC selection. Furthermore, he also has a Master's degree in history from Cal State Northridge.

Most recently, Pletcher was inducted into the Whittier College Sports Hall of Fame for his contributions to the SCIAC championship team. He has received the honor of SCIAC Coaching Staff of the Year twice during his coaching career at CLU. Along with being the Interim Head Coach for the Purple and Gold, Pletcher is also the goalie coach and has helped 14 different goalies obtain All-American awards during his time with the university. In 2019, Pletcher coached the Division III Player of the Year, which was a goalie. In 2021, his first year as Interim Head Coach, he helped the men's program to the most wins in program history and finished second in the regular season of conference play; a feat that had not been accomplished in 5+ years. Immediately following the men's season in 2021, the women went to battle, and Coach Pletcher mentored the Offensive Player of the Year within the conference, Lexi Rond. The 2022-2023 seasons will be Pletcher's second full year as Interim Head Coach. 

Alongside being a collegiate coach, Pletcher coached high school water polo for nine years; six at Thousand Oaks HS and three at Rio Mesa HS. Within those nine years, Coach Pletcher coached multiple players that were awarded Player of the Year within their conferences, was a Coach of the Year and was a C.I.F. Southern Section semi-finalist.

Coach Pletcher enjoys being at his beach house in Ventura, CA with his wife, Rachel, and daughter, Jadyn, when not on the pool deck coaching the Kingsmen and Regals of CLU.