Contact Information for Susie James
Susie James
Girls Water Polo Coach
847.612.6648
The 2013 season is Susie's eighth year coaching water
polo at New Trier. She began as a
volunteer varsity assistant her first year, then served as the freshman team
coach, followed by JV coach in 2008, and then as a varsity assistant since
2009. She is a Glenbrook North alumna
(where she played high school polo with fellow coach Shannon
Shamoon) as well as a 2006 graduate of Northwestern
University where she earned a B.S. degree in Materials Science &
Engineering and played water polo for four years. At Northwestern, Susie was a 4 year starter,
3 year All Big Ten selection, 2 year captain, and 2 year team MVP. She is currently working as an R&D
Engineer at NanoInk, Inc., a Skokie based nanotechnology start-up company. She also helps run the Intramural water polo
program at New Trier and can be occasionally seen playing for the Windy City
women's masters team. Coach Susie James
Gillett and her husband John, a former NT boys’ water polo coach, are currently
living in Chicago.