The purpose of the study was to determine and model the national coaches’ selection in swimming, diving and water polo. Coaches (Swimming, diving and water polo) responded to a questionnaire consisting of two parts, a: personal characteristics, and b: 64 variables gathered from the literature. Principal component analysis of two data sets yielded eight main domains in coaching. The priorities were determined by Freidman Test as follows : Humanities factors, characters criteria, Technical skills, Social factors, Managerial skills, Related experiences, Personal characteristics, and Related sport abilities. Kruskal – wallis test indicated: no significant differences among swimming, diving and water polo coaches’ opinion about the priorities of the main domains. (R=0.086), the preference of the subgroups’ characters criteria. (R = 0.637), significant differences among swimming, diving and water polo coaches’ opinions about the preference of the subgroups’ social factors (R=0.015), the preference of the subgroups’ humanities factors. (R=0.024), the preference of the subgroups’ technical skills. (R = 0.311), the preference of the subgroups’ managerial skills.
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