Playing point guard, he was named Second Team All-State as a senior and earned an invitation to the Delaware High School All-Star Basketball Game.
Waterman was announced as the head coach of Delaware State University's men’s basketball team on June 4, 2021.
The Hornets advanced to the championship game of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) tournament, their deepest postseason run in years.
Waterman also coached a girls AAU team, the Lady Sharks, which competed nationally and featured his daughter Paris as its star point guard.
A former Division I basketball player at the University of Delaware, Waterman played under head coaches Ron Rainey and Steve Steinwedel, earning his bachelor’s degree in Sociology in 1989.
[8] Hall of Fame coach Jay Wright (Villanova) has praised Waterman as “an outstanding leader in our game” with “elite basketball knowledge and experience,” calling him a great choice to lead the Delaware State program.