As of the beginning of September, I will be taking on the role of assistant coach at the Pacific Rowing Club, located in San Francisco. The boathouse overlooks Lake Merced, where the team practices, and the club has an impressive fleet that should prove very useful to a whole host of rowers in the coming season. I’ll be working with both the junior men’s novice and the junior men’s varsity squads, helping to develop the talent for the 1st VIII throughout the year by continuing to aid the improvement of the 2nd and 3rd VIII’s at the club. This will mark the first time that I have ever taken on a coaching position in my hometown, and I am greatly looking forward to the experience. It will be an opportunity to learn the inner workings of a very competitive junior rowing program, while at the same time gaining a wide variety of coaching experience with rowers of many different levels expertise. I’ll be joining an accomplished coaching staff, headed by Bob Maclean, who has a Youth National Championship in the Men’s Varsity VIII in 2007 to his credit already, and who is hoping to expand the club membership in an effort to develop more talent in the coming year. A competitive environment with a host of hard-working athletes, Pacific Rowing Club should prove a good match and I am excited to see what this year will hold.
For more information on the club see the club web page:
http://www.pacificrowingclub.org/prcHome.php
Also, for an interview with the Head Coach, Bob Maclean, following Pacific’s victory at the 2007 Youth National Championships, click the link below:
http://www.insiderrowing.com/youth-nationals-maclean-interview/
Thanks Jay.
