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2009 Master Coaches


Session 1 · Aug. 22-28

Tom Bohrer - Men's Varsity Coach, Boston University
Andy Card
- Men's Lightweight Coach, Yale University
Jim Dietz - Women's Varsity Coach, University of Massachusetts
Tony Johnson - Men's Varsity Coach, Georgetown University
Matt Kelly
- Women's Assistant Coach, Villanova University
Tony Kilbridge - Men's Varsity Coach, M.I.T.
Kate Maloney - Women's Assistant Coach, Yale University
Wesley Ng - Women's Varsity Coach, Trinity College
Jack St. Clair - Women's Varsity Coach, Villanova University
Tom Tiffany - Cambridge Boat Club, (Coxswains' Coach)
Wendy Wilbur - Women's Assistant Coach, Boston College

Session 2 · cancelled (go to Availability)

Bill Miller - Director

Note: The staff above have agreed to coach. Occasionally, a coach's professional or personal circumstances change and they may either need to cancel. The list is updated quickly with the new coaching lineup.

Tom Bohrer – Men's Varsity Coach, Boston University
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Tom is one of the most familiar names and faces in U.S. rowing making the U.S. National Rowing Team on seven occasions and the cover of U.S. Rowing magazine more than once. Tom first grasped an oar in Melbourne FL at the Florida Institute of Technology and graduated in 1986.

From F.I.T. he leaped into the World Rowing Championships in the Coxless-Pair in 1987. In 1988 Tom captured the Silver Medal at the Olympics rowing the Coxless-Four. He repeated in the Coxless-Four in 1989 for another Silver Medal at the World Championships. In 1990 he was chosen for the U.S. National Eight which placed fifth at the Worlds.

After 1990 Tom rowed the Coxless-Four again to a World Championship Silver Medal (1991), Olympic Silver Medal (1992), and then a World Championship Bronze Medal (1993). Tom completed his phenomenal string U.S. national teams with the Coxless-Pair at the 1994 World Championships.

If you wonder if Tom was a boat mover, just take a look at the CRASH-B/World Indoor Rowing Championships. Tom has been World Champion on the Concept II erg more than once.

In the spring of 2000 Tom’s competitive spirit drove him back onto the Charles River. With partner Adam Holland, he entered the US Olympic Pair Trials and raced a phenomenal race against the eventual Olympic Silver Medallist. The Bohrer/Holland pair lost to Murphy/Bea by one foot in just about the fastest 2000 meter pair race ever run. After recovering from this race, Tom was invited to tryout for a seat in the US National Eight. He showed his capability and was offered the spares position. Tom decided to stay in the Northern Hemisphere.

Tom was the Head Coach at the Union Boat Club and Boys' Coach at Wayland-Weston High on the Charles River until 2008 when he was appointed as Head Men's Coach at Boston University.

Andy Card - Men's Lightweight Coach, Yale University
Andy’s prowess in the sport of rowing flourished at Princeton University where he rowed on the Lightweight team for the 1982 through the 1985 seasons.

In 1986 he jumped into the coaching scene at Princeton and captured the Eastern Sprints titles in 1986 and again in 1987. He moved to New Haven where he coached the Yale Frosh Lights in 1988 and 1989. After the 1989 season Andy took command of the Yale Lightweight Varsity squad and led them to an undefeated season, including the Sprints and National Championships.

Internationally, Andy coached the 1993 US Coxless-Four to a Gold Medal at the World Championships and was the US National Lightweight Eight coach 1994-1999. Congratulations to him for his US Eight winning the Silver Medal in 1998 and the Gold Medal in 1999.

We’re delighted to have Andy returning with our expert group of Master Coaches.

Jim Dietz - Women's Varsity Coach, University of Massachusetts
Jim's famous sculling career began at the New York Athletic Club under the watchful eye of Coach Jack Sulger in 1964. In 1967 he won the Gold Medal in the Single-Scull at the Junior World Championships. This started a legendary string of US Nationals and Canadian Henley medals as well as consecutive US national teams from 1970 through 1983 (Silver Medal at the 1974 World Championships ). Jim competed in the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics and coached in the 1988 and 1992 Olympics.

Upon his retirement from active competition, Jim accepted the Head Coaching position at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1985. In 1993 Jim moved from the Thames River to the Connecticut River in Amherst to coach the Woman's Varsity program. His crews are now nationally ranked.

Jim spent 1999 and 2000 as an assistant coach for the US Team. In 2000 he coached the US Women’s Lightweight Double-Scull to an Olympic Bronze Medal.

Tony Johnson - Men's Varsity Coach, Georgetown University
A graduate of the Syracuse University Crew program, Tony traveled to Washington, D.C. to join the Potomac Boat Club in 1962. There, he competed in 1963 and 1964 culminating in a position on the Olympic Team in the pair. Moving up to the Vesper Boat Club program in 1965, Tony rowed in the famous Vesper Boat Club eight that captured a bronze medal at the European Championships. In 1967, it was back to the Potomac Boat Club and the coxless-pair. With partner Larry Hough, they would go on to dominate pair rowing in the U.S. and the world. Gold medals were earned at the 1967 and 1969 European Championships (now called the World Championships) and a silver medal at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, an outstanding accomplishment.

While training in Washington, D.C., Tony coached the Georgetown University crews. Upon retiring from serious competition in 1969, he accepted the head coaching position at Yale University. Under Tony's direction, the Yale program climbed to the power house status that it once possessed. The Yale varsity crew captured the Sprints title in 1978, 1979, 1981 and 1982. Up to Tony's departure, they were contenders for the top honors at the Eastern Sprints annually. While at Yale, Tony coached crews on the US national team. He assisted the scullers at the 1972 Munich Olympics, coached the coxed-four in 1975 and again coached the scullers at the 1985 World Championships.

In the fall of 1989, Tony returned to his home waters and is directing the efforts of the Georgetown University Crew.

Matt Kelly - Women's Assistant Coach, Villanova University
Matt has spent most of his rowing career on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. He started as a coxswain at Penn Athletic Club. Next he turned to sculling at Fairmount Rowing Club and then rowing at St. Joseph's Prep, Bachelors Barge Club and Villanova University graduating in 1995.

His first coaching assignment was at his alma mater, Villanova in 1989. In 1995 Matt became the varsity women's coach at LaSalle University. In 1998 he moved back to Villanova first as men's coach and then as assistant women's coach.

Matt is a returning coach at Northeast.

Tony Kilbridge - Men's Varsity Coach, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tony rowed in college at Harvard winning two Eastern Sprints titles. After graduating from Harvard in 1982 he began coaching at St. Mark's School. Tony continued his education at Georgetown University Law School and graduated in 1987.

In 2001 Tony grabbed the megaphone again and coached the Men's Varsity at University of Virginia. In the fall of 2006 he returned to the Charles River to command the M.I.T. Varsity Men's Crews and  direct the rowing program. His M.I.T. crews have been climbing the competitive ladder in the E.A.R.C. and the 2009 season has been outstanding.

Kate Maloney - Women's Assistant Coach, Yale University
Kate began her rowing career at Mt. Baker and continued her racing at the University of Washington in Seattle where she was recognized as an outstanding rower.

She competed on the US Team at the 1997 World Championships in the US Four (4th). In 1998 Kate was in the US Eight and placed 2nd at the World Championships. She returned to the US Eight in 1999 and repeated her Silver Medal performance. Training straight through 1999, Kate held her spot in the US Eight and placed 6th at the Sydney Olympic Games.

Kate became assistant women's coach at Yale in September 2003 and we're happy to have her returning to camp for her 6th season.

Wesley Ng - Women's Varsity Coach, Trinity College
Wes rowed at Yale and graduated in 2002. He stayed at Yale and was an assistant women's coach. The next year he coached the Lightweight Freshman Crews. Then in the fall of 2004 he became Assistant Men's Coach at Trinity College. He guided his novice crew to an undefeated season in 2005 and did the same for the 2006 season.

After the 2006 season Wesley was appointed the Varsity Women's Coach. In his first season the women's varsity crew compiled a 9-2 dual season record and placed 2nd at the New England Championships and the NCAA Division III Championship Regatta. For the 2007 season his varsity crew's record was 15-0 in dual season competition, again placed 2nd at the New England Championships, 2nd at the ECAC National Invitational Regatta and 2nd at the NCAA Division III National Championship Regatta. Wes and his 2007 varsity crew were honored with the Jim Joy Conference Collegiate Award.

Jack St. Clair - Women's Varsity Coach, Villanova University
Jack began coaching at Villanova over  24 years ago. A native of Philadelphia, Pa., St. Clair received his bachelor of science degree from Temple University, where he was a member of the crew, track and cross country teams.

Jack was a two-time member of the U.S. team and competed in the World Rowing Championships in 1975 and 1977. As a rower for the Vesper Boat Club, he competed in England's renowned Henley Regatta in 1974 and 1975, finishing in second place for the Prince Phillip Cup. He also won a silver medal at the 1975 Pan Am Games .

Coach St. Clair has catapulted the Wildcats to a number of titles including the Head of the Charles, Head of the Schuylkill, San Diego Crew Classic, Dad Vail Regatta and National Collegiate Championship. In 1998, the Villanova Lightweights were ranked No. 1 in the country, giving Villanova its first national championship. In 1998, both lightweights and heavyweights posted numerous victories throughout the season and competed in the prestigious Henley Regatta in London, England. In 2000 St. Clair led his Women's Varsity Heavyweight Eight boat to a Dad Vail title. Last season the Wildcats finished second in overall points at the Dad Vail Regatta.

We're pleased to have Jack returning to our program this year.

Tom Tiffany - Coxswains' Coach
Tom began an illustrious coxing career at Harvard University where he coxed the varsity heavyweight crew from 1969 through 1971 and captured two Eastern Sprints titles. Tom is also a veteran coxswain from the Head-of-the-Charles Regatta where he obtained three Gold Medals.

Tom coxed internationally in 1969, where he guided the US Coxed-Four at the European Championships in Austria. In 1971, he coxed the US Men's Eight at the World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Tom's coaching career began in 1981 at the University of California-Berkeley, where his Men's Lightweight crews completed very successful seasons. In 1986, Tom moved back to the Charles River and was Assistant Coach of Women's Crew at M.I.T. and also assisted at the Boston Rowing Center. In 2007 he was recruited to coach the school program at Sarasota FL. Tom is now back in Massachusetts at the Newman School and Cambridge Boat Club.

From personal experience, Tom is one of the greatest coxswains that the US has produced and we welcome him again this year to the Northeast Rowing Center.

Wendy Wilbur - Women's Assistant Coach, Boston College
Wendy rowed for four years at the University Massachusetts and graduated in 1995. After graduation she started an impressive string of US Team appearances culminating in a Gold Medal:

1997 World Champ. US Wmn 8 6th
1998 World Champ. US Wmn 8 2nd
1999 World Champ. US Wmn 4- 3rd
2000 World Champ. US Wmn 4- 5th
2001 World Champ. US Wmn 8 4th
2002 World Champ. US Wmn 4- 5th
2003 World Champ. US Wmn 4- 1st

Not only was she recognized as one of the best women's sweep rowers but also sculled and won the Head of the Charles in the 2x.

Bill Miller - Director
Bill's rowing experience dates back to the mid-sixties. His first stroke was as a freshman at Northeastern University under the watchful eye of G. Ernest Arlett. Bill's Northeastern crews secured a position in the Eastern Sprints finals all four years.

Bill competed on six US National Teams with many of the Master Coaches listed above from 1969 through 1975 including the Munich Olympics. Also, Bill and Larry Gluckman rowed in a Coxed-Four that won the Prince Philip Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta in 1973 and set the course records.

Bill coached the M.I.T. Lightweight Varsity for five successful years and was Head Coach at Boston University from 1979 through 1986. His Boston University crews competed successfully, breaking into the finals of the Eastern Sprints and IRA Regatta many years.

Bill contributed his expertise to a number of programs and projects. In 1975, he established a youth rowing program for the City of Boston, Parks and Recreation Department and it grew into a major recreational program when he moved it to the Boston University boathouse. Bill participated on the US Men's Olympic Rowing Committee from 1977 to 1979. He was US Rowing Team Manager at the World Rowing Championships in 1977 in Amsterdam and in 1979 in Bled, Yugoslavia. In 1982, Bill was appointed National Lightweight Eight Coach competing at the World Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland. Bill coached the Mass. Maritime Academy men from 1996 to 2001. He now coaches at the Duxbury Bay Maritime School as well as direct the Northeast Rowing Center.

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