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2012 Master Coaches


Session 1 (Rowing & Coxing) - Aug. 18-24

Peter Cathey - Men's Varsity Coach, Univ. New Hampshire
Larry Gluckman - former Head Coach, Princeton/Dartmouth/Trinity College
Tony Kilbridge - Men's Varsity Coach, M.I.T.
John Lindberg - Assistant Men's Coach, Boston University
Kate Maloney - Women's Varsity Coach, Williams College
Holly Metcalf - Women's Varsity Coach, M.I.T.
Wesley Ng - Women's Varsity Coach, Trinity College
Tom Tiffany - Cambridge Boat Club, (Coxswains' Coach)
Wendy Wilbur - Women's Assistant Coach, Harvard University
                                                          
(more coaches to be added soon)
Barb Grudt - Director
 

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

Session 2 (Sculling & Coxing) - Aug. 25-28
(coaching list coming soon)

Session 1:

Peter Cathey - Men's Head Coach, University of New Hampshire
A product of the Brown University rowing program, Pete began rowing as a novice freshman in 1982. A two year varsity letter winner; he graduated in 1986, winning the Gold Medal in the Men's Varsity Heavy Eight. Following a brief career in sales, Peter re-entered the rowing world in 1990.

Pete has been the Men's Head Coach and Rowing Coordinator at the University of New Hampshire for 20 years. He has won Coach-of-the-Year, and his crews have won numerous New England and ECAC medals. Previous to coaching at UNH, he was the varsity assistant coach at Brown for two years.

Pete is excited to return to Northeast to coach again.

Larry Gluckman - former Princeton/Dartmouth/Trinity College Head Coach
Larry's love for the sport of rowing blossomed at Northeastern University under the direction of the renowned coach, G. Ernest Arlett. Before graduation, Larry earned a seat in the Vesper coxless-four that captured the bronze medal at the World Championships in Vichy, France. Following graduation and an assignment in the Peace Corps, Larry resumed his international racing experience. He earned a seat in the 1973 National Eight that competed at the World Championships in Moscow. This was followed by the 1975 coxed-four and being appointed to the 1976 Olympic Team.

Larry's coaching career began at Columbia University as Head Coach of Crew. Then, it was back to Northeastern University as assistant coach. In 1984, Larry was appointed Head Coach of Crew at Princeton University. There, his crews battled for top honors in the EARC. Upon the retirement of Coach Peter Gardner, Larry relocated in Hanover, NH and commanded the Dartmouth program. Larry  accepted the position of Marketing Representative at Concept-II where he was known as "Coach" until 2003. In September "Coach" became Men's Head Coach at Trinity College - Hartford, CT. Following his retirement he and his family settled in Glover Vermont where he helped coach the junior program at Craftsbury Sculling Camp.

At the international level, Larry was Assistant Coach for the 1975 Pan American Team, 1980 Olympic Coach for the women's double-scull and coxless-pair, 1981 World Championship women's coxed-four and 1984 Olympic women's coxed-four.

This will be Larry's 19th season at the Center.

Barb (Kirch) Grudt - Director
Barb was introduced to rowing at the Vesper Boat Club in Philadelphia. For her second year Barb studied in Germany and learned to scull. Upon her return, Barb entered the University of Pennsylvania and rowed in their first eight for the 1982 through 1984 seasons.

Just after graduation she began her World Championship/Olympic medal quest. In 1982 Barb competed in the US Coxed-Four and captured the World Championship Silver Medal in Lucerne, Switzerland. In 1984 she placed 5th in the Los Angeles Olympic Pair. In 1987 Barb rowed the US Double-Scull to a Bronze Medal at the Copenhagen World Championships. And the next year competed in the US Pair again and placed 6th in the Seoul Olympics.

Barb was appointed the Woman's Varsity Coach at Dartmouth College in 1989 and then to her alma mater, U. Pennsylvania. Barb is now very successfully coaching and teaching at the Peddie School in New Jersey.

During her summers from 1996 until 1999, Barb was busy as head coach of the US Junior Women’s Team. Her 1997 eight won the Bronze Medal at the Belgium World Junior Championships and her 1999 eight won the Silver Medal in Bulgaria. In 2000, Barb coached the Women’s Four to a Gold Medal at the Nations Cup. This won her the honor of US Rowing Development Coach Of The Year.

After many years as an outstanding Master Coach at camp, Barb is now Director/Owner on Northeast Rowing Center.

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 EARC and the 2009 season was outstanding. Tony is returning for his 5th season at Northeast..

John Lindberg - Assistant Coach, Boston University
John is a product of the Brown University Crew where he earned two varsity letters graduating in 1986. He then stepped into the sculling scene and became a successful sculler making the 1991 U.S. Team for the Pan American games in the double-sculls. He also placed in the medals at many Head of the Charles Regattas.

John coached at the school level for many years: Salisbury School, Belmont Hill School and Groton School. He moved to the collegiate level in 2004 and became Assistant Men's Coach at Northeastern. In his 2006 season his 1st Frosh Eight placed 2nd at the Eastern Sprints while his 2nd Frosh Eight placed 1st. In September 2009 he was appointed to Assistant Coach at Boston University.

It's great to have John with us again at Northeast Rowing Center.

Kate Maloney - Women's Varsity Coach, Williams College
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 in August, 2011 she was appointed Head Women's Coach at Williams College. We're delighted to have her returning to camp for her 10th season.

Holly Metcalf - Women's Varsity Coach, M.I.T.
Holly joins our Master Coach staff for the first time this year.  Metcalf was a six-time member of the U.S. National Team and won five World Championship and Olympic medals. At the 1984 Olympics she captured the Gold Medal in the women's eight. She has coached extensively at the club, college, and national team levels. Metcalf also directed the Silver Medal winning crew at the 1990 World Championships.

The 2011-12 season is Holly Metcalf's fifth as head coach or the MIT open-weight women. She has transformed the program from a struggling Division I squad into a team that is competitive within the Eastern Sprints, as well as its new conference, the Patriot League. Before her arrival, the varsity eight had not enjoyed a single DI win, and in the past season it posted an 8-10regular season record as well as its best finish at the Eastern Sprints in decades. Additionally, in every year under Metcalf the team has earned Public Recognition Awards from the NCAA for its exceptional academic performance.

Over the years Metcalf has accrued numerous awards and honors, including: Two-time USRowing Woman of the Year (with Olympic teammates and Ernestine Bayer), YWCA Outstanding Woman, New England Women's Leadership Award, New England Women's Sports Hall of Fame, New England Hero Award, Girl Scouts of America Leading Woman, Boston Magazine's Top 50 Most Intriguing Women, USRowing Hall of Fame, and Maine Hall of Fame.

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.

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.

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, Harvard University
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. In the fall of 2009 she accepted a position as assistant coach at Harvard University.

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