United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics

Steve, Class of ’80, begins his ninth year as Director of Rowing and his tenth as the Head Coach for Women’s Crew at the Academy. As head coach of the Women’s Crew, Steve has taken the Academy Women’s team to the DIII NCAA National Championships four out of the last five seasons since the championship began. Steve has also been honored by his colleagues by being selected the NEWMAC Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2007 as well as DIII National Coach of the Year in 2003. Steve has had an exciting and varied experience in rowing over the last thirty years. Steve’s accomplishments, while at the Academy, including silver and two gold medals at the Dad Vail Regatta, and a gold medal at the IRAs and representing the Academy at the Royal Henley Regatta in England. Steve served as team captain his senior year. Following his time at the Academy, Steve went on to row for the New York Athletic Club, winning three gold and two bronze medals at the U.S. National Championships from 1981 to 1983. Steve also founded the junior program at the Toledo Rowing Club in 1984, and was their first coach. More recently, Steve is the head coach of CGA Rowing Camps and Thames River Sculls summer rowing camp. For the past eight summers, Steve has served as the Director of the U.S. Junior Women’s National Team Development Camp. The Camp is designed to prepare aspiring national level high school rowers for U.S. National Team selection and international racing and compete in the US National Championships each year. For the last four years Steve has also served as the US Junior Women’s National Team Head Coach. He is responsible for selection and training of fifteen athletes that represent the United States at the Junior (U-19) World Championships each summer. This summer, the team garnered high level race experience at the USRowing National Championships in Indianapolis, winning gold medals in two out of the three events entered including the senior eight event. At the Junior World Championships held in Beijing, China, as the test event for next year’s Olympics, the US Eight raced to a bronze medal finishing just behind Romania and Germany. In addition to his coaching responsibilities, Steve is a Math teacher and Head of the Math Department at East Lyme High School.