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Our Staff
Craftsbury Sculling Center coaches include Olympians and former World Champions, as well as coaches of some of the most competitive universities, schools, and clubs from around the world. Heading up the CSC staff are these distinguished coaches:
Norm Graf, Director
A Craftsbury coach for more than 17 years, Norm began rowing in 1940. He rowed with the undefeated Culver Military Academy 8+ in 1943. His rowing career took a hiatus during World War II, but in '48 he returned to the sport as stroke and captain of the undefeated Rutgers University freshmen team. In the late '50s Norm began coaching at Yale. In ... Read more.
Kevin MacDermott, Senior Associate Director
Kevin joined the Craftsbury coaching staff in 2002 and began serving as a head coach for the sculling program in 2005. Outside of Craftsbury, Kevin is the Head Coach of Men's Rowing at Trinity College in Hartford, CT as well as the Head Sweep Coach for the United States Junior National Team. Prior to his appointment as Head Coach at Trinity, he ... Read more.
Ric Ricci, Associate Director
Ric has coached rowing for 36 years, including 27 at Craftsbury. He rowed at Trinity College in Connecticut, winning the 2- IRA National Championship in 1972 and '73. In '72 he competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials and the '71 and '73 Henley Royal Regatta. Ric is currently the men's coach at Connecticut College. He coached at Yale ... Read more.
Noel Wanner, Assistant Director
Noel learned to row at Wesleyan University and was a member of the U.S. National Team in 1992 and 1993 as a lightweight. He has coached at the college, club, and high school levels. Over the course of his rowing career, he has won national championships in the senior, elite, and master's categories. He is currently the head coach at Middlebury College.
Dan Roock, Director of Competitive Sculling
Coach Roock has been coaching for almost thirty years. His career started at Florida Institute of Technology, before extended involvement with Princeton University, including six years at the helm of the women's rowing program where the Tiger 1V went 59-2 in dual races with multiple EAWRC and National Championships. He spent the next 12 years at ... Read more.
Troy Howell, Fleet Manager
Having coached in the sculling program for several seasons, Troy Howell joined the staff at the center on a full-time basis as our fleet manager in the spring of 2009. Troy began rowing in 1987 at the University of Virginia and has spent the majority of his waking hours since then either on the water or wishing that he were. He has coached successful ... Read more.
Pepa Miloucheva, Sports Physiologist and Director of Competitive Skiing
Pepa has been involved with sculling since 1998, initially as fleet manager and instructing stretching and core strength. This spring she has passed on her fleet management duties to head our in house exercise physiology testing. Pepa earned her masters degree at the Sport University in Sofia, Bulgaria in physical education and sports, coaching, and ... Read more.
Craftsbury Sculling Center Coach List
Michele Africa, Humboldt Bay Rowing Association
Maggie Mae Anderson, Yoga Instructor
PJ Antonik, NYAC, National Champion
Kate Apfelbaum, Trinity College
Pamela Besteman, GMS
Carol Bower, Bryn Mawr College, Olympian
Lizzy Boyle, NYAC
Ellen Braithwaite, Open Water Rowing Center
Erik Breiland, Green Mountain Rowing, president
Izzie Brown, Berkeley Paddle and Rowing Club
Margaret Christopher, Pocock Rowing Center
Chris Cody, Saugatuck Rowing Club
Maura Conron, Cambridge Boat Club
Kim Davies, Wesleyan University
Rich Davis, Former head coach, St. Paul's School
Diane Davis, SouthEnd Rowing Club
Jim Devol, Narragansett BC
Liza Dickson, Pine Crest School
Joe Dobson, Sarasota County Rowing Club
Christopher Dow, Clark University
Emily Dreissigacker, Dartmouth
Dick Dreissigacker, Founder of Concept 2, Olympian
Sloan DuRoss, 2004 US Olympic Team, Men's 4x
Rudy Eberle, Sagamore Rowing Association
Louisa Edgerly, 1993 US National Team Member
Kristen Erickson, Greenwich Academy
Cinda Ewton, Burnaby Lake Rowing Club
Brie Farley, Director of Jr. Rowing at Greenwich Crew
Sara Field Gronewold, Gold Medal World Championships
Peter Figgins, Universty of Vermont
Alie Fishman, Episcopal School of Dallas, Princeton University
Will Forteith, St. Mark's School of Texas
Carlie Geer, Olympic Silver Medalist
Judy Geer, Concept 2, Olympian
Kristin Goodrich, Three-time US National Team sculler
Dan Gorriaran, Narragansett BC
Patrick Guelakis, Assistant Varsity coach, WPI
Gary Hill, Mendota RC
Ann Holmes, Vesper Boat Club
Kimberly Howell, Massage Therapist
Laura Larsen-Strecker, Harvard University/U.S. National Team
Jim Lauderdale, St. Paul's School
David Lilly, Maine Rowing Association
Jim Lister, Duke University Recruiting Coordinator
Mary Lothrop, Former US Jr. National Team
Peter Mallory, UCLA
Lisa Carey Moore, Williams College, US National Team
Linda Moriarty, Assistant Rowing Regatta Referee
Jonathan Moss, Pioneer Valley Riverfront Club
Larry Noble, Director of Rowing, WPI
Dustin Ordway, Grand Rapids Rowing Club
Hank Osborn, Columbia University
Rosemary Ostfeld, Blood Street Sculls
Brianna Parke, University of Vermont
Naomi Patino, Florida Rowing Center
John Peinert, Peinert Boatworks
Margaret Pitkin, Yoga instructor
Charlie Poole, Yarmouth Rowing Club
Charles Putnam, Holy Cross
Judah Rome, Varsity assistant coach Brown University
Lisa Schlenker, Olympian
Edward Slater, Trinity College
Sophia Light Smith, Yoga instructor
Stew Stokes, Colby College
Todd Vogt, Lewis and Clark College
Mike Wagner, Sagamore Rowing Assoc.
Jim Washburn, Carnegie Lake Rowing Association
Taylor Washburn, Tabor Academy, Princeton
Charlie Weiss, Wesleyan University Crew
Terrence Word,