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So You Want To Be A Rowing Coach?

So You Want To Be A Rowing Coach?

Patrick Rufo
October 16, 2015

What goes into being a rowing coach? During your rowing career you accumulated a lot of knowledge and observed how some of the top coaches plied their trade. After a few “ah ha” moments and collecting medals, you decided that...

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Finding the Balance between Student and Athlete at Elite Schools

Finding the Balance between Student and Athlete at Elite Schools

Nate Rooks
October 1, 2015

by Nate Rooks As a former rower, coach, and recruiter at Stanford University, one of the top recruit questions I received was, “how do rowers balance school and rowing… and maybe have a life too?” From my time...

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Christopher Pucella & UMass Lowell Rowing

Christopher Pucella & UMass Lowell Rowing

Nate Rooks
September 1, 2015

Lowell, Massachusetts is located 40 minutes northwest of Boston in what is considered the birthplace of the industrial revolution. UMass Lowell is a leader in the 5 campus University of Massachusetts system. At 156th, UMass Lowell is the second...

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For UK Students Seeking to Row in the US

For UK Students Seeking to Row in the US

Nate Rooks
August 1, 2015

The number of students from the UK interested in rowing at an American university has been rising steadily since the government increased the maximum allowable tuition to £9,000 in 2012. After a few trips to the UK and working with a number...

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