Iona College Women's Crew

Scifres holds an extensive rowing background as a coach and competitor. Priot to Iona, Scifres served as the men's team Head Coach and Boathouse Director at the University of Rhode Island. During the 2006-07 season, he implemented a new recruiting system and promoted a team environment with emphasis on talent identification and retention. Under his lead, Rhode Island surpassed its all-time fund raising record by 33% and saw vast improvements in its Varsity Eight boat. Scifres has also held several other coaching positions including a stint as Interim Head Coach/Juniors & Masters Coach for Northampton Youth & Community Rowing Inc. from 2004-2006. He was a Volunteer Assistant Coach at Smith College during the same stretch. His instructional listings date back to 2003, when he coached the boy's varsity squad at Robinson High School in Fairfax, VA. While studying at Bowdoin, Scifres served as rowing team captain, helping lead his crew to several victories at the Dad Vail Regatta and New England Championships. He was a quarter-finalist for the Brittania Cup, Stewards Selected Crew at the Henley Royal Regatta. Scifres earned a Bachelor's degree in Sociology from Bowdoin College and a Master's degree in Exercise and Sports Studies from Smith College in 2006. Thomas Scifres Biography

Dougherty began his coaching career at his former high school Monsignor Bonner. He helped coach the Varsity Lightweight 4, which reached the finals at both SRAA Nationals and the Stotesbury Cup. In September 2012 Dougherty became the Assistant mens coach at Jacksonville University. While there, Dougherty worked with the director of rowing and the head coach to train the varsity and freshmen rowers. He assisted with the recruitment athletes, training plans, equipment maintenance, and other aspects of the program. He coached the freshmen 8 in 2013 to a FIRA Championship and the finals at both SIRA and the Dad Vail. In 2014, he coached the mens freshmen-novice 8 who were first at Dad Vail, second at SIRA and first at FIRA. While earning his bachelors degree in broadcasting, with a minor in journalism, at Marietta College in Ohio, Dougherty became captain of the team his freshmen year, 2008. That spring, Dougherty steered the Freshmen 8 to a fifth place finish at the Dad Vail Regatta. He also competed in the IRA racing in the Freshmen 4+. Dougherty spent the rest of his time at Marietta (2009-2011) as the Varsity 8 coxswain. He competed in the Dad Vail, SIRA, Knecht Cup, MC/Purdue Challenge Cup, Head of the Genesee, Head of the Ohio, Frostbite Regatta, Bill Braxton Regatta and many others, accumulating various medals along the way. Off the water, Dougherty was an involved student-athlete who was a four year member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) serving as the president in 2010-2011 and as secretary in 2009-2010. A product of Monsignor Bonner High School in Drexel Hill, P.A., Dougherty was four-year coxswain. During his time at Bonner, he coxed the Varsity Lightweight 8 twice (2004, 2006) and the Varsity Lightweight 4 twice (2005, 2007) during the spring seasons. His boats made the finals for SRAA Nationals all four years. His crews made the finals at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta two years (2005, 2006) and reached the Philadelphia City Championship finals three years, winning a silver medal in 2005 and a bronze in 2006. At the Philadelphia Catholic League Championship his crew won the gold in 2005, third in 2006 and second in 2007. Dougherty was awarded the Glen Williams outstanding coxswain award in 2007 as the teams top coxswain. Thomas still enjoys competing in boats on the elite, club, and masters levels. Most recently, he competed in the mens club 8 for Maritime Rowing Club at the Head of the Charles in 2014. He has a masters gold medal from the Canadian Henley with West Side and has competed at Masters Worlds with Fairmount Rowing Association. This summer he will be running the Senior Womens program for the New York Athletic Club.