Yale University Men's Crew

Gladstone, Yales Craig W. Johnson '68 Head Coach of Heavyweight Crew Steve Gladstone, Yales Craig W. Johnson '68 Head Coach of Heavyweight Crew Steve Gladstone, regarded as one of the premier rowing coaches in the United States, was named the new head coach of Yale's heavyweight crew in 2010 and his first spring racing season was 2011. Yale Heavyweight Crew has risen to new heights under his leadership, and Gladstone was rewarded with a 2015 USRowing Medal while being named Ivy League Coach of the Year.  In 2014-15, the varsity saw its best finishes in nearly a decade, taking the Eastern Sprints and beating Harvard at the 150th Yale-Harvard Regatta.  The varsity went on to defeat national champion Washington in the final of the Ladies' Challenge Plate at the Henley Royal Regatta. "I could not be more pleased to be coaching the heavyweight men at Yale," Gladstone said when he was hired. "To be a part of Yale's storied rowing tradition is indeed an honor." Gladstone led the University of California men's crew program to six IRA championships during two coaching stints with the Golden Bears and also served as the director of rowing operations at Brown where he won four Eastern Sprints titles. More recently, he was a director at the California Rowing Club, helping develop post-graduate oarsmen for the U.S. National Team. Gladstone's 11 IRA championships place him three behind Charles "Pop" Courtney of Cornell (1901-15) for the most varsity eight titles in the history of collegiate rowing. In all, Gladstone's Cal crews medaled at the IRA regatta 11 times in his 12 seasons since 1997 - five gold and six bronze an unprecedented achievement in the long history of the championship. Over that same period, he directed Cal to seven of 12 Pac-10 championships. During his first term at Cal from 1973-80, Gladstone guided the Bears to three undefeated dual-race seasons, an IRA title in 1976 and a Pac-10 championship in 1979. As the director of rowing operations at Brown from 1981-94, Gladstone's crew triumphed four times at the Eastern Sprints, five times at the IRA regatta and twice at the National Collegiate Rowing Championships. He returned to Cal in 1997, taking over a program that finished as high as third at IRAs just once since his 1980 departure. The Bears saw immediate success, capturing a bronze medal at the national regatta in 1997 and running off a string of four consecutive championships from 1999-2002. From 2001-04, Gladstone added the director of athletics role to his duties at Cal, overseeing a department that placed ninth in the Directors' Cup for overall excellence in 2003 and 2004 and won five national team championships. Gladstone began his coaching career in 1966 as freshman coach at Princeton for three years. He then took over as varsity lightweight coach at Harvard, leading the Crimson to four straight undefeated seasons, four titles at the Eastern Sprints and victories in the 1971 Thames Challenge Cup and Wyfold Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta in England. During his tenure at Harvard, he served as the U.S. National team coach (1969 and 1973) and was a selector for the 1972 U.S. Olympic team. A 1964 Syracuse graduate, Gladstone has served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen and has also been a member of the Men's Olympic Rowing Committee. In 1984, he served as ABC's analyst for rowing events at the Los Angeles Olympics. He worked in the same capacity for NBC at the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988.   US Rowing Dec. 15 Interview with Gladstone

Cards first varsity eight was yet again one of the fastest in the league, winning the silver medal at the EARC Sprints Championship and the squad finished 2nd in Jope Cup points after winning the overall team trophy in 2013 and 2012. The 2011 to 2013 stretch has brought much team success to the Elis.  Following the 2011 national championship season and undefeated Sprints champion seasons for the 1F and 3V, the 2012 season brought home a championship of another kind: the Jope Cup for overall team supremacy in the EARC, as well as two more undefeated Sprints championships for the Second Varsity (Cornell Trophy) and the First Freshman (Kilpatrick Cup), and a hard-fought IRA bronze medal for the varsity. 2009 was also a memorable year, with a stunning varsity silver medal at the IRA, and an undefeated second varsity EARC Sprints championship, as well as bronze medals for the 1F and 3V. 2008 saw a double-bronze at Sprints and IRAs for the varsity, and a second consecutive freshman Sprints title.  A remarkable campaign in 2005 saw Card's 150s win their third national championship in six years. Over the course of his 33 years as a rower and a coach, Card has become well acquainted with the Jope Cup, symbolic of overall lightweight team supremacy in the EARC, winning it thirteen times since 1981. The 2002 Jope Cup victory was Yale's first ever repeat win of the Jope, and Yale's fifth overall since Card arrived in New Haven in 1988. Card's crews have won three varsity Sprints titles (1990, 2001, and 2002) and five IRA national championship titles (1990, 2000, 2002, 2005, and 2011).  From 2000 to 2005, Andy Card's Yale Lightweights had a remarkable run of success: Won the 2005 IRA National Championship for the third time in six years Won the 2002 IRA National Championship for the second time in three years Won the 2002 Jope Cup for overall lightweight team supremacy two years in a row Won the 2002 Eastern Sprints in the 1V, 1F, and 3V, with a silver in the 2V Won the 2001 Eastern Sprints in the 1V and 2V, setting course records in both events Won the 2001 Jope Cup for overall lightweight team supremacy Won 13 medals out of 15 chances in three years at Sprints (6 golds, 6 silvers, and 1 bronze) Won the Lightweight 8+ at the Head of the Charles two years in a row (2000 & 2001). The 2000 crew was the first collegiate lightweight crew to win the Charles since 1979. Won the 2000 Temple Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta, the first collegiate lightweight crew to win at Henley since 1974 Won the 2000 IRA National Championship Won three straight Goldthwait Cups (H-Y-P title) Three years of undefeated varsity regular season records, including the San Diego Crew Classic in 2000 & 2002 2001 regular season record of 34-1 for five crews (V, 2V, 3V, 1F, 2F) Top collegiate finisher at the 1999 Head of the Charles, 1999 and 2000 Head of the Schuylkill, and the 1999 Princeton Chase Card began his varsity head coaching career in 1990 by leading the Yale lightweights to an undefeated season and first place at the EARC Sprints and the National Championship before traveling to the Henley Royal Regatta in England. During the 1991 and 1992 seasons, the Elis won two additional Harvard-Yale-Princeton races, marking the first time since 1930-1932 that Yale had captured three straight Goldthwait Cups. Card's J.V. crews have won the Sprints four times and have also been to Henley. The most recent trip to Henley in 2001 saw the Yale 2V make it to the semi-final of four crews in the Temple Challenge Cup before losing, going farther than four EARC varsity lightweight crews in the draw. Card has had coaching success on the international level as well. At the 1993 World Rowing Championships at Roudnice, Czech Republic, Card's U.S. Lightweight 4- won the gold medal, the first gold medal ever for the United States in that event. Most recently, Card helped coach the USA Men's Lightweight 8+ to a Worlds silver in 1998 and America's first gold medal since 1973 at St. Catharine's in 1999. A 1985 graduate of Princeton, Card rowed on three Eastern Sprints Championship crews. While serving as captain in his senior year, the varsity eight went undefeated and won both the Eastern Sprints and Kennedy Cup (IRA). In addition, he represented the Tigers on two trips to Henley in 1983 and 1985. Prior to attending Princeton, he had no competitive rowing experience.  Card also served as the Princeton freshman lightweight coach for two seasons (1986 & 1987) following his graduation. Both years the Tiger freshmen went undefeated and took Eastern Sprint titles. The 2016 Bulldogs are the EARC and Ivy League Champions. After an undefeated regular season for the varsity eight, the team went on to a commanding performance at the EARC Sprints Championship. The varsity and junior varsity eights both won the gold medal and the third varsity won bronze. The combined performance of these crews made it possible for Yale to capture the Jope Cup for overall team supremacy. The varsity eight then went on to win the silver medal at the IRA Championship and reach the semi-final of the Temple Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. Andys program not only consistently puts Yale crews on the podium, but also does a remarkable job preparing the very best athletes for international competition. In the summer of 2016, Y150 Commodore William Van Fossen 17 and Captain Austin Velte 16 were selected to the USA U23 LM4-. In 2015, Matt ODonoghue 14 and Brendan Harrington 14 were selected to compete for the United States at the Pan American Games, and Austin Velte '16 qualified for the U23 team by winning the trial in the LM2x. In the summer of 2014, there were five Y150 men who have been selected to U23 and Senior National Teams. Joseph Hanlon and Andrew Hakanson 11 were selected to the USA LM8+. Joshua Mann 14 and Matthew ODonoghue 14 raced in the USA U23 LM4- across from Matthew Segal 16 who had been named to the U23 LM4- for Team Canada. These international appearances follow the recent success of Thomas Swartz 13 and Rhodes Scholar recipient William Zeng 11, each of whom were selected to the Oxford Blue Boat. Their Yale training served them well, as they won their seat races against heavyweight teammates to earn a place among the top boat. Swartz and his crew won the 2014 edition of the race by eleven boat-lengths over Cambridge.  During the 2015 campaign, all Y150 crews finished the regular season with winning records, and all crews raced in the grand finals of the EARC Sprints. Season highlights include a bronze and gold medal finish in the LM4- and LM4+ at the 2015 IRA Regatta.  In 2014, Cards first varsity eight was yet again one of the fastest in the league, winning the silver medal at the EARC Sprints Championship and the squad finished 2nd in Jope Cup points after winning the overall team trophy in 2013 and 2012. The 2011 to 2013 stretch has brought much team success to the Elis.  Following the 2011 national championship season and undefeated Sprints champion seasons for the 1F and 3V, the 2012 season brought home a championship of another kind: the Jope Cup for overall team supremacy in the EARC, as well as two more undefeated Sprints championships for the Second Varsity (Cornell Trophy) and the First Freshman (Kilpatrick Cup), and a hard-fought IRA bronze medal for the varsity. 2009 was also a memorable year, with a stunning varsity silver medal at the IRA, and an undefeated second varsity EARC Sprints championship, as well as bronze medals for the 1F and 3V. 2008 saw a double-bronze at Sprints and IRAs for the varsity, and a second consecutive freshman Sprints title.  A remarkable campaign in 2005 saw Card's 150s win their third national championship in six years. Over the course of his 33 years as a rower and a coach, Card has become well acquainted with the Jope Cup, symbolic of overall lightweight team supremacy in the EARC, winning it thirteen times since 1981. The 2002 Jope Cup victory was Yale's first ever repeat win of the Jope, and Yale's fifth overall since Card arrived in New Haven in 1988. Card's crews have won three varsity Sprints titles (1990, 2001, and 2002) and five IRA national championship titles (1990, 2000, 2002, 2005, and 2011).  From 2000 to 2005, Andy Card's Yale Lightweights had a remarkable run of success: Won the 2005 IRA National Championship for the third time in six years Won the 2002 IRA National Championship for the second time in three years Won the 2002 Jope Cup for overall lightweight team supremacy two years in a row Won the 2002 Eastern Sprints in the 1V, 1F, and 3V, with a silver in the 2V Won the 2001 Eastern Sprints in the 1V and 2V, setting course records in both events Won the 2001 Jope Cup for overall lightweight team supremacy Won 13 medals out of 15 chances in three years at Sprints (6 golds, 6 silvers, and 1 bronze) Won the Lightweight 8+ at the Head of the Charles two years in a row (2000 & 2001). The 2000 crew was the first collegiate lightweight crew to win the Charles since 1979. Won the 2000 Temple Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta, the first collegiate lightweight crew to win at Henley since 1974 Won the 2000 IRA National Championship Won three straight Goldthwait Cups (H-Y-P title) Three years of undefeated varsity regular season records, including the San Diego Crew Classic in 2000 & 2002 2001 regular season record of 34-1 for five crews (V, 2V, 3V, 1F, 2F) Top collegiate finisher at the 1999 Head of the Charles, 1999 and 2000 Head of the Schuylkill, and the 1999 Princeton Chase Card began his varsity head coaching career in 1990 by leading the Yale lightweights to an undefeated season and first place at the EARC Sprints and the National Championship before traveling to the Henley Royal Regatta in England. During the 1991 and 1992 seasons, the Elis won two additional Harvard-Yale-Princeton races, marking the first time since 1930-1932 that Yale had captured three straight Goldthwait Cups. Card's J.V. crews have won the Sprints four times and have also been to Henley. The most recent trip to Henley in 2001 saw the Yale 2V make it to the semi-final of four crews in the Temple Challenge Cup before losing, going farther than four EARC varsity lightweight crews in the draw. Card has had coaching success on the international level as well. At the 1993 World Rowing Championships at Roudnice, Czech Republic, Card's U.S. Lightweight 4- won the gold medal, the first gold medal ever for the United States in that event. Most recently, Card helped coach the USA Men's Lightweight 8+ to a Worlds silver in 1998 and America's first gold medal since 1973 at St. Catharine's in 1999. A 1985 graduate of Princeton, Card rowed on three Eastern Sprints Championship crews. While serving as captain in his senior year, the varsity eight went undefeated and won both the Eastern Sprints and Kennedy Cup (IRA). In addition, he represented the Tigers on two trips to Henley in 1983 and 1985. Prior to attending Princeton, he had no competitive rowing experience.  Card also served as the Princeton freshman lightweight coach for two seasons (1986 & 1987) following his graduation. Both years the Tiger freshmen went undefeated and took Eastern Sprint titles.

DelGuercio guided the Y150 Freshmen to a 6-1 regular season record and the gold medal at the EARC Sprints Championship. DelGuercio is a six-time USA National Team member and two-time World Champion. In 2007 after securing the gold medal in the M8+ at the Pan American Games, he was named to the M4+ for the World Championships in Munich, Germany. The USA 4+ took the gold by 0.4 seconds. The following summer he coxed the USA LM8+ at the World Championships in Linz, Austria. The United States captured the gold medal by 1.4 seconds. He went on to compete as coxswain for the USA M8+ for the 2009, 2010, and 2011 World Championships and World Cup teams, and raced in the Grand Challenge of the Henley Royal Regatta in 2010 and 2011. While training with the United States team in Princeton N.J., DelGuercio was the novice womens coach at Mercer Junior Rowing Club and later became assistant varsity womens' coach. There he helped develop athletes who would continue successful rowing careers at universities including Notre Dame, UCLA, Princeton, Harvard, Syracuse and Clemson. DelGuercio was a three-year member of the Rutgers heavyweight varsity eight. In 2003 his crew reached the grand final of the EARC Sprints and the final round of the Henley Royal Regatta placing second to Washington. After another winning record in 2004 he was captain of the 2005 squad.  Ned began rowing at St. Josephs Preparatory School in Philadelphia. He was a four-year member of the team, and three-year letter winner. He collected three Stotesbury Cup gold medals, two SRA National Championship gold medals, and his Lightweight 8+ went undefeated in 2001 finishing with a gold medal at the USRowing National Regatta. That summer he was selected to the USA JM8+ for the World Rowing Junior Championships in Duisburg, Germany.  DelGuercio will continue to assist head coach Andy Card with all aspects of the program during the 2016-17 season. View: | Desktop

Scrogin is a 1999 graduate of Brown University and served as an assistant coach for the Bears from 2004 until 2007.  Scrogin acts as an assistant coach for the Elis, working alongside Gladstone. As an undergraduate at Brown, Scrogins freshman crew won Eastern Sprints and finished second at IRAs and first at the Eastern Sprints.  He was a member Brown's current Head Coach Paul Cookes first freshman class.  As an upperclassman Scrogin rowed in the varsity and would go on to represent the U.S. at the Nations Cup (now recognized as the World U23 Championships) in the quad. After graduating from Brown with a B.A. in History, Scrogin briefly held a position as an investment banker with Thomas Weisel Partners in Boston.  Scrogin was also a founding member of an online travel company, Weekends.com, before returning to his alma mater to coach at St. Johns High School in Shrewsbury, Mass. In 2003, Scrogin enrolled in a Master's Course in Comparative International Education at Oxford .  He raced in the Blue Boat in the 150th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, sitting in four seat.  After Oxford, Joel took up a position as Assistant Coach at Brown where he stayed for three years.  In that time the team and coaches turned the program around finishing third and fourth nationally in his last two years. More recently Scrogin served as assistant coach at California Rowing Club.  There he worked with athletes feeding into the U.S. Senior National and Olympic teams, as well as coordinated USRowing U23 ID Camps.  Scrogin has coached crews at the Senior World Championships, at FISA World Cup Regattas, and at the World U23 Championships where in 2009 his 4- crew earned a silver medal, the first ever medal in that event for the U.S. View: | Desktop