Men's Rowing
Gehrke, Eric
Eric Gehrke
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- egehrke@gwu.edu
- Phone:
- 740-2944
Eric Gehrke was named GW Men's Rowing Head Coach in January 2020.
A District native who attended Gonzaga College High School, Gehrke returns home after a career spent coaching at the highest levels collegiately, scholastically and internationally. He was most recently at the Saratoga Rowing Association and has also had stints at the University of Southern California and with USRowing's Olympic Development Program. In 2013, he founded Nashville Rowing and served as its Executive Director and Head Coach for several years.
Gehrke's roots in the area include tenures coaching Gonzaga College HS and Bishop Ireton. He also captained his program at Boston College.
In his last collegiate stop at USC, Gehrke wrote the team's training plan that helped bring an eighth-place finish for the Varsity 8+ at NCAA Championships and a No. 9 seed for the 2nd Varsity 8+ going into NCAA Championships, both team highs in the last 5 years. The implementation of that training plan also saw a vast majority of the student-athletes pull personal records on their distance and 2000m opportunities, by adjusting to the needs and lifestyles of the student-athletes. Gehrke, also serving as the recruiting coordinator, helped bring in an internationally decorated class that included student-athletes who competed at Junior World Championships, World Cups and Senior World Championships.
Gehrke inherits a team that last year achieved an all-time program-best 13th-place national finish in the Varsity 8 at the 2019 IRA National Championship.
A District native who attended Gonzaga College High School, Gehrke returns home after a career spent coaching at the highest levels collegiately, scholastically and internationally. He was most recently at the Saratoga Rowing Association and has also had stints at the University of Southern California and with USRowing's Olympic Development Program. In 2013, he founded Nashville Rowing and served as its Executive Director and Head Coach for several years.
Gehrke's roots in the area include tenures coaching Gonzaga College HS and Bishop Ireton. He also captained his program at Boston College.
In his last collegiate stop at USC, Gehrke wrote the team's training plan that helped bring an eighth-place finish for the Varsity 8+ at NCAA Championships and a No. 9 seed for the 2nd Varsity 8+ going into NCAA Championships, both team highs in the last 5 years. The implementation of that training plan also saw a vast majority of the student-athletes pull personal records on their distance and 2000m opportunities, by adjusting to the needs and lifestyles of the student-athletes. Gehrke, also serving as the recruiting coordinator, helped bring in an internationally decorated class that included student-athletes who competed at Junior World Championships, World Cups and Senior World Championships.
Gehrke inherits a team that last year achieved an all-time program-best 13th-place national finish in the Varsity 8 at the 2019 IRA National Championship.
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