Coaches
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Holly Hatton
Program Director for BHRA and
Bromfield-AB Women’s Head Coach
Holly Hatton, who coached rowing for the U.S. Olympic team in 1988 and 1992, has coached at the collegiate level since 1983 and coached U.S. boats at the World Championships in 1983, 1985, 1989, 1990, and 1991. She joined the BHRA Program in the Fall of 2009 and has been appointed Program Director for the 2010-2011 season, as well serving as Head Coach for the Bromfield-AB Womens Team.
A silver medalist at the 1978 World Championship in the four-plus-coxswain event and a bronze medalist in the 1979 World Championship in the eights, Hatton was also the coxswain chosen for the 1980 Olympic team eight, which won a gold medal at the Swiss and Dutch National Championship. Unfortunately, the U.S. boycotted the 1980 Olympic Games after the former Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, so Hatton never got to compete in the Games, at which the U.S. Women’s Eight would have been a medal favorite.
Under Hatton’s leadership as the women’s novice coach at Harvard/Radcliffe from 1983 to 1996, the first and second eight boats made the finals at the Eastern Sprints every year. Her team won the national championship three times.
As the head coach of the Boston University Women’s Crew Team from 1996 to 2008, Hatton led the team into six NCAA championship events. Her team finished in the top 20 crews in America 12 times, and reached the finals of the Eastern Sprints 11 times.
In 2006, Hatton was named the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association’s Regional Coach of the Year. In 1991, Holly was inducted into the Rowing Hall of Fame.
Holly brings a depth of experience rarely found at the high school level and we are extremely fortunate to have her as our Program Director . Since Holly Hatton joined the program, Bromfield-AB has made significant achievements in the Women’s Program. In her first season at Bromfield-AB, the Women’s Team captured an overall 2nd Place Finish in the 2010 MPSRA State Championships and the Womens V1 Eight took first at the MA State Championships. The Varsity Women’s Double took the silver medal at the SRAA Scholastic National Regatta in Saratoga, NY and qualified for the US Rowing Youth National Championships in Cincinnati.
In the Fall of 2010, under Holly Hatton’s leadership, the Bromfield-AB Team took their first ever overall 2nd Place Finish at the Massachusetts State Rowing Championship. In the spring of 2011, the team continued it’s winning streak, again taking the overall 2nd Place Finish at the Massachusetts State Rowing Championship. The end of a remarkable season was capped off with a second trip to the National Championships, with the Womens Double capturing the Silver Medal.
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Pat Scott – Bromfield-AB Men’s Head Coach
Boys varsity coach Pat Scott is beginning his 11th season coaching for BHRA, making him the longest tenured coach for Bromfield-Acton/Boxboro. In that time he’s witnessed the growth of the team in both size and competence. When he joined as Head Coach, the program had 25 athletes racing in 4 boats. During his tenure, it has grown to a team of more than 70 athletes racing 19 boats, and it’s still growing. In the Fall of 2010, Pat lead the V-1 Men’s Eight to it’s first ever MPSRA State Championship.
Scott prepares the crew to win the old-fashioned way – with solid technical skills. His strategy is to teach the athletes to row well to win races instead of just trying to muscle it through. As a result, Bromfield-AB’s boats are shaping up to be some of the best in the Northeast Region.
Coach Scott was a rower himself in his hometown of Schenectady, NY, rowing on the Mohawk River. He went on to coach the novice and freshman teams for Schenectady Rowing Club for two years, and ran the summer learn-to-row program between seasons. Another two years teaching adults for Aqueduct Rowing in New York followed. Then in 2006, Scott began his tenure at BHRA.
The team has experienced many successes under Scott’s leadership. As a young team they began winning regional races against some of the state’s strongest competitors with much larger rowing clubs. Each season brought a new goal, more ambitious than the season prior. Soon the team was bringing home medals from regional and state races, and in the spring of 2010 they met a most ambitious goal and a first for the team – sending a boat to the USRowing Youth National Championship Regatta in Cincinnati. Considering the small size of the school, the team, and the pond they practice on, that accomplishment cannot be undervalued. The Mens Four ended up wining the C Final.
In the spring of 2011, the Bromfield-AB Rowing Team took 7 of its rowers to the US Rowing Youth National Championships in Oak Ridge, TN, including the Mens Pair and a Mens 4+ and captured its first ever USRowing Youth National Championship. Under Pat Scott’s leadership, our Mens Pair won the the team’s first ever Gold Medal at the National Championship.
Scott directs and teaches the summer Learn-to-Row sessions on Bare Hill Pond and runs the winter training program in the off-season. He is setting goals now for spring rowing and is positioning the team for continued success. His enthusiasm for the sport is palpable and is witnessed in everyday encounters. When asked at a recent early morning crew meet whether he’d like some coffee, the coach grasped the side of the boat he was rigging and said, “This is MY caffeine – it’s all I need to get my adrenaline going in the morning.” The team under his command cannot help but be energized and motivated by that enthusiasm.
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Ned Foster – Novice Boys Coach
Ned Foster is back with BHRA for the spring 2012 season. He is a graduate student at Northeastern where he rowed for 2 years. He has been involved with the sport for the last 10 years. He began rowing with the Mercer Junior Rowing Club at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, NJ. After 4 years with MJRC, he completed a Post Grad year at The Gunnery, before attending Northeastern. In 2005, he was hired to do maintenance over the summers for the Princeton National Rowing Association, which manages the Casperson Training Center at Mercer Lake. After working for PNRA for the last 5 summers, Ned has learned to fix just about any rowing related problem, from simple rigging to snapped bows to engines for coaching launches. At PNRA, Ned also served as the Associate Camp Director for the pre-high school learn to row camp. Coaching 3-4 camps a summer, Ned has been very instrumental in teaching many kids how to row. Ned also brings a wealth of experience to BHRA from working as a coach/counselor at the Resolute Racing Camp for the last 5 years. In the summer of 2010, Ned was named the head coach of the Mercer Masters Rowing Club. Ned coached the team through the USRowing Masters Nationals and the FISA Master World Championships. Ned also enjoys cycling, sailing and woodworking. He has been a fabulous addition to our program and will continue to focus on teaching and training our Novice Boys. He is also our go to guy for boat repairs as he is an extraordinary equipment expert. |
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Katie Berger – Girls Novice Coach
After an impressive Fall 2011 season keeping our Learn to Row kids on the right rowing path, we are pleased to announce that Katie Burger will direct our outstanding girls novice program in the Spring of 2012. Katie Berger began sculling in high school at Independence Rowing in Nashua, NH and Durham Boat Club, in Durham, NH. She was a 4-year rower at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (2002-2006), and was co-captain of the Division I team her senior year. During her time at UMass she was a two-year member of the Varsity 8 boat, which won four consecutive Atlantic-10 Conference Championship titles, four Eastern College Athletic Conference Championship titles, and two first place finishes at the Knecht Cup (NJ). She was also a member of the V8 boat that raced at the Head of the Charles in 2004 and 2005, and won gold as a member of the quad at the Head of the Fish (2005). As a graduate student at the University of New Hampshire’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, she returned to sculling at the Durham Boat Club and was a novice coach for the University of New Hampshire’s women’s rowing program. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Rhode Island’s Center for Vector Borne Disease, and is a member of the Merrimac River Rowing Association women’s competitive sweep team. She is excited about working with our fabulous novice girls and keeping intact this very successful program. |
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