Meet the Coaches
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Trish Miles - Novice/Junior CoachTrish Miles was the first athlete from the Dayton region to achieve official ‘elite’ status in the sport of rowing after winning the lightweight single in the 1999 US National Championships, the same year she won the Head of the Charles (the world’s largest two-day rowing event). Trish has won two National Championships, medaled multiple times at Nationals Championships and the Head of the Charles, medaled at the World Indoor Rowing Championships, and has finished in the finals at the World Championship Trials.
Along with her husband Mike, Trish was one of the initial coaches and directors of the University of Dayton Crew in 1991, the program that brought the sport of organized rowing to the city of Dayton. She is a US Rowing certified coach. Trish began her rowing career at the College of St Benedict (Minnesota) in 1984, and continued to row with clubs in Minneapolis and Cincinnati. She has coached two world champion members of the US National Team (Bernadette Marten and Molly Bruggeman). Although she provides direction for all crews at DBC, Trish focuses primarily on novice junior crews. |
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Vince Berry - Juniors/Novice CoachBorn and raised outside of Philadelphia, Vince spent 4 years rowing at Monsignor Bonner High School, where he excelled and was selected for the USRowing Junior National Team. He was a member of the Junior National Team eight that placed 5th at the 2006 Junior World Championships in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Alongside his twin brother Dan and his coxswaine Kenny, he was recruited and rowed for 4 years at Syracuse University. He rowed in Syracuse's Varsity eight for 3 years in both the 7 seat and the 5 seat. In 2010, he helped lead the Varsity eight into the Grand Final of the IRA, where they took 6th place. After graduating from Syracuse in 2011, Vince commissioned into the Air Force and is currently stationed at Wright-Patterson AFB.
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Pat McSharar - Juniors/Novice CoachPat learned to scull at the suggestion of his parents – both former rowers – and joined the Indianapolis Rowing Center in high school. From there, Pat went to Ohio State and rowed there for four years, taking a gold in the Men’s 4+ at the Head of the Hooch. He was invited to row for the New York Athletic Club in 2014 and 2015, and won gold at the USRowing Club National Championships in the Intermediate Light 4+ and Light 4x, and finished in the finals at the Canadian Henley. Now an engineer with Honda, Pat is continuing his training with the Dayton Boat Club with the goal of making the USRowing National Team in the summer of 2016. Prior to coaching at DBC, Pat coached the juniors at Dublin. Pat is enthusiastic about helping high school rowers find the same growth and experiences the sport of rowing have offered to him
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Catherine Woodbury - Juniors/Novice CoachCatherine Woodbury was a walk-on coxswain at Syracuse University from 2007-2010 where she spent most of her time in the Varsity Fours. Her time at Syracuse created a love of rowing. After graduation, she moved to Pittsburgh and started working as an engineer in the medical device field. She started coaching with the Three Rivers Juniors Rowing probgam where she was the head coach of the Novice Women. She coached at Three Rivers for four seasons until she got married and moved to Dayton with her husband. Catherine is currently employed by NuVasive Inc.
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Marty Carrabine - Masters CoachMarty started rowing in 2009 under Coach Mitch Vossler at the University of Dayton. He then became head coach of the University of Dayton Men’s team in 2013. Marty graduated from Hudson High School in Cleveland, OH with four years as a member of the men’s swim team. Marty also coaches the Dayton Boat Club’s Masters team. Under his watch the Masters have had very successful seasons, winning numerous medals.
Julie Wittmann - Masters CoachJulie has been rowing with the Dayton Boat Club since its formation. She started with Learn-To-Row classes under direction of Derek Copeland and Trish Miles. During her high school years at Chaminade Julienne HS, Julie began competing with the DBC Juniors under Coach Mike Miles and continued to row in college for the University of Dayton. Julie is currently coaching the Dayton Boat Club’s Masters team and helps coach the Juniors from time to time.
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Molly Bruggeman - Visiting CoachMolly (left in photo) is currently training at the USRowing Training Center in Princeton, NJ where she coached for Mercer Juniors with the novice boys in the spring. Representing the United States, she has won 3 international gold medals, the most recent from the 2- at the Pan American Games in Toronto. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame (where she was a 3-time NCAA All-American) in 2014. A graduate of Chaminade-Julienne HS, Molly started her rowing career with the Dayton Boat Club.
Annie Haley- Visiting CoachAnnie (right in photo) is a member of the Wesleyan women’s crew coaching staff. With eight years of competitive rowing experience, she is a 2014 graduate of the Institute for Rowing Leadership at Community Rowing, Inc. in Boston. She coached the Massachusetts Institute of Technology varsity women during
the 2013-14 season where her third varsity 8+ finished fourth at EAWRC. A graduate of Williams College, she was a member of four consecutive NCAA Division III Team Championship crews, and is a three-time National Champion with the Ephs’ first varsity boat. Annie was named second-team all-NESCAC in 2011 and first-team all-NESCAC in 2013. She was also named 2013 Oarswoman of the Year for the Ephs. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Annie got her start in rowing at Dayton Boat Club. |
