Meet the Coaches
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Mike Miles - Head CoachMike Miles served as head coach of the University of Dayton Crew since its inception in 1991, and continued in that same capacity as it moved to the varsity level in 1996. He retired from the UD in 2003, after leading the NCAA Division 1 crew to be one of the top non-scholarship programs in the country.
Miles was named Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year in 2002 after guiding the Flyers varsity eight to a 2nd place finish at the A-10 Championships, finishing seconds behind the nationally-ranked UMass Minutemen, and ahead of the ranked GWU Varsity 8. In the effort to develop rowing as a varsity sport at UD, Mike contacted the Atlantic 10 Rowing Coaches in 1996 to initiate the A-10 Rowing Championships. A two-time letterman as a rower at Cornell University, Mike is an engineer and executive with Booz Allen Hamilton. He has coached two world champions, members of the US National Team (Bernadette Marten and Molly Bruggeman). He has coached at the USRowing Junior National Team Development Camp, and has coached approximately ten DBC crews that have medaled and/or finished in the Grand Finals at US National competitions. |
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Joe Connelly - Juniors CoachCincinnati native Joe Connelly comes to Dayton Boat Club from perennial rowing powerhouse Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club. His top novice boys’ and girls’ crews went undefeated in spring sprint racing from 2000 to 2003, and in the late 1990s, when he was an assistant varsity coach, the team took first in several high-profile events of the prestigious Royal Canadian Henley Regatta. After serving as an US Marine from 2003-2012, Joe joined DBC in 2016 as the Head Novice Team Coach and transitioned to the Varsity Team in the spring 2018. Coaches Joe, Mitch, and Mike qualified 3 women's boats for 2018 USRowing Youth National Championships and the DBC women's open 4+ went on to win the bronze medal. In Dec 2018, Joe was chosen as a coach representing the Midwest by USRowing for the Youth Regional Challenge. After Youth Nationals in June 2019, Joe will be taking on the role of Head Coach for the Junior Teams at Dayton Boat Club.
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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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Madison Doty - U14 CoachBorn and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Madison grew up playing competitive soccer. During her 4-years at the University of Dayton (UD) she found rowing as an outlet for her competitive nature. At UD, she gained experience as both a rower and a coxswain, but ultimately she found her love for the sport and had great success in the coxswain seat in her sophomore year. She continued as a coxswain throughout the remainder of her UD rowing career. She took 3rd at the DadVails regatta in the V8+ peti-finals in her junior year and 4th at the A-10 championships with the V8+ her senior year. Madison was also chosen for the second team all-conference in her senior year. She graduated from UD in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in psychology and international business management. Currently, she works as a research assistant for The Rucks Group, a research and evaluation firm in Dayton, Ohio. Madison joined DBC for the inaugural 2018 fall U14 season and is excited to work with this younger team to help them find their love of rowing and get them started on their own successful rowing career at DBC.
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Gavin Sebald - Juniors CoachGavin, a 2014 Springboro High School graduate, joined the DBC coaching staff in the Fall of 2018. After training and competing on the national level while at Dayton Boat Club, Gavin has returned to DBC to pass on his enthusiasm for the sport to the program that was that was so influential in his own rowing success. Gavin started his rowing career with Dayton Boat Club when he was in the 8th grade. He competed at US Rowing Youth National Championships in 2012, 2013 and 2014 and went on to briefly row with the Jr National team. He also raced at the Canandian Henley in 2013. After high school, Gavin was recruited by and signed with the Syracuse University D1 rowing program. In addition to coaching with DBC, Gavin is currently a physicist for a small research company that is pioneering A.I. based additive manufacturing for aerospace and defense applications.
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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. |