Patrick Tynan, who spent the 2008-09 season as assistant men’s lightweight crew coach at Yale, was named Wesleyan’s head coach of women’s crew in June. Tynan takes over from Brian Dawe, who coached the Wesleyan rowers on an interim basis last season.
Tynan is a 1999 graduate of the University of Massachusetts. He began his coaching career as a men’s assistant for two years at UMass before heading to Colby, where he assisted both the men’s and women’s programs from 2001-06. Colby’s women’s novice crew won three New England championships during his time there. Tynan served as interim head women’s crew coach at Williams in 2006-07, leading the Ephs to an NCAA title. He spent the 2007-08 season as an assistant at UMass before joining the Yale staff.
Tynan is a USRowing Level III certified coach. In addition to his coaching experience during the academic year, he has assisted at various summer rowing camps in Connecticut, Maine, and Maryland over the past decade.
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