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The UL Coaching Team



Men's Coach: Brian Young

Brian Young Mens Coach Brian's rowing career began in Cork and took him through the ranks of rowing from domestic success, through the Home International and a win at Henley Royal Regatta to the Under 23 World Championships and finally as a lightweight at the Senior World Championships.

His coaching career has included a stint at the Irish National Coaching and Training Centre, followed by Latymer School where he helped to turn it into one of the top rowing schools in the country. This was crowned in 2008 when he took a pair to the Junior World Championships.

Brian is a great believer in "System" and "Ethos". The job of a coach is to bring an athlete from novice to Olympian but the system is being able to repeat this over and over again. The ethos of the club is around commitment, honesty and success. Brian's coaching approach is underpinned by his degree in Sports Science. Brian is responsible for delivery of the men's programme at ULBC and his focus on and off the water is predominantly coaching the ULBC men's squad

Plus an experienced Team of unpaid volunteers

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Rusty Williams.
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David Townsend
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Pat Wright

Rusty Williams is the "father" of UL.  A member of the Grand winning '63 crew, he was unpaid Chief Coach for many years.  Among his many successes, he has coached 10 Henley winning crews and seven senior World Championsip crews including two bronze medalists.  In the under-23 Championships, he coached two gold medal eights and two silvers medal fours.

Pat Wright was a member of the UL 1968  Grand winning crew which went on to the Mexico Olympics - the last time a single-club eight represented GB.  He has coached at UL on an occasional basis for many years, but now he has retired from dentistry he is finding more time to pass on his expertise and enthusiasm.

David Towsend won the Ladies Plate and the Prince Philip for UL at Henley in 1975.  He went on to win an Olympic and two World Championship bronze medals.  Now retired, he plays a key role in the management of the boathouse and as a volunteer coach.