Fall Begins

Yesterday was the first day of school for UC, and the gettin' was good for recruiting. As it stands, we have about 150 names for interested recruits. We have one of the best recruiting setups we've ever had (I'm blogging while I'm running a recruiting table right now). The inside table has a projector playing rowing videos above a table with rowing shirts, medals, posters, an oar, fliers and a sign up sheet. The outside table has a UC rowing banner and oars. Pretty fancy stuff. 

We haven't wasted any time tapping into this year's freshman class, the biggest class to ever step foot on the University of Cincinnati's campus (more than 6,000 students). 

Still on the agenda is finding additional assistant coaches, finalizing our fall schedule and continuing the recruiting efforts.  

New Head Coach

I'm pleased to announce that the University of Cincinnati's new head coach is Keith Young, a former University of Central Florida and Vesper Boat Club rower as well as coach for Edgewater High School and the Orlando Area Rowing Society. Keith brings almost a decade of coaching experience to the team and we're excited to have him on board.

Now we've all got to get to work.

The team's budget has been cut significantly for this coming year (from $27,000 to $17,000) and we have some pretty out of control expenses. Our Shelter Cove lease agreement is still pending... problem is they want $12,000 for a year's lease. The team has never paid that much for leasing a space in its history and I'd be damned if we should start paying that the year we lose ten grand in our budget.

We also have some fun stuff to do. Our big recruiting push is coming up and practices are soon to follow. I'll keep you posted.