Nathaniel Clark Email & Phone Number

West Hartford, CT, US

• Worked alongside Head Coach Kevin MacDermott to lead the team to Top 4 finishes in the Varsity 8+ and top 3+ finishes in the 2nd Varsity 8+ in 2023 and 2024 at the IRA Regatta.
• Lead coach for the Third and Fourth Varsity 8+ grouping, culminating in fourth and second place finishes, respectively, at the NIRC Regatta in 2024.
• Doubled the roster size from Fall 2022 to Fall 2024 through increased recruiting efforts and improved retention efforts.
• Helped lead weekly leadership development meetings with both team captains and coxswains, teaching them how to build community and productively encourage meeting training standards. This empowered them to lead an.
• Manage the @trinitycollegemensrowing Instagram account via story updates on race day and photos/Reels throughout the season. This led to increased supporter engagement and a 22% increase in total donors from 2023 to.
• Collaborate with women’s rowing staff to manage resources, access to training spaces, and ensure positive boathouse culture.

Greater New York City Area

• Established a formalized training plan each year that led to a consistent improvement in 2K and 6K erg averages from 2018 through 2022 and on-water performance at the IRA from 2018 to 2019 and in 2022 after having no.
• Due to staffing issues in the department, studied for and passed the CSCS exam in January 2022, wrote the strength training plan for the team’s spring semester, and led the team in the weight room for two ninety-minute.
• Worked to improve team cohesiveness and accountability by writing weekly emails which detailed upcoming training blocks, reinforced our current technical focus, and discussed team values and team-wide efforts to.
• Contributed to each year’s annual budget preparation by projecting gear, nutrition, travel, and equipment needs for the upcoming year; additionally created a multi-year gear forecast that reflected increased team needs.

Travers Island, NY

• Worked alongside Head Coach Nick Dawe to coach with the primary goal of athlete/crew cohesiveness that led to winning performances at all summer regattas and multiple future U23/Senior national team berths for athletes.
• As associate head coach, I led the lightweight squad both summer 2017 and 2018, overseeing all crew selection and technical development.
• Oversaw the final selection of the U23 men’s four and men’s pair from a pool of sixteen athletes and coached both crews to 2nd place finishes at the 2016 U23 Trials.

Travers Island, New York

Williamstown, MA

• Recruited ten inexperienced freshmen from the class of 2020 to join the walk-on squad and maintained a 100% retention rate through the end of 2017.
• Designed and executed a training plan during the 2016-2017 season that developed the freshman squad and led to consistent PRs on the erg and a 1st place finish in the Freshman 8+ at the New England Rowing Championships.
• Provided stability to the team in summer 2017 while the team underwent a national search for a new head coach including a summer long leadership development program with the team captains, consistent emails to the.

Santa Barbara, California Area

• Recruited the largest frosh/novice classes in program history, 87 athletes in 2014 and 62 in 2015 through targeted publicity on campus, effective personal outreach from me and varsity athletes, and effective coaching.
• Designed and executed a training plan for the frosh crews that led to numerous medals at regional and national championship regattas as well as program record erg averages over 2000m and 6000m.
• Successfully retained top athletes from novice squads to the varsity squad leading to the Varsity 8+ climbing from 4th to 1st in the nation from 2015 through 2017.WIRA, 2015: Bronze - Novice 8, Bronze - Second Novice.

Taught proper form to novice rowers and refined the technique of returning varsity members of the team over summers and winter breaks from college. Helped rowers to maximize technical ability while improving fitness and promoting a successful team atmosphere based on hard work to get results. I've coached athletes in all boat sizes and classifications.

UCSB

I work in the athletic performance center for all club sport athletes at UCSB. Here I assist in implementing strength training programs for multiple club sport teams. The internship program also includes classroom sessions on training methodology, science, program planning, and teaching. Prior to the summer of 2013 I created a weight training program which.

Bachelor'S Degree, English

Activities and Societies: Varsity club rowing, four years BA English Specializations: American Cultures and Global Contexts; Modern.

High School Diploma