Bill Manning, in his 15th season on the Harvard heavyweightcrew staff, begins his second season in the role of associatehead coach in 2012-13.
Manning has directed the freshman to EARC Sprints medals in 12of the past 13 years and to seven Sprints victories (1999,'01, '02, '04, '08, '10 '11). His Yardlings have also won threesilver medals and three bronze medals at the IRA regatta since2003. In both 2001 and '02, the freshmen won the Temple ChallengeCup at the Henley Royal Regatta, and in 2011 they set the TempleCup course record.
Despite the complete turnover of the freshman squad every year,Manning's Harvard freshman eight did not lose a dual race in hisfinal five seasons. They defeated 35 straight dual opponents afterfalling to Yale to close the 2006 season. The Crimson freshmendefeated the Bulldogs in 11 of Manning's 13 years guiding them.
Manning has previous experience coaching the Harvard varsityeight. In 2004, he took the Crimson to the Lucerne WorldCup in Switzerland where they raced as USA 2, defeated the Britishand French Olympic crews and made the A Final. In 2011, hecoached the varsity boats at the Henley Royal Regatta, whereHarvard won the Prince Albert Challenge Cup and set a course recorddoing so.
Manning served as an assistant coach with the U.S. JuniorNational Team at five junior world championships between 1997 and2002 and coached the U.S. men's pair to Olympic qualification atthe 2003 world championships. At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games heassisted varsity lightweight coach Charley Butt in working withformer Crimson rowers Artour Samsonov '02, Henry Nuzum '99 and GregRuckman '96 in the pair, double and lightweight double. He directedthe U.S. U-23 Men's Sculling program in 2006 and 2007.
Prior to joining the Harvard staff, Manning earned an Ed.M. inadministration, planning and social policy from Harvard in 1998 andserved as a counselor, teacher and coach at Buckingham, Browne,& Nichols School in Cambridge, Mass.
