PELHAM, NY - Iona College women's rowing head coach John Boyd has been named head coach of the men's and women's summer rowing programs at the New York Athletic Club (NYAC).
 
One of the premier rowing clubs in the United States, the NYAC has produced hundreds of national championship crews and dozens of Team USA athletes and coaches in its 154-year history.

Boyds Comments

"I'm so excited to re-join the NYAC this summer," said Boyd. "Twenty years ago when I was on my first summer team as an athlete I would have thought you were crazy if you told me that one day I'd coach the team. I was barely qualified to row in the same boats as those guys as I wasn't too far removed from my novice year. All I had to offer at the time was a reasonable erg score, which was enough to open the door."
 
Once through the door Boyd found success in his five-year career, winning medals at the national championships in both sweeping and sculling. The focus of the summer program year-to-year is to win medals at the national championships and to contend for the team points trophy. This year's crop of athletes promise to be contenders again in 2022.
 
As an athlete, Boyd joined the long history, but exclusive list, of rowers from Iona who made the jump to the NYAC. Now, as an Iona coach, he joins a small group of former Iona coaches or alums who have led the summer programs: Tom Dougherty led the women's program for a few summers and alum Kevin Murphy led the men's program for over a decade. Most famously are alums Joe Caminiti and Vincent Ventura who led the program for several decades.
 
The 2022 National Championship Regatta will be held on Mercer Lake from July 6-9.