Dartmouth College Women's Rowing

July, 2023 Mike Harrity, Dartmouth's Haldeman Family Director of Athletics and Recreation, announced on Monday that John Graves has been named The Elizabeth C. McNabb Head Coach of Women’s Rowing. Graves is no stranger to the Friends of Dartmouth Rowing boathouse, as he has served as an assistant coach for the Big Green's top-10 nationally ranked men's heavyweight rowing team for the past two seasons and served on the staff of the Texas NCAA national champion women's rowing program in 2021. "John distinguished himself during our national search to become the next leader of Dartmouth women's rowing," Harrity said. "He has demonstrated excellence both as an athlete and a coach throughout his career. John's coaching approach is informed by his passion for the science of rowing combined with his rare ability to connect with and make the people around him better. We are excited to support John's vision for elevating the Dartmouth women's rowing program." Graves has extensive experience in collegiate women's rowing. Prior to Dartmouth, he was a volunteer assistant coach on the 2020-21 University of Texas Women's Rowing staff that was named CRCA Staff of the Year, as the Longhorns won the 2021 NCAA Championship. Graves also has experience as volunteer assistant for the University of Michigan Women's Rowing program in 2016-17, helping the Wolverines to their best-ever finish (third place) at the 2017 NCAA Championship. During this past school year, Graves was the top assistant coach

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Eileen Russell begins her first season as assistant coach during the 2025-26 season. Russell joins Dartmouth from Williams College in Williamstown, Mass. When coaching the Ephs, Russell helped lead the Williams rowing team to four straight NCAA Championship appearances. Under her leadership, the Ephs notched two fifth-place finishes, one third-place finish and one second-place finish. Russell helped lead the experienced rowers, but also dedicated her time to instruct walk-on athletes how to row with little to no rowing experience. In addition, she managed all travel logistics, organized meals and oversaw the budget of the team. “I am so excited to be joining the staff at Dartmouth Rowing,” said Russell. “All of my conversations with Coach Graves and members of the team have demonstrated that DWR is a community of people with lofty goals and the drive to go after them. I’m thrilled to be joining a program that will support my professional mission of developing student-athletes to their highest potential on the water and in the classroom.” Before coaching at Williams, Russell was a four-year student athlete on the rowing team for the Ephs. She earned her bachelor’s in classical languages while raking up accolades on the water. In her first year on the team, the Ephs won the women’s collegiate eight at the Head of the Charles and the women’s varsity eight at the NESCAC/NIRC. Her sophomore year, the team won the NCAA Tournament in the women’s varsity eight and Russell was named C

Gordon Getsinger enters his first season at Dartmouth in 2025-26 as associate head coach. Getsinger comes to Dartmouth following a standout tenure as an assistant coach with the Washington Huskies, one of the premier rowing programs in the nation. While in Seattle, Gordon served as the lead recruiter and played a key role in developing crews that consistently won medals at Conference and National Championships. Getsinger most recently coached the Washington second varsity eight that won a gold medal at the Big 10 Conference Championship and a silver medal at the 2025 NCAA National Championship. Those performances were key in helping Washington win the 2025 Big 10 Team Championship and earn a fourth-place team finish at the NCAA National Championship. "I am honored to join the Dartmouth women's rowing program and grateful to John Graves and the Dartmouth leadership for believing in me," said Getsinger. "I am excited to work alongside an extraordinary coaching staff and with the talented women of Dartmouth Rowing. My wife, Carly and I could not be more thrilled to raise our three daughters here in the Upper Valley and become part of this incredible community." Before Washington, Getsinger made his mark on the national scene as head coach of the junior women at Saugatuck Rowing Club. From 2014 to 2019, Getsinger's crews enjoyed an impressive string of success winning the youth women's eight at the Head of the Charles and Youth National Championships five consecutive years. Under

Dartmouth Athletics has announced the appointment of Jerry Hubshman Jr. as Senior Associate Athletics Director for Development, where he will lead all fundraising and stewardship efforts supporting the Big Green's 35 varsity programs, 36 club sports and intramurals. Hubshman is coming from Fordham University, where he most recently served as Senior Director of Athletics Development and Senior Associate Director of Athletics. In that role, he led a five-person development team, directed all athletics fundraising operations, and provided strategic leadership for major gift, annual fund, and capital campaign initiatives. At Fordham, Hubshman played a key role in securing transformational support for several capital projects, including a $2 million football locker room renovation, a $1.5 million campaign to enhance Water Polo operations, as well as secured funding for a sailing boathouse project. Prior to his time at Fordham, Hubshman spent five years at Hofstra University, where he served as Associate Director of Athletics for External Affairs, leading the department to a 111% increase in philanthropic revenue, a 303% increase in unique donors, and a 59% increase in corporate sponsorships. Hubshman began his career at his alma mater, Stony Brook University, where he was a member of the Seawolves football team and served as team captain. A native of Dunmore, PA., Hubshman earned both his bachelor's degree in health science and his master's degree in liberal studies from Stony Bro

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Mallory Poole is in her first season as an assistant coach with the women's lacrosse team. "We are thrilled to have Mallory join the Dartmouth lacrosse staff...

Trent Talmadge joined the Dartmouth Strength and Conditioning program in July 2022. He is responsible for Men's and Women's Soccer, Baseball, Softball and Lightweight and Women's Rowing. With nearly 12 years of experience as a strength and performance coach, he has trained over 1,300 combined athletes and clients ranging ages 11-95. Coach Talmadge previously served as Assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of New Hampshire where he led all aspects of performance training for Men's Soccer, Women's Lacrosse, Women's Swim and Dive, along with being an Assistant Strength Coach with Football. During that time, Men's Soccer won the American East Conference 2020, Runner-up 2021, along with NCAA tournament appearances with final rankings of #19 (2020) and #9 (2021). Swim and Dive captured the 2021 American East title. At Assumption College in Worcester, Mass., Coach Talmadge worked with the nationally ranked Swimming and Diving team along with the Softball program, the men's Blue & White Swimming & Diving team and Men's Soccer. The Women's Swim/Dive Division II team had a 2019 NE-10 Championship finish (National Rank: 22) and 2020 NE-10 Runner-Up (National Rank: 24). Men's Soccer won the NE10 Championship 2019 and had their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance and tourney match win. Along with collegiate coaching, he also owns Talmadge Ironside Strength & Conditioning, an online strength and conditioning service which has developed from years working in the priv