Northeastern University Women's Rowing

Joe Wilhelm enters his 28th season at the helm of the Northeastern women's rowing program in 2025-26. Wilhelm has guided the Huskies to unprecedented success in the last several seasons, capturing 11 consecutive CAA Championships and NCAA Regatta appearances. He also holds a conference-best 11 CAA Coach of the Year honors, coming most recently in 2025, and earned his third-straight CRCA Regional Coach of the Year honor in 2025. Wilhelm, the program's career-wins leader, was named head coach in 1998 and enjoyed immediate success. In his first season (1999), Northeastern captured the Orange Cup and the Woodbury Cup and appeared in the NCAA Championship. Wilhelm's association with Henderson Boathouse extends beyond his tenure as head coach, as he joined the women's program after serving seven years as the men's freshman coach. All told, Wilhelm brings more than 35 years of coaching to the job. Before joining the Northeastern staff in 1992, he had an impressive run as head coach at Columbia University, overseeing both the men's and women's rowing programs. Wilhelm initially started at Columbia in 1983, founding the Columbia women's rowing program. Many athletes under Wilhelm's tutelage have represented their respective countries at the World Championships and Olympics. Wilhelm is a 1982 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he rowed for four years and captained the 1982 Penn crew. A native of St. Catharines, Ontario, and an oarsman of international reputation, he was