Brian Conley

Biography

Brian Conley enters in second season as the Old Dominion Women's Rowing coach after successful first season taking sixth place in the American Athletic Conference Championships. One member of the rowing team was named to the All-Conference team. The highest finish of the year was in the Murphy Cup when the Varsity 8 team took fifth place in the Grand Final. Old Dominion University has hired Brian Conley as its head rowing coach, Director of Athletics Dr. Wood Selig announced on July 27. Conley joins ODU after spending the previous 12 years as the head coach of both the men's and women's programs at Lehigh. Conley is the third head coach in program history. "Brian is a seasoned head coach poised to take over the ODU Women's Crew program and continue our pursuit of national prominence in the sport of rowing," ODU Director of Athletics Dr. Wood Selig said. "Brian has excellent academic and leadership credentials and I am confident our student-athletes will respond well to his leadership." Conley led Lehigh on a steady rise, leading the team to the program's best finish ever this past season. Lehigh finished in fourth place at this year's Patriot League Championship and prior to that he led the team to its best ever finishes in 2017 and 2018. In 2017, Lehigh's 26 points were most in school history at the Patriot League Championships. The Mountain Hawks followed in 2018 by tying for fourth with 33 points. Lehigh won the first two medals in program history, as the Varsity Four and