Princeton University Men's Lightweight Crew

QUICK FACTS ON GREG HUGHES '96 • Coaching career has spanned over 28 years at Princeton with a combined record of 106-26. •Has amassed over 31 medals at Easterns and IRAs including three Eastern Sprints titles and three national champions. •Has coached 12 crews at the Senior World Championships or U-23 World Championships with six winning medals. •Assistant coach with U.S. National Team from 1999-2022 - Co-coached the men's eight to gold at the 2002 U-23 World Championships and the 4+ to gold at the 2007 World Championships. •President of the STEM to Stern and the IRCA •Men's Heavyweight Head Coach Since 2009 - 97-25 overall record with 12 IRA medals •First Varsity earned a bronze medal at 2023 IRA Championships, program's first IRA medal since 2016 •Team won the 2015, 2016 and 2024 Rowe Cup titles •Men's Lightweight Head Coach from 2005-09 - Posted a 25-7 overall record •2009 crew won Easterns, the Ivy League title, a IRA crown and the Temple Cup at Henley •The 2009 crew's victory at Henley was the first victory for Princeton Lightweights at Henley since 1973 •Freshmen coach for the Princeton Heavyweight Team from 1997-2005 - 68-15 overall record •Freshmen boats captured 13 medals including 1998, 2003 Eastern Sprints • 2003 crew won the IRA Championship and the Temple Cup at Henley, the first Henley win for Princeton since 1973 Greg Hughes '96, who once turned the Princeton men's lightweight program into the top team in the nation, has led the Tiger heavyweights back into be

Philip “Hutch” Collins - graduated from College of the Holy Cross in 2023. Having grown up in Jersey, he rowed at The Lawrenceville School and Mercer. He is beginning his coaching career here as a member of the Princeton Heavyweights coaching staff.

Jason Elefant '15 finished his first season with Princeton heavyweight rowing in 2024. 2025 saw the Tigers finish fifth in the IRA Ten Eyck Standings, with t...

Sergio Espinoza was named Assistant Coach of the Princeton University heavyweight rowing team in October 2025. Espinoza joins the Tigers after spending nine ...