Temple University Men's Rowing

A member of the 2025 Intercollegiate Rowing Association Coaching Staff of the Year, Brendan Cunningham, who was a four-year member of the Owls men's crew team and is a USRowing Level III Certified Coach, begins his third season at the helm of his alma mater in 2025-26. Last season was a return to glory for the Owls, as Cunningham saw his outfit earn IRA Comeback Team of the Year. Given to a team that has shown significant improvement with their perseverance, determination and dedication, the 2024-25 team personified that phrase throughout the season. The top three varsity eight boats were consistently ranked in the top 20 of the IRCA/IRA Top 25 polls all season and put together outstanding performances leading into Dad Vail Regatta. Facing off against three other ranked opponents in the final, the first varsity eight took home a thrilling win at the finish line to win back the Richard O'Brien - James Hanna Trophy at Dad Vail Regatta for the first time since 2021. The second varsity eight also earned gold at Dad Vail Regatta, as did the novice eight. The top two varsity boats, along with the third varsity eight, all closed the regular season with Top 20 showings at IRA National Championships - including a 16th-place showing by the second varsity eight. For their efforts, two boats - an eight and a four - were selected for competition at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta in England. The 2023-24 season saw the Owls turn in several high level performances, including top-10 fin

Bernard (BJ) Fox joined the Temple Men’s Crew coaching staff as an assistant ahead of the 2023 spring season. He comes to the Owls with experience in collegi...

Dan "Gus" Goettner was named an assistant coach on the men's crew team in 2011. Goettner has helped bring the Owls back to a nationally-recognized program. I...

After serving 37 years as the head coach of Temple men's crew, Dr. Gavin R. White moved into the Coach Emeritus role following the 2016 season. Under his guidance, Temple crew has achieved distinction both nationally and internationally. His boats have won 20 Dad Vail Regatta Varsity 8 titles, including an impressive 13 consecutive titles from 1989-2001. White has also led the Owls to seven invitations to Great Britain's premiere regatta, the renowned Royal Henley Regatta (1983-86, 1989, 1990, 1994). In Temple's seven appearances, White’s crews qualified to the grand final once (1984) and into the quarterfinals four times (1985, 1990, 1993, 1994). After serving as an assistant for three seasons, White became only the second head coach in Temple crew history. He succeeded Tom "Bear" Curran in 1979 and has been the men's coach ever since, with the exception of the 1984-85 season when he took a sabbatical to work on a doctoral degree, which he received from Temple in 1986. Honored as the 2003 Schuylkill Navy Coach of the Year, White coached the men's four at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, where his crew finished fifth in the finals. A five-time U.S. National Rowing Team coach, White also coached the men's pair with coxswain to the gold medal at the 2003 FISA World Rowing Championships in Milan, Italy. Many of White's Temple rowers have gone on to success in international competition. Oarsman Igor Francetic, 1996 Nation's Cup Champion for Croatia, earned a gold medal at the Se

Scott Waters, a native of the Philadelphia suburb of Wyndmoor, Pa. joined the Temple coaching staff in fall 2014 after spending the previous three seasons coaching for Bucknell University. A LaSalle High School graduate in 2007, Scott was a three-year varsity letter winner in both football and rowing. Scott would go on to row for Temple University, where he competed for three years in the Varsity 8 that was frequently ranked among the top 20 crews in the country. During his time at Bucknell, Scott coached crews to multiple medal performances in the Freshman 4+, Varsity 4+ and Freshman 8+, including an ACRA National Champion Freshman 4+ in 2013, and a Henley Royal Regatta birth in the Varsity 4+ in 2014. Since joining Temple, Scott coached the Men's Lightweight 4+ to a 2014 Dad Vail Gold and IRA Regatta Bid. Scott continues to work with the Temple Lightweight Men as well as boat rigging and equipment maintenance. Scott is a 3-time Club National Champion, winning the Senior Men’s 4- and the Senior Men’s 8+ in the summer of 2010 with a repeat win in the Senior 8+ in 2012 for Vesper Boat Club, located on Boathouse Row in Philadelphia. Scott is a 2011 graduate of Temple University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Technology.