Andrew Derrick

Biography

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Andrew Derrick, who led Gonzaga to four-straight WCC Championships and a top 20 national ranking in four of the last five seasons, has been named the third head coach in Kansas Rowing history, Director of Athletics Travis Goff announced on June 27, 2025. Derrick, a three-time WCC Coach of the Year, signed a five-year contract that will go through the 2030 season. Derrick comes to Lawrence after five years at Gonzaga that were filled with championships, accolades and national success. Derrick has also served as the head coach at Seattle Pacific and Central Oklahoma and has spent time as an assistant coach at Oklahoma and UCF. Derrick has also reached the pinnacle of the sport as a student-athlete, earning a National Championship with the University of Washington in 2001 and finishing as a National Champion Runner-Up twice. He also represented the United States on the international stage, competing at the U-23 World Championships in 2001. In his five seasons at Gonzaga, Derrick led his squad to four-straight WCC championships and a second-place conference finish this past season. Under Derrick's direction, Gonzaga – from 2021-2024 – won four straight WCC titles, 10 of 12 individual event championships, totaled a conference win-loss record of 127-5 in NCAA events and finished in the top 20 at the NCAA championships each year, including tying the program's second-best mark of 17th in 2024. Derrick will join a department in Kansas that has seen its student athlete