Dan Harrison Joins Women?s Rowing Staff
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State women’s head rowing coach Emily Ford announced Thursday the hiring of Dan Harrison as an assistant coach.
“We are excited to welcome Dan back to Oregon State,” Ford said. “He is a fantastic coach who is passionate about Oregon State rowing. He did great work with us two years ago when he was a volunteer and we are looking forward to having him back on the coaching team.”
“I am very excited to be returning to Oregon State and to continue building on what Coach Ford and Coach Scaglione have built,” Harrison said. “There are few places with such a dynamic staff and motivated student-athletes, and I am excited to have the opportunity to join the staff and continue developing the team. Oregon State is a great place to row and I can’t wait to get back on the Willamette River.”
Harrison, who hails from Las Vegas, Nev., arrives in Corvallis after spending the 2014-15 season at Boston University working primarily with the Terriers’ developmental boats as a volunteer assistant coach for the women’s team.
Prior to Harrison’s stop at Boston U., he was part of the coaching staff at Oregon State as a volunteer coach. During his initial stint in Corvallis, his primary duties included working on the physical and technical proficiency of the Beavers’ novice program. In addition, Harrison assisted the boatman with the daily facility and fleet maintenance.
While coaching at BU, Harrison also worked as an assistant varsity boy’s coach at Wayland-Weston Rowing Association helping to develop training plans to progress the athletes’ personal development in both fitness and technique.
He rowed four years for Seattle University’s club team and added the title of president for three years running the club’s operations. In 2013, Harrison was selected as the “Top Hawk” by his coaches as the club’s highest performer. He raced to back-to-back Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship titles in 2012 and 2013 in the pair. In 2013, he went on to win an American Collegiate Rowing Association national title in the pair.
Harrison earned a bachelor’s of science degree in sport and exercise science from Seattle University in 2013. In 2015, he attended the Institute for Rowing Leadership (IRL) completing the intensive one-year coaching education program designed to give IRL fellows the necessary theoretical framework and experiential learning opportunities to achieve the knowledge, skills and abilities required of a master rowing coach.
