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Head Coach Pattie Pinkerton

Pattie Pinkerton begins her ninth season as head coach of the UCSD women’s rowing team in 2007-08. During her tenure, UCSD has gained top 10 rankings for its Varsity and Lightweight programs, as well as consistently placing athletes on US Rowing and College Rowing Coaches Association All-American and Scholar-Athlete squads. UCSD consistently medals at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Championships and the Pacific Coast Championships.

Pinkerton led the Tritons to their most successful season in school-history, finishing second in the nation at the NCAA DII National Championships in 2006-07. That Triton squad also won the prestigious Berg Cup for the first time, had its highest finish at the PCRC’s and earned a team bid to the NCAA Rowing Championships.

In the 2005-06 season, UCSD notched a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships in becoming the first ever crew team in San Diego to qualify as a team to Nationals.

Pinkerton previously served as women’s crew coach at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. At Gonzaga, she led her team to the West Coast Conference championship in 1999 and was named WCC Coach of the Year. Pinkerton’s rowing career spans a period of 25 years. She was a competitor at the USA National Championships from 1975 to 1984, and competed for the USA Sculling Squad from 1980-82. As an international competitor at the Master’s Championships and World Games from 1985-97, she won 16 international titles and seven national titles. From 1982-84, she was president of the USA National Women’s Rowing Association, and in 1984 was named Woman of the Year by the United States Rowing Association.

Much of Pinkerton’s coaching experience came in Australia, where she coached the Men’s and Women’s Talent Identification Squads to 17 national rowing titles in the Australian National Championships from 1990-98. In 1996, she was named West Australian Rowing Coach of the Year. Her vast experience in the sport has also resulted in numerous duties as a lecturer and journalist. She covered the 1992 Olympic rowing competition in Barcelona as an accredited reporter.

Pinkerton returns to San Diego, where she studied Journalism at San Diego State University from 1974-78. She also served as Rowing Coordinator for the San Diego Rowing Club from 1983 to 1984.