Coaches

Charles S. Butt Jr. (Charlie), 1919-1992

• Team Founder, Head Coach 1949-1991
• U.S. Jr. National Team Men’s Coach ‘1967, ’71-’72, ’77-’80
• Coach Potomac Boat Club ’49-’92
• 1981 U.S. Rowing Association’s John Carlin Service Award
• 1987 U.S. Rowing Association’s Jack Kelly Award
• 1979 & 1980 Washingtonian Magazine “Washingtonian of the Year”
• Washington Post “All-Met Men’s Rowing Coach” 1987, 89
• Virginia Athletic Directors, Administrators, and Coaches Association Award
• Better Sports Club of Arlington: Coach of the Year 1958, Hall of Fame 1964 (the men’s & women’s athlete trophy in rowing is named for him)
• Point man and Finance Chairman for the building of the Occoquan rowing facility
• Helped start Yorktown, Wakefield, GWU, Georgetown U, & UVA crews, among many others
• Husband, father (to many of us!), grandfather
• Aeronautical Engineer

Tom Chisnell III ’69

• Women’s Team Founder 1975
• Women’s Head Coach 1975-1991, Head Coach 1992-1997 (Men’s ’92-96, Women’s ’97)
• Washington Post “All-Met Womens’s Rowing Coach” 1989
• W-L V8 1969: Winner of NOVAS, Stotesbury, Canadian Schoolboy Nationals, Princess Elizabeth Cup- H.R.R.
• Science teacher, Washington-Lee H.S.
• Husband

Head and Varsity Coaches

• Kara McPhillips– 2024 – , Director of Rowing
• Wilson DeSouza ’96 – 2024 – , Men’s Head Coach
• Derek Parsons ’87 – 1997-2023, Men’s Head Coach
• Dane Underwood – 2018 – present, Women’s Head Coach
• Craig Spraggins ’93 – 2016-2017, Women’s Head Coach
• George Kirschbaum ’87 – 2001-2002, 2013-2015, Women’s Head Coach or Co-Head Coach
• Kathleen McNamee ’97- 2011-2012, Women’s Head Coach
• Jeff Lucier ’90- 2010, Women’s Head Coach
• Paul Holland ’97- 2007-2009, Women’s Head Coach
• Sarah Harrick Congable ’95- 2002-2006, Women’s Head Coach
• Wilson DeSousa ’96- 2001, Women’s Head Coach
• Thea True 1998-2000, Women’s Head Coach
• Nancy (Butt) Packard 1992-96 Women’s Head Coach

Men’s Assistant Coaches

• Paul Yager Class of ’50
• Bob Duncan 1958
• Reed Whitten 1960, Class of ’58
• Guy Cavallo 1960’s
• Quinton Franklin 1966-1972
• Lyndon Bondurant 1966
• Howard Gillespie 1972-74
• David Cruse 1972-75
• Rusty Smith 1972-73
• Aaron McInturff 1973-74, 76
• Tom Krussselt 1973, 1975-76
• Dick Ewing 1977
• Pat Franz 1979
• Henry Herfindahl 1979
• Joe Musket 1980
• Joe Padua 1981-82
• David Ritter 1984
• Dana Aladj 1983-85, Class of ’77
• Matt Girard 1984-85 , Class of ’81
• Dale Wickenheiser 1986 , Class of ’84
• Mark Coleson 1986, ’87, ’99 Class of ’69
• Emmanual Caudron 1987-89 , Class of ’84
• George Kirschbaum 1988-92, 2000, 2012 Class of ’87
• Martin Lowenfish
• Nancy (Butt) Packard 1990
• Richard Schmitt 1992-96, Class of ’74
• Rick Ritter 1992
• Derek Parsons 1996, Class of ’87
• Michele Geiger 1998, Class of ’90
• Tom Vale 1998, Class of ’92
• Wilson DeSousa 1998-2000, 2002-2003, 2011- 2023, Class of ’96
• Katie Petrock-Madigan 2001
• Paul Holland 2003-2006, Class of ’97
• Jim Owen 2004-2019, Class of ’62
• Ken Quail, 2004
• Justin Manning 2005
• Davis Colwell 2006-2009, Class of ’88
• Forrest Shuster 2006
• Bennett Fallow 2007
• Pierre Saddi 2007, Class of ’06
• Eric Underhill 2007
• Robert Shaw 2009-present, Class of ’01
• Pat McDonald 2010-2011
• Bob Sheppard 2018-present, Class of ’73

Women’s Assistant Coaches

• Joe McCarty 1975
• Richard Schmitt 1976-1981, Class of
• Henry Herffendall 1980 Tom Adams 1982
• Ann Stevens 1983
• Catherine Loveless 1984
• Steve Schmitt 1984, class of ’77
• Elena Lavoi 1985, Class of ’82
• Sue Schecter 1985
• Steve Lebischak 1985
• Steve Papillon 1986, Class of
• Mark Coleson ’69 1986, 1988, 200?
• Ann Duffy ‘?? 1986,88
• Charlotte Colwell ‘??
• Cathy Proctor-Coffman ’81 1989
• Melissa McKinney ’88
• Brenda Vale ’90
• Beth Burns ’86
• Ginny Crouch ’86
• Nysa (Williams) Moag 1993
• Doug Miller ’89 1995
• Brook Wynkoop ’89 1995
• Michele Geiger ’90
• Rachel Brown 1999-2000
• Jason Bell ’99 2000
• Mischa Schuler 2001-2002
• Amy Johnson 2003
• Solange Rousset 2003-05
• Chrissy Weaver 2004
• Margot Shumway 2005 & 2007
• Izzy Crowley, 2005
• Melissa Saunders ’01 2006-2012
• Kathleen McNamee ’97 2009-2010
• Wilson DeSousa ’96 2009-2010
• Jessica Ward ’05 2011-2016, 2020-2022
• Anne Eddy ’07, 2012, volunteer 2014
• George Kirschbaum ’87 2016 -2018
• Gwen Sully 2013, 2017
• Jenn Young 2014-2015
• Craig Spraggins ’93 2015
• Suzanne Elliot 2016-2018
• Kayla Schoomaker ’12 2018
• Taylor Leonard ’13  2018
• Breana K Downey 2018 – 2020
• Ken Quail 2019