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Duke Rowing Adds Matt Carlsen to Coaching Staff
7/23/2020 12:12:00 PM | Rowing
DURHAM, N.C. – Head Coach Megan Cooke Carcagno and the Duke rowing program are pleased to announce the hiring of Matt Carlsen as an assistant coach.
Carlsen joins the Blue Devils staff after spending the past four seasons as head coach of the Princeton National Rowing Association women's team. In his role with the PRNA, he oversaw the development of more than 100 novice and varsity rowers while coordinating travel logistics and training regimens. Carlsen has guided 50 high school seniors in their college recruiting processes, and his team's top results include a gold medal in the U19 4- race at the 2018 USRowing Club National Championships as well as a victory in the U19 8+ division at the 2019 Canadian Henley. Carlsen's teams also earned fifth-place finishes at the Head of the Charles Regatta in 2017 and 2018.
"We are thrilled to have Matt Carlsen join our staff," Cooke Carcagno said. "Matt brings a tremendous amount of passion and energy to our team. He knows how to successfully run a team, he knows how to produce championship level results, he has a great pulse on high school recruiting and he has a clear love for the sport. The team will immediately benefit from this addition."
Prior to his time with the PRNA, Carlsen served as the head varsity men's rowing coach at St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio, where he built the program from its inception in 2012 into a roster that featured 75 student-athletes in 2016. Carlsen's efforts at St. Edward were highlighted by a fundraising campaign that generated over $250,000 for the program over four years, and his team's improvement culminated in a 2015 Scholastic Rowing Association of America championship in the junior varsity 8+ division as well as a varsity 8+ bronze medal at the 2016 SRAA National Championships.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Carlsen earned his bachelor's degree in business from Miami (OH) University in 2012, where he spent four years as a member of the Miami Rowing Club.
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Carlsen joins the Blue Devils staff after spending the past four seasons as head coach of the Princeton National Rowing Association women's team. In his role with the PRNA, he oversaw the development of more than 100 novice and varsity rowers while coordinating travel logistics and training regimens. Carlsen has guided 50 high school seniors in their college recruiting processes, and his team's top results include a gold medal in the U19 4- race at the 2018 USRowing Club National Championships as well as a victory in the U19 8+ division at the 2019 Canadian Henley. Carlsen's teams also earned fifth-place finishes at the Head of the Charles Regatta in 2017 and 2018.
"We are thrilled to have Matt Carlsen join our staff," Cooke Carcagno said. "Matt brings a tremendous amount of passion and energy to our team. He knows how to successfully run a team, he knows how to produce championship level results, he has a great pulse on high school recruiting and he has a clear love for the sport. The team will immediately benefit from this addition."
Prior to his time with the PRNA, Carlsen served as the head varsity men's rowing coach at St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio, where he built the program from its inception in 2012 into a roster that featured 75 student-athletes in 2016. Carlsen's efforts at St. Edward were highlighted by a fundraising campaign that generated over $250,000 for the program over four years, and his team's improvement culminated in a 2015 Scholastic Rowing Association of America championship in the junior varsity 8+ division as well as a varsity 8+ bronze medal at the 2016 SRAA National Championships.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Carlsen earned his bachelor's degree in business from Miami (OH) University in 2012, where he spent four years as a member of the Miami Rowing Club.
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