Ken Dreyfuss
 Coxed pair of Vesper Rowing Club (from left: Vreugdenhil, Mathews, Dreyfus) at the 1976 Lucerne International Regatta. The same crew competed at Montreal that same year. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| National team | United States of America |
| Born | October 8, 1947 Washington, D.C., United States |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Rowing |
| Club | Vesper Rowing Club, Potomac Boat Club, Annapolis Junior Rowing Association |
Ken Dreyfuss (born October 8, 1947) is an American coxswain. He captained and coxed the 1969 Penn heavyweight crew that broke Harvard's six year winning streak and went on to win three consecutive team championships at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships.[1] He competed in the men's coxed pair event at the 1975 World Rowing Championships, the 1975 Pan-American Games (in which he won a gold medal), and the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3][4]
Coaching career
[edit]Dreyfuss has coached at Chestnut Hill Academy, The United States Naval Academy (Plebe Heavyweights), Stanford University (Varsity Men), Potomac Boat Club, Georgetown University (Lightweight Men),[5] Montgomery Boat Club, and currently at Annapolis Junior Rowing Association.[2][6]
Dreyfuss' Chestnut Hill crew won both Philadelphia City Championships and the Stotesbury Cup. His Plebe Heavyweight crew at Navy won the 1982 Eastern Sprints. During his tenure, the Navy Heavyweight Men won the event overall in 1982, 1983, and 1984. While at Stanford University, Dreyfuss was named 1986 PAC 10 Coach of The Year. The Stanford Varsity Men defeated rivals University of California six times and the University of Washington three times. This ended a seventeen year drought against both institutions. in 1993, Dreyfuss founded the Elite Sculling program at Potomac Boat Club, which has produced more athletes invited to the United States National Team than any other program.[2] Ken Dreyfuss currently serves as Head Coach of Annapolis Junior Rowing Association.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ken Dreyfuss Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Ken Dreyfuss". Ken Dreyfuss | Bender JCC. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
- ^ "Kenneth DREYFUSS". worldrowing.com. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- ^ Olderr, Steven. (July 11, 2015). The Pan American Games : a statistical history, 1951-1999 = Los Juegos Panamericanos : und historia estadística, 1951-1999 (Bilingual ed.). Jefferson, N.C. ISBN 9781476604688. OCLC 913785167.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Georgetown Men's Crew Announces Ken Dreyfuss as Freshman Lightweight Coach". Georgetown University Athletics. September 2, 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
- ^ a b "Coaching Staff – Annapolis Junior Rowing Association". Retrieved August 24, 2019.
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- 1947 births
- Living people
- American male rowers
- Olympic rowers for the United States
- Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Washington, D.C.
- University of Pennsylvania alumni
- Rowing coaches
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in rowing
- Rowers at the 1975 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
- 20th-century American sportsmen