Coaching Team

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Head Coach

Coach Julian joined us in the of Fall 2018 from Montclair Rowing where he coached for eight years as the sole boys team assistant prior to joining DC NRC.  Coach Julian brings a vast array of rowing experience to DC NRC. He started as a coxswain at an early age, was a high school sculler, and rowed competitively for the University of Michigan.  He has been coaching professionally since 2007. His coaching highlights include leading Montclair's Boys Varsity Eight in undefeated scholastic seasons in 2017 and 2018 as well as winning consecutive Stotesbury and SRAA gold medals. In 2018, every varsity and junior varsity boy won a medal at Stotesbury.  He has coached 5 athletes which have been selected to the USA Junior National team. In 2018 he coached the first scholastic crew to medal at Youth Nationals in the Boys Varsity Eight since 2011. In 2017 and 2018 all of his athletes won medals at the NJ State Championships. In addition, over the years athletes he has trained have been recruited to six of eight Ivy League Schools as well as the University of California-Berkeley and the University of Washington.

Assistant Coach

Peter started rowing as a novice freshman at Wesleyan University in September 2007. He was then hired as Head Crew Coach of Xavier High School, also in Middletown, CT, in March 2012, where he remained until August 2018. Throughout his time with Xavier, Peter continued racing in the senior circuit, affiliated with GMS in New Milford, CT and Riverfront Recapture in Hartford, CT, and transitioning from sweeping to sculling. He also coached part-time at his alma mater from 2015-2018, and summers in 2017-2019 at Craftsbury, VT. Peter first joined our coaching staff in November 2018. AND HE LOVES IT HERE! 

Assistant Coach

Coach Maxim, an alumni of our club, joined Churchill Crew his freshman year and watched over its transformation into Montgomery Boat Club. A four year varsity coxswain and two year captain, Maxim led the club to some of its greatest achievements, including a club best at the Head of the Charles. Following his high school career, Maxim continued on Georgetown where he ultimately earned his spot in the Heavyweight varsity eight and led the team to a record finish at the IRA National Championship. Maxim has also competed internationally, representing the United States at the Masters Worlds Championship in Budapest, Hungary. Having gone bow-ball to bow-ball with some of the world’s fastest boats, Maxim knows what it takes to build a championship crew.