Bebe Bryans (born 1957) is a

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national champion in rowing and former coach of the United States Women's National Rowing crew. She is best known as the head coach of the women's rowing team at

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. She is the head coach of the women's rowing program including lightweight although she doesn't directly coach that squad. The Wisconsin lightweight crew has won four national championships in five years. A California native, Bryans attended

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where she was a ten-time Division II All-American in swimming, and received a master's degree in Physical Education in 1989. In 1992 and 1993, Bryans was the head coach of the USA Junior Women's National Rowing Team. Her 1992 women's eight crew earned a bronze medal - the first medal won for the United States team at a

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. Bryan was also a member of the United States Women's Olympic Rowing committee (1992–94), acting as chairman from 1993 to 1994. In 2000, she coached the U.S. women's four and the lightweight single rowing crews at the

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. She founded the women's varsity rowing team at Michigan State University in 1997 and coached them to six consecutive appearances at the NCAA championships. Bryans stepped down as the head of the Wisconsin women's rowing team on May 20, 2023.''Bryans stepping down from Wisconsin women’s rowing program''
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bryans, Bebe 1957 births Living people American female rowers Georgetown Hoyas rowing coaches Michigan State Spartans rowing coaches Wisconsin Badgers rowing coaches San Francisco State University alumni 21st-century American women