Lucas Whitney McGee is a former US Rowing national team member, former Oxford Blue Boat member, and former freshman coach of rowing at the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

and

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

. Luke began his rowing career at 15 years old while attending

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after his father Ray and brother Josh encouraged him to try out for the team. After high school, he attended

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

for a year, but then transferred to Brown University where he rowed competitively and was captain of his crew. Luke returned to Brown in the fall of 2004 and coached the Freshmen from 2004 to 2007. From 2004 to 2012, McGee's freshmen crews at Brown and Washington have captured three Eastern Sprints Championships, four Pac-10 Championships, three gold medals and one silver medal at the IRA National Championship, as well as winning Washington's first ever

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in 2010.

Coaching

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Women's Rowing since 2018 *

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Men's national team since 2012 *

2007–2012 *

2004–2007

Education

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2001 – 2002 including

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1998 – 2001 *

1997 – 1998 *

1993 – 1997

Rowing Record

*2006: Senior World's USA Spare, Eton, England *2003: Senior World's USA 4+, Milan, Italy (gold) *2002: Senior World's USA 4-, Seville, Spain (12th) *2002: The Boat Race, Oxford Blue Boat (1st) *2001: Senior World's USA 8+, Lucerne, Switzerland (4th) *2000: U23 USA 8+, Copenhagen, Denmark (bronze) *2000: Henley Royal Regatta Brown University Ladies Plate Champions *2000: Eastern Sprint Brown University Varsity 8+ (gold) *1999: U23 USA 8+, Hamburg, Germany (gold) *1999: Eastern Sprint Brown University Varsity 8+ (silver) *1997: Junior World Championships, USA 8+ (silver) *1997: Midwest Scholastic Championships (gold)

External links

Lucas McGee's USRowing profile
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