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COACHES • Bob Ernst Bob Ernst • COACHES COACHES • Bob Ernst Bob Ernst • COACHES Director of Rowing and Women’s Head Coach • 35th Season • 11-Time Pac-10 Coach of the Year GENERAL INFO. COACHES ROSTERS VARSITY PROFILES 2008 REVIEW fter 20 successful seasons as head Husky men’s coach, head coach Bob Ernst returned cut through the water on the Nile in Egypt, in South America, the Soviet Union, on the Thames in RACE HISTORY to the helm of the women’s program in 2008. In his first year back, he led the women to England, across the United States as well as on their home on the Montlake Cut. UW rowing is A a second-place team finish in the NCAA Championships, with the varsity four winning all about great competitors, great races and great coaches. the Huskies’ only national title. Bronze plaques, immortalizing some of the great Washington coaches, hang in the Conibear Ernst, who directed Washington to the 2007 men’s national rowing championship, returned shell house. Tributes to Hiram Conibear, Al Ulbrickson, Jan Harville and Dick Erickson keep the to his former position with the promotion of Michael Callahan to the men’s head coaching post. history of the program alive and stand as a reminder of the great champions and tradition Ernst will continue to oversee both the men’s and women’s crew programs in his position as that is Washington Rowing. Director of Rowing. Ernst is a proud caretaker of the history and tradition of Washington Rowing. He served as the UW men’s coach the last 20 years, winning national championships with Ernst, who hails from southern California and graduated from UC Irvine, was a 27-year-old CREW HISTORY the varsity eight crew in 1997 and 2007. He led the Huskies to 11 conference championships and coach at his alma mater when he first caught the eye of former Husky men’s Coach Dick Erickson. was honored as the Pac-10 men’s coach of the year on 10 occasions. Ernst’s upstart team from UC Irvine nearly upset the Huskies in the spring of 1974 and Erickson Ernst returned to the UW women’s head coaching post that he occupied from 1980-87. During wasted little time offering him an assistant’s position coaching the Huskies. his seven seasons, the Huskies won every Pacific Coast championship and captured six titles at Ernst coached the freshman men from the fall of 1974 to the spring of 1980 before taking over the National Collegiate Rowing Championships. UW won five consecutive varsity eight national as the women’s head coach. Ernst became the men’s head coach in 1987 when Erickson retired. titles between 1981-85. Now in his 35th year of coaching at Washington, Ernst continues to have the same passion “It’s exciting to be able to coach the women again. I coached the women for a long time and and dedication he had when he first arrived in Seattle. He has had many successes over the years coached the guys for a long time. I just think this is in the best interest of Washington rowing,” including the distinction of being the only collegiate coach to have coached both the men’s varsity WASHINGTON exclaimed Ernst. “It’s a great opportunity for us to continue the tradition of having a very competitive and the women’s varsity to a National Championship. He also coached the 1984 women’s Olympic rowing program at the University of Washington.” eight to a gold medal win in Los Angeles. The Washington crew program is all about tradition. The white blades of Husky oars have 4 WASHINGTON HUSKIES 2 0 0 9 R O W I N G COACHES • Bob Ernst Bob Ernst • COACHES Last season (spring 2008), in his first year back at the helm of the women’s program, Ernst’s Ernst, who began his coaching career at his alma mater, earned a bachelor’s degree in biology crew had a disappointing finish at the Pac-10 Championships, but was still selected to compete from UC Irvine in 1967 and his master’s degree in sports administration from the University of at the NCAA Championship. Ranked No. 14 in the nation entering the race, the Huskies took the Washington in 1979. He was inducted into Irvine’s athletic hall of fame in 1984 and the national varsity four title and found themselves with boats in all three Grand Finals. Washington took rowing hall of fame in 1994. GENERAL INFO. second-place in the team standings, just eight points behind National Champion Brown. A 1963 graduate of Costa Mesa (Calif.) High School, Ernst attended Orange Coast College The 2007 racing season saw the Huskies’ varsity eight, second varsity eight and open four for two years, where he played center on the 1963 national championship junior college football collect gold medals at the IRA national championships. team and competed in swimming and water polo. He transferred to UC Irvine and continued his Ernst was honored as the 2007 Pac-10 Coach of the Year, his 11th such honor. He was named swimming and water polo career. Ernst was also a member of Irvine’s rowing program in 1966 the conference’s top women’s coach in 1987 before winning as the men’s coach from 1990-93, and 1967 and was team captain as a senior. 1995-97and 2003-04. Ernst resides in Edmonds, Wash. with his family. In 2003, Washington celebrated its 100th season of rowing. During the 2003 season, Ernst directed the men’s varsity eight crew to its first Pac-10 championship since 1997. Both the varsity and junior varsity eights finished the season with silver medals at the IRA Championship. The ERNST AT A GLANCE COACHES varsity four won the IRA title. The Huskies also posted a runner-up performance in the junior varsity event and won the gold in the varsity four. The Huskies capped their centennial season at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta in Name: Robert Gardner Ernst II England. Washington triumphed against a strong international field to win the Ladies Challenge Hometown: Edmonds, Wash. Plate competition. High School: Costa Mesa HS; Costa Mesa, Calif. All along the way, Bob Ernst has directed the Huskies to stellar results and historic moments. ROSTERS None were more significant than what happened in June of 1997. Education: That season, the Washington men reached the pinnacle of their sport, as the varsity, junior University of Washington 1979 — Master’s varsity and freshman crews all won gold medals at the prestigious IRA championships. It marked degree, sports administration the first time since 1950 that the Huskies had accomplished the feat. University of California, Irvine 1967 — Bachelor Washington’s 1997 Varsity Challenge Cup victory at the IRAs was the 11th such title in Husky of Science, biology Orange Coast College, 1963-64 history. The junior varsity crew picked up its 10th all-time victory in the Kennedy Challenge Cup VARSITY PROFILES as did the freshmen in the Stewards Cup. It capped an undefeated season across the board for the Huskies. What made the weekend even more special was the fact that the Husky women’s team won Athletic Experience the inaugural NCAA rowing championships in Sacramento, under the direction of Jan Harville, 1963-64 Orange Coast College – Football, swimming, water polo whom Ernst had coached as an Olympian. 1966-67 UC Irvine – Rowing, water polo “That is probably the most significant day in the history of Washington rowing, for me,” said Ernst in 1997. “In the 25 years I’ve coached here, to have the men and women both be national Athletic Honors champions on the same weekend - that’s special.” 1963 Football – junior college national champions Both varsity crews were inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame in November 2008. 1967 Rowing team captain Under Ernst, the varsity men have won a variety of events, including: Six Copley Cup titles (San Diego Crew Classic); 15 Windermere Cup titles and 11 conference championships. In addition, Coaching Experience 2008 REVIEW Ernst’s freshman crews won five Pac-10 titles from 1975 to 1980. At Washington He has been recognized locally as a finalist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sports Star of 1974-80 Freshman men’s coach the Year award in 1982. 1980-87 Head women’s coach Under his guidance, the Husky women brought home UW’s first national team championship 1987-07 Head men’s coach / Director of Rowing when the junior varsity and varsity both earned titles in 1981. Both crews successfully defended 2008- Head women’s coach / Director of Rowing their titles the following two seasons (1982, 1983) and the varsity women went on to claim three At National Level more national championships, in 1984, 1985 and 1987. In his final season as the women’s coach, 1976-88 U.S. National Team Coach Ernst’s rowers swept the top three races at the national championships, winning gold medals in 1976 U.S. Olympic Team, women’s double sculls coach RACE HISTORY the varsity eight, JV and varsity four races. The UW women claimed a total of six national titles 1980 U.S. Olympic Team, head women’s sculling coach in seven years while he directed the program. His 1981 women’s varsity was inducted into UW’s 1984 U.S. Olympic Team, head rowing coach, women’s eight, gold medal athletic Hall of Fame in 1989. The 1982 and 1983 women’s crews were 2001 inductees into the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team, head rowing coach, women’s eight Husky Hall of Fame. Ernst has also brought international recognition to the program.
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