Corrected and updated Sept. 11, 2009
Holly Hatton. (Courtesy photo)
Bromfield and Bare Hill Rowing Program Director Dan Justicz announced this week that Holly Hatton has accepted the position of head coach for the girls program. Hatton, who coached rowing for the U.S. Olympic team in 1988 and 1992, has coached at the collegiate level since 1983 and coached U.S. boats at the World Championships in 1983, 1985, 1989, 1990, and 1991.
A silver medalist at the 1978 World Championship in the four-plus-coxswain event and a bronze medalist in the 1979 World Championship in the eights, Hatton was also the coxswain chosen for the 1980 Olympic team eight, which won a gold medal at the Swiss and Dutch National Championship. Unfortunately, the U.S. boycotted the 1980 Olympic Games after the former Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, so Hatton never got to compete in the Games, at which the U.S. women’s eight would have been a medal favorite.
Under Hatton’s leadership as the women’s novice coach at Harvard/Radcliffe from 1983 to 1996, the first and second eight boats made the finals at the Eastern Sprints every year. Her team won the national championship three times.
As the head coach of the Boston University women’s crew team from 1996 to 2008, Hatton led the team into six NCAA championship events. Her team finished in the top 20 crews in America 12 times, and reached the finals of the Eastern Sprints 11 times.
In 2006, Hatton was named the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association’s Regional Coach of the Year.
Most recently, Hatton worked as a volunteer coach for Cambridge Rindge & Latin High School and has been running summer racing camps for high school students who are interested in improving their rowing.
“Holly brings a depth of experience rarely found at the high school level and we are extremely fortunate to have her join our program,” says Justicz.
Editor’s note: This article has been corrected and updated. The original article stated that Holly Hatton had become the head coach for both the boys and girls rowing programs. She is actully the head coach for the girls program; Pat Scott is the head coach for the boys.
