Allen and Michelson Both Named IRCA National Coach of the Year Finalists

HANOVER, N.H. – A pair of Dartmouth men's rowing head coaches have been named finalists for their respective IRCA National Coach of the Year awards. Wyatt Allen, the Betsy and Mark Gates 1959 Head Coach of Men's Heavyweight Rowing, is one of four heavyweight finalists while men's lightweight head coach Trevor Michelson is one of two finalists on the lightweight side. Dartmouth is the only school to have finalists for both men's heavyweight and lightweight rowing.

Allen joins the head coaches of Washington (Michael Callahan), Cal (Scott Frandsen) and Syracuse (Dave Reischman) as finalists. He led the Big Green to a historic season, highlighted by the varsity eight finishing third at the IRA National Championship. It was the boat's best finish since 1992. The crew also earned silver at the Eastern Sprints. The Big Green earned three total medals at sprints, which also included bronze from the second and fourth varsity eights, while advancing all its boats to the grand finals at nationals.

Michelson and MIT head coach Will Oliver are the two coach of the year finalists on the lightweight side. Under Michelson's guidance, the Big Green finished second in the varsity eight and in total team points at IRAs, marking the program's top team points standing in program history. It was also Dartmouth's first medal at nationals since 2012. The varsity eight finished with a time of 5:32.250 in the grand final, less than three seconds behind first-place Harvard and ahead of MIT, Penn, Princeton and Navy.

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