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Scott Ramsey Named Columbia's Head Women's Rowing Coach
Courtesy of Columbia Sports Information/Media Relations
NEW YORK -- Scott Ramsey has
been named Columbia's Head Women's Rowing Coach, Dr. M.
Dianne Murphy, Director, Intercollegiate Athletics and
Physical Education, announced today. No stranger to Columbia
Rowing, Ramsey assisted with two Columbia rowing teams from 2007-09
and returns to Morningside Heights following a two-year stint as an
assistant women's rowing coach and head novice coach at the
University of Iowa.
"We are delighted to have Scott lead our women's rowing program,"
said Murphy. "Scott is an excellent mentor who understands
The Ivy League and appreciates the vision, mission and values
of our athletics program. We are confident that he will be
successful here at Columbia."
Ramsey has experience coaching at every level in the rowing
world. He has worked with the US Rowing Women's National Team
Pre-Elite Camp, collegiately at both Iowa and Columbia and also was
a rowing coach at St. Joseph's Prep in Philadelphia and at the
Agnes Irwin School in nearby Rosemont, Pa., where he led the
varsity eight to its first Inter-Ac League Championship in
2007.
Having coached at Iowa for the past two years, Ramsey was the
recruiting coordinator for the Hawkeyes' women's rowing program
while leading Iowa's novice squad. He spearheaded domestic
and international recruiting efforts that yielded one of Iowa's
largest incoming classes in recent years. While at Iowa,
Ramsey also created a training program for the technical,
physiological and mental development of walk-on and recruited
student-athletes.
During his time at Columbia, Ramsey was an assistant with both the
women's and heavyweight rowing programs. He selected and
coached the women's varsity fours during the 2008 racing season,
then assisted with the 2009 heavyweight second varsity eight during
its run to the IRA National Regatta. That year, Columbia
finished 12th in the nation, the highest finish for a Columbia
second varsity in program history.
Ramsey graduated in 2004 from Penn, where he was a three-year
varsity letterwinner for the heavyweight rowing team. During his
senior season, Ramsey led the team as commodore and received the
Jack McSorley Memorial Leadership and Spirit Award, along with the
Keith Hopkins Award for inspirational leadership.
