One Bearcat Crew
The University of Cincinnati Rowing Club competes at a national level. We welcome any UC student with the desire and determination to be a part of this team, no experience necessary.
Announcing our new Head Coach and Director: Coach Sanjay Mokha!
Coach Sanjay joins the Bearcat Crew with backgrounds in rowing and sport science. A graduate of Temple University, he majored in exercise and sports science. Originally recruited to Temple's Lightweight Crew, he balanced training independently and coaching on Boathouse Row upon the cutting of the T150s.
He served as a youth assistant coach with the Conestoga Crew and Germantown Friends School Crew, guest coached for the Vero Beach Rowing Club, and finished 3 years of masters and assistant youth coaching with Bachelors Barge Club. He recently completed his time as a graduate assistant coach for the Jacksonville University Men and a masters coach with the Jacksonville Rowing Club.
Additionally, Coach Sanjay has served as a strength & conditioning intern with Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania, and has two years of coaching with Rowbust Fitness. He helped restart and serve on the executive board for the Exercise & Sports Science & Kinesiology Association while at Temple University.
Coach Sanjay brings his "Winning is an Attitude" philosophy to UC in the hopes of guiding the program through a positive rebuilding era.
Go Bearcats!
We Want You!
The team returns to training in August and we hope to see you! UCRC is recruiting students of strong, athletic background to power the boats and win races and coxswains, the decisive, strategic leaders of the crew, who steer and encourage as we cross the finish line.
You need no previous experience, so accept the challenge of trying something new and maybe you'll love it as much as we do. You can become a rower or coxswain by reaching out to our recruiting chair at ucrc.recruiting@ucmail.uc.edu. Check out our future race schedule and remember, we'll teach you the basics, so no experience is necessary!
Our History
In the fall of 1981 eager students with the help of Cincinnati area rowers William Engeman and Harry H. Graves founded the University of Cincinnati Rowing Team. Initially the team was an entity within the Cincinnati Rowing Foundation, an umbrella organization that encompassed Cincinnati Rowing Club, Outdoor Co-operative (Cincinnati Junior RC) and Xavier University and the Cincinnati Training Center. Founding members Tom Ritter, Steven Baker and Tom Stork took on the great task of developing the...