Karl Beck

Coach Beck joined Community Rowing as the Boys Novice coach in the spring of 2008. He had coached for Wayland-Weston Rowing Association for 2 years prior to this. While coaching for Wayland Weston he coached several gold medal crews including first novice 8+ at the Northeast Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships and MPSRA Championships Fall 2007, 2008 and Spring 2008. He is a 2004 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary mathematics with a focus in economics.

Coach Beck went out for crew as a freshman at UNH. Highlights of his rowing career include a gold medal in the Intermediate 4+ at the 2003 U.S. Rowing Association National Championships, and second place in the Senior 4- in the 2003 Royal Canadian Henley Regatta while rowing with Riverside Boat Club. Since college, rowing with the Gentle Giant Rowing Club, his 8+ has taken first place in 2006 Textile River Regatta, and placed second in the Club Eights in the 2006 Head of the Charles Regatta. He has been active with the Head of the Charles Planning Committee, and has served as Finish Area Launch Site Setup Co-Chair for the past 3 years.

In the fall of 2008 Coach Beck also coached the men’s sweep program at Riverside Boat Club. The men’s club 4+ took first place and the men’s masters 4+ took 4th place at the Head of the Charles.