Naval Academy Athletics

Baseball - Paul Kostacopoulos Basketball - Men's - Ed DeChellis Basketball - Women's - Tim Taylor Cross Country - Men's - Aaron Lanzel Cross Country - Women's - Kim Lewnes Football - Ken Niumatalolo Golf - Men's - Pat Owen Golf - Women's - Nadia Ste-Marie Gymnastics - Kip Simons Lacrosse - Men's - Joe Amplo Lacrosse - Women's - Cindy Timchal Rifle - Michael Anti Rowing - Heavyweight - Rob Friedrich Rowing - Lightweight - Shawn Bagnall Rowing - Women's - Joe Schlosberg

Sailing - Intercollegiate - Ian Burman Sailing - Offshore - Jahn Tihansky Soccer - Men's - Tim O'Donohue Soccer - Women's - Carin Gabarra Sprint Football - Major Alfonso Meidus, USMC Squash - Tyler Osborne Swimming and Diving - Men's - Bill Roberts Swimming and Diving - Women's - John Morrison Tennis - Men's - Chris Garner Tennis - Women's - Keith Puryear Track and Field - Jamie Cook Volleyball - Paco Labrador Water Polo - Men's - Luis Nicolao Wrestling - Cary Kolat

   

Baseball Paul Kostacopoulos 17th Season / Phone: 410-293-5571 / E-Mail: kostacop@usna.edu • In 16 seasons as head coach of the Navy baseball team, he has become the program’s second-winningest head coach with 481 victories in Annapolis. •  Led Navy to a 14-game winning streak, which is the second-longest single-season winning streak in program history, to finish the shortened 2020 season with a 14-1 record. • In 2016, guided Navy to its 10th NCAA Tournament appearance after the Mids captured both the Patriot League regular season and tournament crowns. • Navy's 8-5 win over Saint Mary’s in the 2016 Raleigh Regional was the fifth NCAA Tournament victory for the program. • Prior to the Naval Academy, he served as the head coach at both Providence and Maine where he led each school to a pair of NCAA Tournament berths.	Intercollegiate Sailing Ian Burman 14th Season / Phone: 410-293-5617 / E-Mail: burman@usna.edu • Led Navy to the 2021 Team Race National Championship, which was its first title in the event since 1992 • The Navy women’s IC Sailing team placed third at the 2014 National Championship, its highest finish in more than 10 years. • Navy has qualified for all three ICSA Spring National Championships in seven of the last nine seasons under Burman. • Guided Navy to the 2021 Coed National Championship for the first title in the event since 1995 • During his 12 years as head coach, Navy has received 30 All-America recognitions, including three honors in 2019.
Basketball - Men's Ed DeChellis 11th Season / Phone: 410-293-2627 / E-Mail: dechelli@usna.edu • Was named the 2020-21 Patriot League Coach of the Year for guiding Navy to a 15-3 overall record, a 12-1 mark in league play and the outright No. 1 seed in the league tournament for the first time since the 1996-97 season. • Navy has won 109 games overall and 66 league games in his last seven years.  This is after the Mids won 116 games in all and 51 league games in the previous decade. • Has won 348 games in his 25 years as a collegiate head coach.  • Has completely rebuilt his two previous teams, East Tennessee State and Penn State, and taken each to the NCAA Tournament.  He also led Penn State to a 27-11 record, the most wins in school history, and a NIT National Championship in Madison Square Garden following the 2009 season. • Is one of 13 active coaches to have earned coach-of-the-year accolades at three or more Division I schools.	Offshore Sailing Jahn Tihansky 17th Season / Phone: 410-293-5608 / E-Mail: tihansky@usna.edu • Has led Navy to four Kennedy Cup titles, the ICSA National Collegiate Large Yacht Championship (2006, '07, '11 and '12). • Has led Navy to 10 McMillan Cup titles, the East Coast’s Big Boat Championship (2005-07, '10, '12, '14-17, ‘19) along with the winning the 2019 U.S. Offshore Sailing Championship. • Was named the 2012 USNA Foundation Fall Coach of the Year. • After serving as the meet director for the U.S. Offshore Sailing Championship and running a flawless event, he was named U.S. Sailing’s National Sailor of the Week in October 2011. • During the summer of 2007, helped his crew to the Lightning World Championships in Athens, Greece.
Basketball - Women's Tim Taylor Second Season / Phone: 410-293-5591 / E-Mail: taylort@usna.edu • Introduced as head coach on April 28, 2020. • Earned his first collegiate victory on Jan. 17, 2021 at home versus American, 70-67. • Saw two of his players, Jennifer Coleman and Sophie Gatzounas garner All-Patriot League playing honors; Coleman on the second team and Gatzounas on the third team. • Had 12 years of NCAA Division I experience as an associate and assistant coach. Most recently served on Courtney Banghart's staff at North Carolina during the 2019-20 season. Prior to UNC, coached under Debbie Ryan and Joanne Boyle at Virginia for nine combined seasons. • Went to the postseason in nine of his 11 years at Furman and Virginia. Participated in the NCAA Tournament in 2000, '01, '02, '03, '05, '10 and '18 with WNIT berths in 2011 and '17.	Soccer - Men's Tim O'Donohue Sixth Season / Phone: 410-293-3153 / E-Mail: odonohue@usna.edu • Paced Navy to double-digit win totals in two of the last three seasons, including reaching the Patriot League Tournament semifinals in 2021.  • Coached eight All-Patriot League selections in 2021, tied for the most in program history, including the league's Offensive and Defensive Player's of the Year.  • Has an overall record of 205-66-33 for a .729 career winning percentage as a head coach. • Had an overall record of 165-21-23 at Stevens during his tenure from 2001-10 and his winning percentage of .844 was the highest in NCAA Division III history when he left Stevens to serve as the associate head coach at UConn. • Helped UConn advance to three straight NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal appearances (2011-13).
Cross Country - Men's Aaron Lanzel Fourth Season / Phone: 410-293-5574 / E-Mail: lanzel@usna.edu • Announced as the head coach of the Navy men’s cross country team in August of 2018; also a member of the track & field staff in charge of distance runners. • Guided Kevin Murray (2018) and Jake Brophy (2019) to individual Patriot League championship title; the team placed second in 2019. Additionally, helped Brophy compete at the 2019 NCAA Championship. • The captain of the 2002 cross country team and 2003 outdoor track and field teams at Navy, Lanzel competed 11 times versus Army in Star Meets and came away with a 9-2 record as an undergrad (1999-2003). • Class of 2003 Naval Academy Athletic Association Sword winner; competed at the 2004 Olympic Trials for the United States in the 1,500-meter run. • Commissioned into the United States Navy in the aviation community and served from 2004 through 2010.	Soccer - Women's Carin Gabarra 29th Season / Phone: 410-293-5562 / E-Mail: gabarra@usna.edu • Is the only head coach in the program’s history. • Has led Navy to five Patriot League Tournament titles and five NCAA Tournaments, including back-to-back trips in 2019 and April of 2021. • With a career record of 357-168-55, ranks among the top-20 active coaches in the nation for career victories and has led Navy to winning campaigns in 24 of 28 seasons. • All-time leader in wins as a Patriot League coach (351). Five-time Patriot League Coach of the Year. • One of the best players in the history of women’s soccer, is both a World Cup and Olympic champion. Additionally, is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame and the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.
Cross Country - Women's Kim Lewnes Third Season / Phone: 410-293-5579 / E-Mail: lewnes@usna.edu • Announced as the head coach of the Navy women's cross country team in June of 2019 after two years on staff under Karen Boyle. • In her first season, the Mids placed fourth at the 2019 Patriot League Championship and saw two runners earn All-Patriot League honors: Emily Craig (1st Team) and Elizabeth Sullivan (2nd Team). • While an assistant at Navy, three runners garnered All-Patriot League honors, highlighted by Ali Valenti earning first team honors in 2017 and Grace West doing the same the following season. • Prior coaching experiences included five seasons at Johns Hopkins (2012-16) and one at Cornell (2011). While with the Blue Jays, Lewnes helped guide the team to four NCAA DIII Championships and five Mideast Regional Championships. • As a collegiate athlete at Cornell, she served as track & field team captain and prospered as a middle distance runner. Garnered All-America honors at the 2010 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships.	Sprint Football Major Alfonso Meidus, USMC First Season / Phone: 410-293-5559 / E-Mail: ameidus@usna.edu • Named the 32nd head coach in Navy sprint football history in the summer of 2021. • Member of the Navy Sprint Football team from 2005-2008, helping the Midshipmen win the CSFL Championship in 2005, 2007, and 2008. • Went 8-0 as a Midshipmen against rival Army, including four Star victories. • Graduated from the Naval Academy in 2009, commissioning in Marine Corps.
Football Ken Niumatalolo 14th Season as head coach; 24th season at Navy / Phone: 410-293-2241 / E-Mail: lwebb@usna.edu • Has posted a career-record of 101-67. The 101 wins are the most by a head coach in school history.  • Is the first coach in the history of the Army-Navy game to start his career 8-0 against the rival Service Academy.  • Has led Navy to 10 bowl games and six Commander-In-Chief's Trophies in his first 13 years. His six bowl wins are the most in school history.  • Has won at least a share of the American Athletic Conference West Division title in three of the last six years.  • Has defeated Notre Dame three times, which is tied with Wayne Hardin for the most in school history. Has defeated five Top 25 opponents in his tenure, which is the second most in school history.   • Has led Navy to a school record 11 wins twice in his career-2015 and 2019.	Squash  Tyler Osborne  Fourth Season / Phone: 410-293-2240  / E-Mail: tosborne@usna.edu • Introduced as the program’s seventh coach in its 70-plus year history in July of 2018. • Guided the Mids to a 13-7 record and a 16th-place finish at the Collegiate Squash Association (CSA) Team Championship in his first season (2018-19).  Navy won 11-consecutive matches to open the 2018-19 season and was ranked as high as eighth in the CSA rankings. • Under his direction, Senen Ubina (‘19) and Michael Kacergis (‘20) paired up to win the 2018 Intercollegiate National Doubles Championship in Philadelphia. Kacergis teamed up with Jack Lentz (’21) to win the 2019 Intercollegiate National Doubles Championship. • Jack Lentz (’21) became the second player in program history and first under Osborne’s watch to be selected as the recipient of College Squash Association’s prestigious Skillman Award. The Skillman Award is the top honor bestowed each year to a senior men's squash student-athlete who has displayed exemplary sportsmanship and skill throughout his career. • A 2015 graduate of Princeton, Osborne was a three-time All-American and All-Ivy player who amassed a 54-5 regular-season career record.
Golf - Men's Pat Owen 32nd Season / Phone: 410-293-9745 / E-Mail: powen@usna.edu • A nine-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, he has guided the program to seven Patriot League Championship titles, including the 2018 crown. Navy has made 12 trips to the NCAA Championship, including seven under his watch. • Eight different Navy players have been named the Patriot League Player of the Year after claiming individual medalist honors at the Patriot League Championship. • Charlie Musto became just the second player in Patriot League history and first from Navy to earn Player and Rookie of the Year recognition in the same season when he accomplished it in 2018. • Helped develop All-American and 2004 Byron Nelson Award Winner Billy Hurley, who earned his tour card for the 2014 PGA Tour and won his first PGA Tour event in June 2016 at the Quicken Loans National. • Was the recipient of the 2009 winner of the Labron Harris Sr. Award, presented by E-Z-GO in cooperation with The PGA of America and the Golf Coaches Association of America. The Harris Award is presented to the college or high school coach and PGA Professional whose support of the game through teaching, coaching and involvement in the community has helped ensure the continued growth of the game and who represents the finest qualities the game has to offer.	Swimming and Diving - Men's Bill Roberts 19th Season / Phone: 410-293-3012 / E-Mail: robertsw@usna.edu • Has guided Navy to the Patriot League title in each of his 17 seasons in which the meet was contested.  • The Mids have amassed 202 swimming event titles at the league championship during this time. The team with the second-highest number of titles won has 52 and the remainder of the league as a whole has won 103 event crowns.  • His swimmers have earned All-America honors in five seasons, including Tom Duvall who placed seventh in the 500 free at the 2014 NCAA Championship, and at least one swimmer has advanced to eight NCAA Championship meets.  • The 10-time Patriot League Coach of the Year also has led Navy to a 184-61 record as head coach, including a 65-1 record in dual meets against league foes.  • Navy also has won 11 ECAC team titles over the last 12 seasons and Roberts has garnered ECAC Coach-of-the-Year honors 10 times.
Golf - Women's Nadia Ste-Marie 10th Season / Phone: 410-293-9754 / E-Mail: stemarie@usna.edu • Guided Navy to its first Patriot League Championship in 2021 • Is a three-time Patriot League Coach of the Year (2015, '18, ‘21). • Navy appeared in its first NCAA Tournament during the spring of 2021 and took part in the Stanford Regional • Had an outstanding collegiate career at both Hawai’i and Florida State, where she was named a first-team All-American and was inducted into the Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008. • Competed in the 1988, '96, '97 and '98 U.S. Women’s Open, while recording 19 top-10 professional finishes including titles at the du Maurier Ltd. Series in London in 1993 and at the 2006 LPGA TC&P North East Sectional Championship.	Swimming and Diving - Women's John Morrison 18th Season / Phone: 410-293-3081 / E-Mail: morrison@usna.edu • Navy has won each of the last nine Patriot League titles, as well as 10 crowns in the last 11 years and 11 championships (plus three second-place showings) in the last 14 years.  • His swimmers have won 163 league event titles, which are the most in the league (by 111) during his time on The Yard. The remainder of the league has totaled 128 titles.  • At least one Navy swimmer has advanced to the NCAA Championship nine times since 2008.  This includes 2019, when Lauren Barber became the first swimmer in Navy Division I and Patriot League history to earn Honorable Mention All-American honors, and 2021, when Sydney Harrington earned the same accolade. • The seven-time Patriot League Coach of the Year has guided the Mids to a regular season record of 152-37, including a 67-2 record in dual meets against league foes.  • Navy also has won ECAC titles in 2012, '14, '17, '18, '19 and '20 and he himself is an eight-time ECAC Coach of the Year.
Gymnastics Kip Simons Seventh Season / Phone: 410-293-5552 / E-Mail: simons@usna.edu • Completed his sixth year at Navy in 2021 and has led the program to NCAA Championship appearances in all five seasons that the competition was held. • Navy won a share of the ECAC Championship title and automatic bid to the NCAA Championship with a 423.4-point output in April of 2016. The ECAC title was the first for Navy since 1989 and the NCAA appearance was the first since 2009. The team would later capture the outright ECAC title in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. • Guided Ryan McVay (’21) to a spot at the 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championship after McVay placed tenth in the all-around at the 2021 NCAA Championship. • Garnered CGA East Regional Coach of the Year honors in 2017, 2018 and 2019, as well as ECAC Coach of the Year honors in 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020, and the USAG Varsity Coach of the Year nod in 2019 and 2020. • Competed with the United States Senior National team for four years and earned a spot on the 1996 Olympic team that competed in Atlanta. Winner of the Nissen-Emery Award, as the nation’s top senior collegiate gymnast in 1994.	Tennis - Men's Chris Garner Eighth Season / Phone: 410-293-8725 / E-Mail: cgarner@usna.edu • Has guided Navy to a combined 148-72 record in his seven seasons on The Yard. This includes a combined (regular season and tournament) 45-5 record against league foes, six berths in the championship match of the Patriot League Tournament (contested six times), four league titles and NCAA Tournament appearances in 2015, '18, '19 and ‘21.  • A four-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, his players have been selected as the league player of the year four times, the rookie of the year in the league four times and the league scholar-athlete of the year for the sport five times. • Spent his prior seven years as the head coach at Amherst, during which time he led the Lord Jeffs to NCAA (DIII) Championships in 2011 and 2014 and to the title match in 2009 and 2010. Amherst also placed third at the 2013 championship and reached the quarterfinal round at the 2012 edition of the event.  Individually, his players won the 2012 NCAA doubles title and the 2014 NCAA singles crown.  • His Amherst teams posted an overall seven-year record of 199-43 (82.2%), including a 134-16 record (89.3%) over his last four years.  • A standout player in his own right, he earned All-America honors at Georgia before embarking on a professional career that saw him attain an ATP ranking of No. 120 and reach the Round of 16 of the 1993 Australian Open.
Lacrosse - Men's Joe Amplo Third Season / Phone: 410-293-8779 • Introduced as the program’s ninth head coach in its 100-plus year history on June 5, 2019. • He serves as an assistant coach for the U.S. National Team and led Team USA to the 2018 World Championship. He will be on staff for the 2022 World Championship, as well. • He arrived in Annapolis after a seven-year stint at Marquette where he built the program from ground up and directed the Golden Eagles to a pair of BIG EAST Tournament titles and NCAA Tournament appearances in 2016 and 2017. • Amplo was the 2016 recipient of the USILA Howdy Myers Man of the Year Award, presented in honor of one of the sport’s most outstanding coaches. The award is presented annually to an individual who has contributed to the game of lacrosse in a capacity over and above the normal efforts and in so doing, has shown unselfish and untiring devotion to the game. • He served as a member of the NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Committee from 2016-19.	Tennis - Women's Keith Puryear 14th Season / Phone: 410-293-8709 / E-Mail: puryear@usna.edu • Is the only head coach in the history of the program. • Led Navy to a 17-4 mark during the 2020 shortened season and the team’s 16-2 start was its best start since the 2012 season.  • Navy has made seven appearances in the Patriot League Championship match, most recently in 2021. • Owns a 233-72 record during his time at Navy and holds an overall college tennis coaching record of 676-385. • Voted the 2011 Patriot League Coach of the Year, the 13th time in his career he has won conference coach-of-the-year honors.
Lacrosse - Women's Cindy Timchal 15th Season / Phone: 410-293-8746 / E-Mail: timchal@usna.edu • Has led Navy to six Patriot League titles and seven NCAA Tournament appearances in the program’s 14 seasons. • Led the Mids to the 2017 NCAA Final Four, becoming the first Service Academy team from any women’s sport to advance to the NCAA Semifinals. • In 2018, became the first college lacrosse coach to win 500 career games and is the sport’s all-time Division I wins leader (535-146). • Led Maryland to eight NCAA titles, including seven in a row from 1995-2001. • Was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2012 and the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) inaugural Hall of Fame in 2017.	Track and Field Jamie Cook Fifth Season / Phone: 410-293-5568 / E-Mail: jcook@usna.edu • Hired in 2017 as the Director of Navy Track and Field. • Has been named Patriot League Coach of the Year nine times in his first four seasons (indoor men – 2018, ‘20; indoor women – 2019, ‘20; outdoor men – 2018, ’19, ’21; outdoor women – 2019, ’21). • Is 10-2 (.833) in Army-Navy Star Meets, earning wins in men’s indoor (2018, ’20, ’21), women’s indoor (2020, ’21), men’s outdoor (2018, ’19, ’21), and women’s outdoor (2019, ’21) competitions. • For the first time in program history, the Navy track and field team has swept the IC4A / ECAC Championships, claiming the 2021 outdoor meet. For the men, it was the seventh IC4A outdoor title in program history, and the third consecutive win for the Mids in the meet (2018, ’19, ’21), tying Navy's stretch of three straight titles from 1944-46. For the women, it was the first Division I ECAC Outdoor Championship and the second ECAC Outdoor Championship overall (claimed DII title in 1989). • Has directly worked with several athletes in the Olympic Trials and Olympic Games, including a pair of finalists in the 2016 Rio Olympics in Devon Allen (United States) and Johnathan Cabral (Canada), who finished fifth and sixth in the 110m hurdles, respectively. Allen and Cabral competed at Navy as individuals during the 2018 indoor track and field season.
Rifle Michael Anti Fifth Season / Phone: 410-293-4339 / E-Mail: anti@usna.edu • Was named head coach in May of 2017 after eight years as an assistant coach at the Air Force Academy. • Has over 30 years of experience with shooting, competing and coaching rifle. • Began his career in high-level competition rifle in 1981 as a member of the United States’ junior team before moving into the collegiate ranks at West Virginia University. An eight-time All-American in both smallbore and air rifle from 1984 through 1987, Anti won the 1986 NCAA Smallbore Championship. • A four-time Olympic competitor, Anti suited up for the U.S. at the 1992, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics Summer Games. • Anti guided Navy to back-to-back NCAA National Championship appearances in 2019 and 2020.	Volleyball Paco Labrador Fourth Season / Phone: 410-293-8724 / E-Mail: labrador@usna.edu • Led Navy to a 23-9 overall record in 2018, his first on The Yard.  This included the Mids earning a share of the league's regular season title with a 13-3 record, winning the first Patriot League Tournament title in program history and making an appearance in the NCAA Tournament for the first time on the Division I level. • Despite losing four starters from 2018, Navy posted a 17-12 record in 2019 and tied for third place in the Patriot League with an 11-5 record.  The Mids put together a 4-1 record during the abbreviated 2020-21 season. • Compiled a 455-71 (86.5%) record in 15 seasons as the head coach at Wittenberg. This includes records of 162-2 in North Coast Athletic Conference regular season matches and 35-1 in the NCAC Tournament. His career winning percentage ranks second among active coaches and third among all coaches across all NCAA divisions. • The Tigers advanced to the NCAA (DIII) Tournament in all 15 of his seasons (41-14 record), winning the national title in 2011, reaching the championship match three times (2011, '15, '17) and playing in the national semifinals seven times. • Wittenberg won at least 25 matches in 14 of his 15 seasons and totaled at least 30 victories seven times.
Heavyweight Rowing Rob Friedrich 10th Season / Phone: 410-293-3636 / E-Mail: friedric@usna.edu • Friedrich completed his ninth season as heavyweight head coach and director of rowing in 2020-21; has been on staff at the Naval Academy since 2001-02. • In his first year as head coach, Friedrich led Navy to a ninth-place finish as a team at the 2013 IRA National Championships, which was Mids’ best finish since 2005. Helped Navy collect its third top-10 finish at the IRAs during his nine years at the helm in 2021 as the Mids placed sixth in the team standings and tenth in the V8 classification. • Has spearheaded fundraising and alumni campaigns that culminated with the 150th Anniversary of Navy Rowing banquet in February of 2019. • Led the combined Navy Rowing entry in the 100th Anniversary King’s Cup race at the 2019 Henley Royal Regatta. • Prior to leading the heavyweight freshman crews, Friedrich was the head coach of the lightweight team from 2002-08 where during his seven years as head coach, the varsity boat posted a combined 12-2 in its races for the Callow Cup (Penn) and Haines Trophy (Harvard); In 2004, he led the lightweight team to an undefeated season, capped by the program’s first IRA title in 42 years.	Water Polo - Men's Luis Nicolao Fourth Season / Phone: 410-293-3152 / E-Mail: nicolao@usna.edu • Hired in January of 2018 to take over the Navy water polo program. • The former Navy water polo standout (USNA ‘92) and veteran coach returned to Annapolis after an impressive 20-year career as the head coach of the Princeton men’s and women’s water polo teams. As a student-athlete at Navy, was a three-time All-American and All-East selection for the Midshipmen, graduating as the school’s all-time leader in points (377) and goals scored (282). During the course of his career, Navy won two Eastern Championships and reached the NCAA Tournament on three occasions. In addition, served as the team captain as a senior during the 1991 season. • In his first three seasons, guided Navy to a 37-28 overall record, and 15-13 mark in the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference – East Division. • In 2020-21, The Mids finished the regular season in first place in the conference and were set to be the top seed in the MAWPC Tournament, but were not allowed to compete in the tournament due to the Naval Academy being under a restriction of movement (ROM). During the 2019 season, the Mids claimed third place in the MAWPC Tournament. The finish was the best for the Midshipmen since the league switched formats in 2016, and the highest conference tournament finish since 2014. • In 2020-21, Isaac Salinas was named Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) Second Team All-American. Salinas became the third Midshipmen to earn Second Team All-American honors and the first to claim the distinction since Aaron Recko (’08) in 2007. Salinas, who was an honorable mention selection in 2019, becomes the eleventh player in program history to earn multiple All-American honors and the first since Carl Dowzicky (’16) in 2013 and 2015.
Lightweight Rowing Shawn Bagnall Ninth Season / Phone: 410-293-2418 / E-Mail: bagnall@usna.edu • Led Navy to the team title at the 2021 IRA National Championship with a clean sweep of the V8, 2V8 and V4- competitions. The team title was the first for Navy since 2004. • In each of his first six seasons (2014-2019), he guided the program to an IRA National Championship bid with multiple boats racing at the regatta. Prior to the 2014 IRAs, Navy hadn’t had multiple boats entered since 2011. Navy's 2020 bid was curtailed due the cancellation of its season. • The Mids’ varsity four with a coxswain boat won an individual IRA National Championship title in 2017. The gold medal performance was the first for Navy Lightweight Crew since 2012. Under Bagnall, Navy has earned first-place event results in four straight years: 2017 (V4+), 2018 (V4-), 2019 (V4+ and V4-) and 2021 (V8, 2V8 and V4-). • Navy finished second in the team standings at the 2019 IRA National Championship after placing third earlier in the postseason at the Eastern Sprints. • Bagnall has significant experience and success on the international level, as he most recently helped the women’s 8+ boat to consecutive gold medals at the 2012 and `13 U-23 World Championships.	Wrestling Cary Kolat Second Season / Phone: 410-293-8961 / E-Mail:kolat@usna.edu • Introduced as the program’s eighth head coach in its 100-plus year history on March 20, 2020. • In his first season, directed Navy to a second-place finish at the EIWA Championship where seven wrestlers automatically qualified for the NCAA Championship and another two received an at-large berth. • 2021 marked only the third time in program history that Navy has sent nine or more wrestlers to compete at the NCAA Championship and the first since 1969. • Spent six years as the head coach at Campbell where he led the Camels to three Southern Conference Tournament titles (2017, 2019, 2020) and two regular-season SoCon Championships (2019, 2020). Under his tutelage, he had 19 NCAA Championship qualifiers, 12 individual SoCon Champions and 28 medalists at the SoCon Tournament.  • One of the most decorated athletes in the sport of wrestling, he was a four-time All-American and two-time NCAA Champion (1996, ’97). He amassed a 111-7 collegiate record // Fr: 22-5 and So: 39-1 at Penn State // Jr: 25-1 and Sr: 25-0 at Lock Haven. • A three-time World Cup gold medalist, he represented the United States at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Rowing - Women's Joe Schlosberg Seventh Season / Phone: 410-293-2419 / E-Mail:schlosbe@usna.edu • Completed his sixth year at Navy in 2021. During his first four years, he took the Midshipmen to four straight NCAA Championships. After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2020 season, he led the Mids back to the NCAAs in 2021. • Led Navy to its eighth Patriot League title in program history in 2021 as the team swept the V8, 2V8 and V4 events. • Named the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Region II Coach/Staff of the Year in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. • At the 2018 NCAA Championship, the Mids finished a program-best 17th overall. Navy matched that 17th-place result in 2019 when all three of its boats qualified for C-Finals. All three boats mirrored that C-Finals accomplishment in 2021. • Started at Navy in August of 2015 after 14 years on staff at Notre Dame, including the last seven as the program’s associate head coach. The Irish won 10 straight BIG EAST Conference titles from 2004-13 and competed in six NCAA Championships during Schlosberg’s time in South Bend.