Rowing: King Hires New Assistant
August 27, 2008 10:16 AM | General
By Kelly Tuckwiller for MSNsportsNEt.com
August 27 2008
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - West Virginia University Rowing Head Coach Jimmy King announced today the hiring of Michael Wenker as assistant coach.
“I'm very pleased that we have been able to add a coach of Mike's caliber and experience to our staff,” said King. “In successfully leading one of the top junior girls programs for seven years, Mike has demonstrated that he is clearly ready for this next stage in his coaching career. I certainly expect he will be a contributor to many facets of our Mountaineer program.”
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Wenker comes to WVU after serving as assistant coach for the men’s and women’s rowing program at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. There he assisted with all aspects of the program, including recruiting and the supervision of transportation to all practices and races.
Wenker also served as the varsity girl’s coach for the Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club from 2000-07, after working with the novice squad in 2000. As head coach, Wenker led the team to three gold medals at the USRowing Youth Invitational from 2002-03 and 35 gold medals at the Midwest Junior Rowing Championships from 2000-07.
In 2006, Wenker was an assistant coach at the USRowing Junior Women’s Development Camp, in New London, Conn., where his job was to assist with boat selection, consult the head coaches and to run practices.
After graduating college, Wenker served as assistant coach of the Saratoga Rowing Association, where he instructed new athletes in the fundamentals of rowing. He completed his bachelor’s degree in economics from Skidmore College in 1998.
He resides in Morgantown.
