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Joe Donahue enters his third year as an assistant coach with the Brown Men's crew. Donahue graduated from Brown University with a degree in Geology in May of 2007, and rowed under Cooke for four years.
Last season, Donahue continued the tradition of excellence that has marked Brown crew. His freshmen boats marched through a strong regular season, then peaked for the EARC Sprints, as both the first and second freshmen eights took gold. Donahue then continued to lead the Bears successfully at IRA's, as his freshman eight finished third in the country. Bruno wrapped up the season with another impressive performance, traveling to England, where they took a close second in the Temple Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta.
In his first season at the helm of the freshmen crew, Donahue saw his boats have a very competitive season. After a strong dual season against Ivy competition the Bears took bronze at Eastern Sprints, coming in less than .1 seconds behind Harvard. They then went on to have an impressive showing at IRA's, finishing fifth overall, the highest finish of any Brown boat.
As the stroke for Bruno's varsity boat for three years, Donahue ended his rowing career with Bruno with a fourth-place finish at the IRA Championships in 2007, finishing just feet off of the gold medal pace. In 2006, he earned a bronze at both the Eastern Sprints and IRA Championships, and during his freshman season he achieved a second-place finish at the Eastern Sprints and fourth at the IRA's.
Prior to Brown, Donahue attended Saint John's High School in Shrewsbury and rowed in the varsity boat all four years. He earned a seat in the top boat in the spring of his sophomore year and placed second in the New England Championships and sixth at the National Championships for St. John's first-ever appearance at the national regatta in 2001.
Donahue also served as a rowing instructor in Shrewsbury in 2004, helping teach novice middle school aged rowers in the basic terminology, theory and mechanics of the rowing stroke. He also worked with the Special Olympics of Massachusetts from 2002-2005 helping to promote teamwork and fair play with the athletes.
To contact Joe email him at Joseph_Donahue@brown.edu or call at
(401) 863-2022.
