Ed Golding joined the Columbia men’s lightweight program in August 2007 as assistant and freshman coach. He was brought in by Scott Alwin when Alwin was named head men’s lightweight coach.
Like Alwin, Golding is a former Wisconsin resident who rowed for the University of Wisconsin, and most recently was coaching at Princeton. He spent 2006-2007 as Intern Coach for the Tigers, assisting both the heavyweight and lightweight freshman coaches, and working directly with the heavyweight and lightweight third varsity fours.
From 2003 to 2006, Golding was an assistant varsity coach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He coached the Badgers’ third varsity eight to first place at the 2006 Eastern Sprints, and a number of small boats at the 2006 IRA. He also worked as a coach/organizer for the Junior Boys Rowing Camp at Wisconsin during the summers.
He served as a coach at US Rowing’s Midwest Development Camp, located in Madison, during the summer of 2005 and 2006. The camp’s summer rowing teams earned 11 medals at the 2005 US Rowing National Championship Regatta.
“Ed’s attitude toward rowing and coaching," Alwin said, "stems from our shared experience at Wisconsin. His competitive drive and willingness to work hard are two of his great strengths. These are two crucial traits for success in college rowing, which makes Ed the perfect person to guide the freshmen, and to recruit future athletes.”
A native of Cedarburg, Wisc., Golding competed in cross country, basketball and golf in high school, and took up rowing as a Wisconsin first-year. He earned two varsity letters, including a gold medal with his freshman four at the 1998 IRA Regatta, and both silver and bronze medals with eights at the Eastern Sprints. He twice medaled at the Head of the Charles, and earned a bronze medal in the men’s eight at the 2000 Nations Cup, the world Under-23 championships.
Golding graduated from Wisconsin - Madison in 2001 with a B.A. in economics.
