Tom Terhaar rejoined the Columbia Rowing staff as the Director of Rowing for Columbia Rowing after spending the previous 20 years, as the Head Coach of the U.S. Women's Rowing Team.
Terhaar will oversee all three Columbia rowing programs.
"Tom Terhaar is such a well-respected and internationally decorated rowing coach and we are excited to have the opportunity for him to work with our student-athletes," Campbell Family Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Peter Pilling said. "His wealth of knowledge, experience, and success will be impactful for all of our rowing programs."
Terhaar has been the longest serving coach in U.S. Rowing's history, having coached at six Olympic Games and has been an assistant since 1994.
Since Terhaar took over as the head coach of U.S. Women's Rowing in 2001, they have achieved unprecedented international success. During his tenure the United States has won 17 World Championship gold medals, five Olympic medals, including three successive golds in the eight, for a total of 37 World and Olympic medals.
Prior to coaching the U.S. national team, Terhaar spent five years at Columbia University coaching the men's lightweight program. At Columbia, his Lightweights took a silver medal at the 1998 Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships and in 2000, Terhaar led his crew to Columbia's first ever Eastern Sprints title.
Terhaar rowed and graduated from Rutgers University in 1991. He is married to nine-time national team member and two-time Olympian, Jennifer Dore-Terhaar (Rutgers '93).
