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In his first year with the Bison, Dan Wolleben worked primarily with the novice group of rowers. He finished the season with the largest squad in recent memory with two eights and a four. Throughout the spring, each of the three novice boats turned in great performances, including an inspiring outing by the novice eight against Ohio State and Michigan. The Bison led the first half of the race and finished third by just one-half of a second to the Buckeyes. At the Dad Vail Regatta, Wolleben led the novice eight to a third-place finish and a bronze medal, marking the best performance in program history. Later in the year at the Eastern Sprints the novice eight, under the guidance of Wolleben, once again made history, defeating Navy. It was the first-ever victory for the Bison over the Mids in the novice eight. Wolleben was an accomplished rower at Fordham, where he graduated from in 2004. The two-year team captain helped lead the Rams to three Dad Vail Regatta gold medals, one ECAC National Championship varsity lightweight eight gold, three New York State Championships first-place finishes and he posted a victory at the Senior Men's Lightweight Four at U.S. Rowing Nationals. Additionally, he helped Fordham's open four and varsity four to a pair of top-six showings at the IRA Regatta. Following graduation, Wolleben spent three years as the head men's rowing coach at the Fordham Prep School. In his time at the helm of the program, he helped the squad to four top-three finishes at the New York State High School Championship and the 4+ to a ninth-place showing at Scholastic Nationals. Wolleben was an assistant coach with Fordham's women's rowing team at the same time he headed the Fordham Prep School program. His first year he was an assistant novice women's rowing coach, while the last two years he was been the head novice women's rowing coach and recruiting coordinator. During that time Wolleben's main responsibility was been to coach the novice eight and second varsity eight, while also assisting the head coach with the varsity eight. In 2006, Fordham's first and second novice eight both posted their best finishes in school history at the Atlantic 10 Championships. |
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