Coaches and Captains

President, Vesper Boat Club

Coach Master Rowers at Vesper and Whitemarsh Boat Club

Level 2 USRowing certified coach, accepted to complete Level 3 certification

Rowed and medaled at numerous regattas throughout the world

Captain Michigan State University Heavyweight Rowing Team

Attended National Team Rowing Camp

Fun fact - sculling coach for the movie Backwards

Level 2 USRowing certified coach, coxswain coach training

L2R coach at Whitemarsh Boat Club 

Attended Craftsbury Sculling Camp Coaching Clinic

Rowed for Washington College making the Varsity Boat as a freshman

Rowed for Bachelors Barge Club

Coxswain for Masters Ocean Quad at the Prince Albert Challenge in Monaco

Fun Fact - former 4 year Lower Merion High School rower

Jeff Pennington was boys varsity coach with Pacific Rowing Club in San Francisco from 2000 to 2004

Volunteer assistant coach with Lower Merion Crew from 2018 to 2022

 Freshman girls coach in 2023. 

Off the water, he is the proud parent of three kids in or graduated from LMSD, works at Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia in computational research, and spends as much time as possible outdoors.