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For media
Press kit.
Quick facts, the current crew, the coach, and a phone number that goes to the actual coach. No PR layer.
Press contact
Coach Michael Kinsey
Reach out directly. Coach handles his own press; expect a same-day response in race week.
Quick facts
- Founded
- 1971 (Pocock-shell donation from William G. Raoul)
- First competing as UTC
- 1983 (under Coach Terry Carney)
- Status
- Club sport — UTC Club Sports + USRowing
- Boathouse
- William Raoul Rowing Center, 1001 Riverside Dr, Chattanooga, TN
- Olympic alumni
- Dan Beery, gold medalist, U.S. Men's Eight, Athens 2004
- Current head coach
- Michael Kinsey (since 2025)
- Current roster
- Four athletes (M4x), Class of 2027 — first competitive entry since 2022
- Next race
- ACRA Championships, May 17 2026, Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge TN
2026 ACRA crew (M4x)
Stroke to bow. All Class of 2027.
Abraham Mako
Stroke · 4 seat
Chattanooga, TN
Conner Richardson
3 seat
Hanau, Germany · U.S. Army active duty
Tyler Burkett
2 seat
Red Lion, PA · U.S. Army active duty
Jay Pollard
Bow · 1 seat
Kingston, NY · U.S. Army active duty
Coach Michael Kinsey
Head coach of UTC Rowing since the program restarted in Fall 2025. Has been on the launch at Chattanooga Rowing since 2022, mentored under Bill Zack, and spent his last two summers coaching at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center in Vermont.
Founder of Radl and a UTC mechatronics graduate (December 2025). Spent time at UTSI — the University of Tennessee Space Institute — researching deposition onto carbon fiber for hypersonic travel.
Also coaches at Chattanooga State, out of the same boathouse.
Photos & video
Anything visible on this site is available at higher resolution on request — email Coach Kinsey with the page or asset you need. The sources currently in use:
- M4x ACRA-prep video (May 2 2026 scrimmage at Oak Ridge)
- Empacher hull-damage photograph (May 2026, the boat UTC isn’t racing)
- Coach Kinsey headshot
- Athlete portraits (Mako)
- River photography (sunrise pair on the Tennessee River)
Instagram: @utc_rowing
Background reading
Coach’s notes from the season.
The journal is the program’s record in the coach’s voice — useful for quotes and color.
Read the journal →