MEN'S CREW

	Larry Noble
	Head Men's Crew Coach Director of Rowing lnoble@wpi.edu 508-831-6119

Larry Noble is entering his 10th year at WPI as its Director of Rowing and head men's crew coach. Noble also teaches several aquatics classes for the WPI Physical Education department.

The men's crew program has enjoyed unparalleled success under Noble's watchful eye. At the 2008 New England Championships, four different WPI boats made the grand final in their respective races, and the varsity eight reached the semifinals of the ECAC Championships. A year later in the spring of 2009, the program finished second overall at New Englands and was poised to make a run at the ECACs before inclement weather canceled the competition.

During the summer of 2009, Noble and the WPI Crew program went to England to participate in the historic Henley Royal Regatta. During a week of preliminaries, the Engineers competed on the 2012 Summer Olympics course and the Reading Town Regatta to earn a coveted spot in the HRR. WPI saw its way to the national stage with an eight, a four and a pair competing at the internationally-renown regatta.

Noble's crews have made significant strides during his decade with the Engineers. The crew program turned from a club sport to a varsity sport upon his arrival. And since the Fall of 1999 (his first season), WPI has jumped from five varsity athletes to a very solid program that now includes 30 varsity members with an additional 30 novice members.

At the 2005 New England Championships, the Crimson and Gray captured the Fours Championship.  Two years later, all five boats picked up medals at New England's for the first time in the program's history. 

Larry came to WPI from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, where he was head crew coach from 1994 through the spring of '99. His boats at Coast Guard earned many medals at the New England's and at the Dad Vail National Regatta. In fact, in his last year at Coast Guard, his varsity eight reached the finals at the Dad Vails. Larry earned his Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University in 1984. He then earned a Masters degree in History from the University of Virginia in 1992. He was the freshman crew coach at Columbia from 1985 through 1991. He was the freshman crew coach at Virginia in '91-'92.