2012 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year

Eric Carcich enters his fourth season as head coach of the women's rowing team at George Washington University in 2012-13.

In Carcich's third season he led GW to its best finish at the Atlantic 10 Championship since 2003 as the Colonials took second place in the nine-team championship regatta. The second-place finish marked a four-spot improvement from the 2011 Championship. For his efforts, Carcich was the recipient of the Atlantic 10 Women's Rowing Coach of the Year award, marking the first time a GW coach has taken home the honor since Steve Peterson in 2001. Additionally, Carcich saw four of his rowers land on the A-10 All-Conference team and one was named to the A-10 Rowing Academic All-Conference Team. Freshman Amanda Young, the lone rookie member of the Colonials' Varsity 8, was named the Female Rookie of the Year at the inaugural Georgey Awards.

Also in his third season, Carcich led the Colonials to victories in the GW Invitational, Class of 1998 Cup (over Georgetown) and George's Trophy (over Georgetown, George Mason). The wins marked the first time GW has hoisted the Wilkens Bowl at the GW Invite since 2005, the first time they have won the 1998 Cup since the 2007 season and the first time claiming George's Trophy, in its second year of existence. The Colonials also won five races in two days, and advanced three boats to the Grand Finals, at the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association (SIRA) Championships in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

In his second season at the helm the Colonials 2nd Varsity 8 captured the silver medal at the East Coast Athletic Conference (ECAC) Mid-Atlantic/New England (MANE) Regional Rowing Championships. GW also finished in second place in the inaugural George's Trophy against local rivals Georgetown and George Mason.

In his first season Carcich led the Colonials 2nd Varsity 8 to the bronze medal at the Atlantic 10 Championships. Under his direction, all four of GW's entries qualified for the Grand Finals at the Championship Regatta. After taking over the program the Colonials moved up the Eastern Sprint ladder from 18th to 15th at in his first season. Additionally, the Colonials JV8 advanced to the petite final and finished in 11th-place at the highly comeptitive Eastern Sprint Championships.

Carcich came to GW from the University of Pennsylvania where he has served as the assistant coach for the heavyweight men for three seasons. A 1996 graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Carcich also was the head rowing coach at his alma mater from 1997-99. While in Amherst, his varsity lightweight eight team captured silver medals at the 1998 New England Championship. In his first year of coaching he saw the lightweight eight take the gold medal in the New England Championships and the Champion Regatta, while the heavyweight eight won the bronze at the New England Championships.

Carcich also coached at Yale University from 1999-06 as an assistant lightweight men's rowing coach. While in New Haven, Carcich led the Bulldogs freshman squad to seven medals at the Eastern Sprints during his six years in the program. While at Yale, he guided the Bulldogs to the 2002 Eastern Sprint Freshmen Lightweight gold medal, as well as the silver medal in 2001 and the bronze medals in 2000 and 2003. He also served as the head coach of the men's and women's teams at the New Haven Rowing Club. The group numbered 75-100 members who rowed both recreationally and competitively.

Eric can be reached through e-mail at ecarcich@gwu.edu.