For Stars Podcast

Getting to a certain point in your life, you realize the gifts that are offered to you along the way, and for Porter Collins, rowing was one of them. The three-time World Champion, two-time Olympian (1996 & 2000), 1994 Henley Royal Regatta Champ, Eastern Sprints & IRA National Champion, Collins cemented himself as a significant, generational talent in United States Rowing. A 1998 Brown University Graduate, Porter was apart of undisputedly, the best freshman class in the history of men's collegiate rowing.

A rower in the Mike Teti National Team Era, Porter learned first hand what real work ethic and passion looks like. These fundamentals, along with others, propelled not only Porter, but his teammates to reach success and make it to the highest stage in rowing. Hudson and Porter sit down and discuss what really happened during the buildup to the 2000 Olympic Games, the documentary, importance of Pete Cipollone, power of Steve Gladstone and how excellent he is as a rowing coach and recruiter, inspiration from Xeno Muller, and the purpose of failure. We even dive into Porter's occupation in stocks and working for hedge funds, being one of the subjects in "The Big Short" a movie correctly predicting the market crash in 2008. Collins firmly stands by "the greatest challenges offer the greatest rewards, and how we meet that reveals the truth in all of us". It is evident how this quote follows Porter throughout his daily life and experiences competing for Brown, and the US National Team. People did not believe in Porter and he was cut from certain teams, but that did not stop him from reaching his goals and making history. Be sure to tune in!

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For Stars Podcast brings you an insight into Syracuse Men's Rowing, featuring longtime Head Coach, Mr. Dave Reischman. Hudson and Dave dive deep into what it takes to "have the juice" in order to be a Division 1 Rowing team, discussing team culture, structure, and most importantly, having fun. A monumental figure within collegiate rowing, Reischman's high regard amongst his peers is worthy to note, so Hudson made sure to highlight the man at the helm of the Orange, entering his 22nd year as Head Coach.

Dave started rowing at Gonzaga University during his junior year of college. A farm boy from Washington, Reischman joined a new sport with no boathouse or coach but learned the fundamentals. Post-university, Dave began coaching for a local youth crew team during the summer. Through connections, Dave made his way to Harvard by knocking on the door at Newell Boathouse, being confronted by the legendary coach, Harry Parker. After the two began conversing the field of farming, Parker gave Reischman an internship based on two reasons: he had good luck with western farm kids, and that the boats he coached at CRI followed the traffic pattern on the Charles River. Here we are years later, Dave continues to inspire the next generation of young men and women. Be sure to tune into this solid episode!

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What gives chicken wings the flavor… the sauce, well good for you, Hudson made sure he brought some extra! With Head of the Charles approaching in a few days, FSP brings you the one and only Philly native, Mr. Pete “Cipp” Cipollone, 2004 Men’s 8+ Olympic Gold Medalist Coxswain, and ‘97, ‘98, ‘99 World Champion.

Pete attended St. Joseph’s Prep for his high school years, and later on graduated from Cal Berkeley. An avid 9th seat, Cipp was apart of the most iconic and legendary eras of United States Rowing, coining him to be one of the greatest coxswains of all time. After months of playing the waiting game, FSP finally brings you a solid episode of what it means to face adversity head on, and be the best at one’s craft. With tons of life lessons shared from the man himself, Pete elaborated more on his personal experience being involved in Mike Teti’s coaching era for the US National Team. The articulation, respect, and pure leadership involved in the team during those years was one to none, most of those gentlemen being some of his best friends still to this day.

We talk about all things coxing, tips and tricks for HOCR and his course record along with viral row2k recording, the three most imperative skills a coxswain must have to be successful, memories coxing at the Philadelphia Catholic League Championships, Stotesbury Cup, and being invited back to Prep’s boathouse this past spring meeting the next generation of US athletes. This episode does get quite emotional, bringing up some sensitive topics that Pete endured during his Olympic years (both personal & athletic), but overall, it made him into the man he is today. Be sure to tune into this epic episode, a true “Bucket of Bliss” featuring Mr. Pete Cipollone. 

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Go Bruno All Day, Everyday! Featured on FSP is the one and only, Mr. Paul Cooke ‘89 from the esteemed Brown University, Head Coach of the Men’s Crew team for over 30 years! Paul does a great job of creating a solid team culture bringing in the right people for the job at hand.

We discuss topics such as how to establish competitiveness within a program, resources for mental health of athletes, well-known Brown alumni, our new addition of FSP supporters submitting questions for Coach Paul, influence of Great Britain coaches on the staff, how useful social media can be for a program, and more! Be sure to tune into Hudson & Coach Paul Cooke ‘89 from Brown Men’s Crew! Go Bruno!

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Welcome everyone to another episode featuring Head Coaches around the world, where this week we get an opportunity to hear from, Mr. John Graves, current Head Coach of Dartmouth Women’s Rowing and former Associate Head Coach of the Men’s Heavyweight team. An avid rower from a well-known family in crew, John (the youngest of three) reflects on his time rowing in college at Trinity, following up on the legacy left by his relatives and the impact his brother Peter made on the program (Olympian & Head Coach of Trinity Women’s Rowing) & Tom (Current Head Coach of Long Beach Junior Men’s Crew).

On this episode, we speak on the “meat and potatoes” of the rowing stroke, move from coaching the men at Dartmouth to the women & the recent changes in recruitment through the NCAA, 2023 Under-23 Selection Camp, along with the amazing facilities available to the athletes on the team and how sculling is still a valued art of rowing, filtered within the program. Dartmouth’s fall season starts off this weekend at the Head of the Housatonic, leading into the infamous Head of the Charles Regatta the 20th-22nd of October this year. Be sure to be on the lookout of the Big Green as they embark on the 2023-2024 season together as one!

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Another episode of the For Stars Podcast is here, and today we are proud to bring you a solid episode featuring the Head Coach of Harvard Radcliffe Women's Crew, Ms. Claire Ochal. This Crimson Coach is a Massachusetts Native, walking on to row for Boston University on their Women's Rowing team in 2008, graduating from BU in 2012, impacting the program on a positive note. Attending Graduate School at Temple University, Ochal coached the Owls Women's Rowing team as a Graduate Assistant, as her first introduction to coaching a Division 1 Crew team, learning the fundamentals. Coming down to California, Ochal coached for the well-known SoCal rowing program, Long Beach Junior Crew for a few years before being brought up to coach at Syracuse University, coaching the Women's Rowing team there for five years, departing in the role of Associate Head Coach, along with Recruiting Coordinator. During the summer of 2019, she assisted USRowing in the Under-23 Women for the Development Camp located at PNRA Mercer in New Jersey.

On the 31st of July this year, Ochal was appointed the Head Coach of the Crimson Women's Crew team, after her stint coaching the Orange. Announced this week, were the new additions of her coaching staff will be added forces into creating and improving the Radcliffe Women for years to come. We talk about all things rowing-related at Harvard, her first two months at the helm of the program, goals for this season, along with more topics shared. Coach Claire Ochal is well-suited for the job and is set on impacting the lives of these young women to be the fullest, and richest form of themselves that they can be. Be sure to tune into this wonderful episode. Go Crimson!

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Welcome everyone to another episode of the For Stars Podcast, featuring Director of Rowing for the US Naval Academy, Mr. Robert Friedrich, who also stands at the helm of the Men’s Heavyweight program as Head Coach. Friedrich attended Rutgers University, while rowing for the Men’s Rowing team, and spent sometime rowing on the US National Team, figuring out along the way that he was destined to be a collegiate rowing coach. 

In this episode we talk all Navy-rowing-related questions and topics, with our addition of the “Q&A”, and getting to know more about what it means to be a Midshipman. The Naval Academy is such an interesting program with many different requirements and standards set to where student-athletes are apart of a military-based organization preparing themselves to graduate and serve the United States of America. Coach Rob Friedrich loves what he does and is so blessed to be in charge alongside staff of this amazing rowing program featured at one of the top institutions in all of America. Tune into this solid episode, and get to know more about what it means to row for the Navy. 

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Welcome everyone to another episode featuring the "Man of the Hour" and arguably the most comedic Head Coach in the history of rowing, Mr. Chris Clark, Director of Rowing at the University of Wisconsin. The former Head Coach of the Badgers Men's Rowing Team, Clark cemented himself as a legend in the rowing world. His overall demeanor, way of communicating and being to the point, is unlike any other. This man has absolutely no fear. 

A man of dignity, Coach Clark emphasizes the importance of team culture, the brute force of power needed to propel a rowing shell, and laying down the basics to affirm success on the water, as he once learned as a walk-on for the Pirates at Orange Coast College. OCC, most commonly known as Coast, a two-year junior college in sunny Costa Mesa, California, the men of OCC train down in Newport Beach, where Clark first took his rows as a young man, advancing himself to row for a year at Stanford Men's Rowing, then transferring across the way to the University of California, Berkeley where he completed his collegiate rowing career. Eventually rowing for the United States National Team, Clark knew that somehow along the lines he was meant to coach rowing, leading him to coach at the US Naval Academy, and then entering the doors of Porter Boathouse, calling it home since then. 

This podcast is one for the books, not only was it filmed in Coach Clark's legendary "mobile office" away from the wife and kids, and the boathouse entirely... it was on the side of the road, as he believed has better internet connection. We discuss the state of the recent World Championships in Belgrade, influence of Steve Gladstone, coaching Beau Hoopman, coxswains on the team, the walk-on culture at Wisco, becoming the new Director of Wisconsin Rowing from being the former Head Coach of the Men's Rowing team for many years, answering the posted "Q&A's", how to establish a team that is fully invested with one sole purpose, along with more topics. Stay tuned, sit back, and listen to intelligence. Go Badgers, and On Wisconsin!

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Welcome everyone to another episode of the For Stars Podcast, featuring Head Coach of Rutgers Women's Rowing, Mr. Justin Price. This episode entails all of the characteristics involved within running a NCAA Division 1 crew team, and how he as a coach aims to influence his athletes in a positive manner. Price resembles one who genuinely cares about the overall health of the athlete, and being a great teammate to one another to not only advance the team, but the betterment of the individual in all avenues while at Rutgers and graduating from the university.

Price spent his college years studying and rowing for UCLA, going back to coach the Bruins this time on the Women's Rowing front after his time in the role of a Graduate Assistant at Notre Dame while in Law School. He was the Head Coach at LMU on the Women's Rowing team for one year before leading the Scarlet Knights where he has been for quite some time, and doing great things!

We discuss how important team culture is to his staff and program as a whole, his take on recruiting, metrics are not everything, future of rowing in America, how his program scouts athletes from all around the world, conference realignment within intercollegiate athletics and the Big 10, as well as the addition of powerhouses USC, UW, and his own alma mater, UCLA, now apart of the conference, answering questions asked by the viewers in our Q&A, goals and schedule for the upcoming 2023-2024 season, and more. Be sure to tune into this podcast featuring Coach Justin Price as he takes on another year at the helm of the program...This is one to listen to!

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Welcome to another episode of the For Stars Podcast, where we have the privilege of speaking to a Future Hall of Fame Rowing Coach, the highly-esteemed, Mr. Dave O'Neill of Texas Women's Rowing. It was about time that we had the Seven-Time Big 12 Coach of the Year, 2022 USRowing Man of the Year, 2022 Rowing News Coach of the Year, and '21 & '22 NCAA National Championship Head Coach along with Five-Time CRCA National Coach of the Year, with a plethora of other accomplishments and award recognitions... O'Neill cemented himself as an icon in this sport.

After speaking with newly Assistant Coach, Alexa McAuliffe '22, on the podcast earlier this year, Longhorn Legends - Kate Knifton '23 & coxswains Rachel Rane '23, Z Romero '23, the Texas Women's Rowing podcast with the middle four of the 2023 Varsity 8+, and Alexa Matos '26 prior to her start in the Fall of 2022, we have had the honor of hosting podcasts with much of the Texas Rowing roster, so we only felt that it was right to host Coach Dave O'Neill, who stands at the helm of the program.

This episode was one for the books, as we covered many different topics, speaking closely on the state of the squad this past spring season in 2023, elaborating more on his coaching strategy, coming to Texas after spending 16 years at Cal, benefits of being a Power-5 Conference rowing team and as a student-athlete, what being a Texas Teammate means to him and the coaching staff, Day in the Life of a Longhorn, responding to an incredible Q&A providing more depth on the program and how he (along with the coaching staff) operate on the daily.

Dave spent four years studying at Boston College, while rowing on the Men's Rowing Team. O'Neill resides in Austin, Texas with his family. This podcast is truly not one to miss out on, and we at the For Stars Podcast hope you sit back, click "play" and listen in on one of the greatest rowing coaches in history, Mr. Dave O'Neill. Last but not least, Hook 'Em Horns!

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