Geoff grew up in Southern California sailing almost every type of boat imaginable. Like all sailors from that area he grew up sailing the Naples Sabot before moving the the junior double-handed boat, which at that time was the Laser II. Geoff attended the University of California at Irvine earning a bachelor's degree in Psychology and competing on the varsity sailing team. He was selected to the ICYRA All-American Team three times as a skipper and once as a crew (1990-1993) and was a member of UCI's National Dinghy Championship Team in the spring of 1990. Since college he coached sailing at the collegiate level for more than 16 years for several schools including UC Santa Barbara, the University of Southern California, St. Mary's College of Maryland, The U.S. Naval Academy and most recently Washington College. In addition to collegiate coaching, Geoff has participated as part of the US SAILING Team, coaching the US Team at the 2003 and the 2007 Pan American Games.
Geoff also competes extensively in national and international events in several classes. Most recently he is ranked inside the top 100 of the ISAF World Match Race Rankings and campaigns a match race team during the summer and fall months. Geoff is also, and accomplished International Lightning skipper winning, with his team, the North American Championship in 2007. In 2009 he and his team placed 2nd at the NAs and weeks later competed at the 2009 International Lightning World Championship placing 6th.
We are pleased to have Geoff join our coaching team this spring.
--Andrew Davis
President Friends of Cornell Sailing
No comments:
Post a Comment