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Ric Ricci

Ric Ricci

Ric Ricci brings 47 years of coaching experience to the Connecticut College men’s rowing program in 2019-20.

Ricci was a three-year varsity oarsman at Trinity and captained the team during his senior year. He won the pair without coxswain event at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championship in 1972 and 1973 and was also a finalist at the 1972 Olympic Trials as well as the Henley Royal Regatta in England. Ricci then began his coaching career at Connecticut College in 1973 during his infancy and has developed the program to what it is today.

After leaving Connecticut College in 1981, Ricci coached the freshman heavyweight crew at Yale University and ran the club program at the Blood Street Sculls Rowing Club in Old Lyme, Connecticut. He then served as the head coach of the women’s rowing program at Rutgers University before returning to Connecticut College in 1988.

Since his return to New London, Ricci has built a strong tradition as the pilot of the Connecticut College men’s rowing program. The Camels have taken two gold and eight silver medals at the New England Championship and two gold and one bronze medal at the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia. In 1991, he coached a silver medalist pair at the Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba.

In addition to coaching at the collegiate level, Ricci also serves as the associate director of the sculling program at the Craftsbury Sculling Center in Craftsbury Common, Vermont. He has been coaching with the organization since 1982.