July 28, 2008
Norfolk, Va. - Old Dominion University head rowing coach Heather Weisel announced today the addition of Daniel Garbutt to the Monarchs coaching staff where he will serve as the first assistant coach for the women's varsity rowing team which will begin competing this fall.
"Coach Garbutt brings a wealth of rowing and coaching experience at the highest levels of the sport, added Weisel. "We are really excited to add his enthusiasm and determination to our coaching staff."
A 2001 graduate of Princeton University, Garbutt's collegiate career began in 1998 with him winning the Freshman Award and being named a member of the United States National Team, while the Tigers captured the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Championship. He went on to earn three varsity letters in men's heavyweight crew as Princeton won three Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC) Championships (1998, 1999, 2001). As a senior in 2001 he received All-Ivy League and All-American honors.
Garbutt's collegiate coaching career began as an intern and technical assistant at the University of Washington in 2001. He then went on to spend two years as an assistant men's rowing coach at Northeastern from 2002 to 2004. Since then Garbutt has spent time as a volunteer coach with several high school programs and most recently Princeton's lightweight men's crew, while working full-time as a senior specialist for the Centralized Business Review Unit of Merrill Lynch.