Coaches and Advisors
Program Coaches
Wyatt Nordstrom
Wyatt has over thirty years of experience in rowing, having made the journey from 13-year-old coxswain to lightweight scholastic rower to heavyweight collegiate rower to competitive masters open water sculler.
His rowing career started in the Fall of 1990 as a founding member of the crew at The McCallie School in Chattanooga, TN, where he was the team’s original varsity coxswain (yup, that’s him being held up by the rowers after coxing the McCallie 4+ to victory at Midwest Scholastics in 1991). Midway through high school, a major growth spurt ejected him from the coxswain’s seat, so he turned around and grabbed an oar, eventually landing a seat in the heavyweight 8 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After college, Wyatt got involved with the open water rowing scene in San Francisco, becoming a masters sculler at the South End Rowing Club and the Dolphin Club, where he led the rowing program for two years (he’s the guy in the stroke seat of the coastal quad out on SF Bay).
An all-around rower, Wyatt has rowed every seat in almost every type of boat (including both modern shells and traditional craft) and in all types of conditions (including flat water, open water, and coastal). More importantly, he has taught and coached hundreds of rowers of all ages, and is happiest when he is helping new rowers discover the joy of our sport and experienced rowers develop new skills. He is a USRowing Certified Coach with up-to-date First Aid, CPR, Boating Safety, and SafeSport training.
Wyatt lives in Incline Village with his wife, Linda, 6-year-old son, Alex, and German Shepherd, Dixie.
President and Coach
Program Advisors
Technical Advisor
Tom Darling
Tom came to rowing almost by accident. At 14, a minor classroom infraction at Belmont Hill School in Belmont, MA — where his favorite sports had been football, basketball, and baseball — led a rowing coach to convince him to give the sport a try. It turned out to be, in Tom’s own words, the best decision of his life.
Tom went on to row at Syracuse University and earned a place on three US Olympic Rowing Teams: the 1980 Moscow team (which was boycotted), the 1984 Los Angeles team, and the 1988 Seoul team. At the 1984 Los Angeles Games, he won a silver medal in the Men's Eight.
Between Olympic campaigns, Tom joined the Stars and Stripes America's Cup team from 1985 to 1987, serving as both a grinder and the team's conditioning coach. The team successfully reclaimed the America's Cup from Australia. Drawing on his rowing background, Tom designed an upper-body endurance training program tailored to the demands of competitive sailing.
That experience inspired him to pursue graduate study, and in 1991 he earned a Master of Education in Physical Education from Boston University while coaching the BU Men's Rowing Team. He returned to sailing from 1994 to 1996, again designing the training program for the Stars and Stripes America's Cup campaign. Tom married in 1997, and his daughter Lia was born in 2001.
He later moved into the financial services industry while continuing to coach rowing on the side. In 2013, he joined USRowing as Director of Para Rowing, identifying and developing athletes for Paralympic competition. He led a team to the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games and held the position through 2020. During that period, he also set several world records on the Concept2 ergometer in the 2000-meter event for his age categories (55 and 60).
Tom now brings his extraordinary depth of experience to Lake Tahoe, with a goal of helping establish and grow a junior rowing program on the lake.
Head Coach
Jennifer Greenough
Jennifer began her rowing career in Seattle at Green Lake Crew. She started sweep rowing as a freshman, and decided two oars were better than one. While continuing to scull in the single, double, and quad, in her sophomore year she began coxing the boys heavyweight boats. She and the boys won the national championship her junior year in the 8+ and her senior year she won the gold in the boys 8+ and 4+ along with a silver in bow seat in the girl’s 4X-.
Jennifer continued her coxing career at Brown her freshman and sophomore years, winning a bronze at Head of the Charles in the men’s freshman 4+. She shifted from competitive rowing to coaching youth at Narragansett Boat Club in Providence, RI during the remainder of her time at Brown.
Having relocated to Incline Village from Seattle, Jennifer was excited to see a social media post about the youth crew team. She obtained her Level 2 Coaching certificate from USRowing and coaches adults and youth. She has an “any seat, any boat, any time” mentality, so you are as likely to see her coaching from the launch, the beach, or a single, or rowing or coxing when there is a seat to fill.
Jennifer is a PSIA certified ski instructor and teaches private and group lessons at Northstar California Resort in the winter. She also enjoys alpine and Nordic skiing, road and trail running, hiking, and mountain biking.
Jennifer holds an AB in History and Latin American Studies from Brown and an MBA from the University of Washington. She spent 25 years in the biotech sector, mainly as a project manager, at Immunex, Amgen, and PATH.
Coach
Bailey Blosser
Bailey brings a lifetime of rowing experience to her coaching, having competed at the highest levels of the sport from her scholastic years through Division I college rowing.
Bailey's competitive career began at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where she rowed from 2000 to 2004. Her junior career culminated in back-to-back team achievements — earning an individual national championship in the single scull in 2003 and helping lead her Varsity 8 to a Florida State Championship in 2004. That same year, she was selected to attend USRowing's prestigious Selection Camp, a recognition reserved for the nation's top junior athletes.
She went on to row for UCLA, competing at the Division I level and earning seats in the Varsity 4+, Second Varsity 8, and as stroke of the Novice 8. Her crew reached the podium at the San Diego Crew Classic with a second-place finish in the Novice 8, and she contributed to a Varsity 4 that placed fourth at the Pac-10 Championships.
After her competitive career, Bailey transitioned into coaching, serving as a scholastic coach at St. Ignatius in San Francisco. She holds a USRowing Level 1 Coaching Certification and maintains current SafeSport, Red Cross First Aid, and CPR certifications.
Outside of rowing, Bailey holds a BS in Environmental Science from UCLA, and works as an Account Director at ERM, the world’s largest sustainability consultancy.
Coach
Cindy Barker
Cindy developed her passion for rowing through the competitive youth programs at Los Gatos Rowing Club and NorCal Crew, building the foundation that would carry her to the Division I level.
Cindy went on to compete for the University of Notre Dame, where she earned seats in both the Varsity 8 and Varsity 4. Her dedication and growth as an athlete were recognized with the Most Improved award following her junior year — a testament to her commitment to the sport and her coachability.
After her competitive career, Cindy returned to the sport as a coach. She holds a USRowing Level 1 Coaching Certification and maintains current SafeSport, Red Cross First Aid, and CPR certifications.
Outside of rowing, Cindy serves as a Community Resilience Specialist at Thrive Alliance and shares her love of the outdoors as a Ski Instructor at Diamond Peak. She holds a BS in Sociology and an MS in Nonprofit Administration from the University of Notre Dame.
