Eastern Michigan Athletics
Women's Rowing
- Title:
- Head Women's Rowing Coach
- Email:
- bholdren@emich.edu
- Phone:
- 734.487.6690
The 2013-14 season marks the ninth year for Brad Holdren with the Eastern Michigan University rowing squad and his sixth as head coach.
Holdren was named assistant rowing coach at EMU, August 5, 2004, before being named the interim head coach, Aug. 8, 2006. He was elevated to head coach in the spring of 2007 and has been at the helm since that time.
Under Holdren’s leadership the rowing program has seen his teams improve on the water and in the classroom, as more than 30 student-athletes have earned CRCA Academic All-American honors in the program’s history. The team finished the 2011-12 school year with a team GPA of 3.2.
Over the past seven years the Eagles have produced four NCAA second-team All-Region selections.
The 42-year old Holdren (7-3-70) was named the head coach of both the men’s and women’s rowing programs at Mary Washington College (Fredericksburg, VA) in August 1998 and served in that capacity until resigning to join the EMU staff.
He was responsible for building the Mary Washington program from its inception.
In 2008, Holdren had a total of seven student-athletes earn Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association National Scholar-Athlete accolades, as Heather Anderson, Kate Dirks, Kristen Dunkin, Anamarie Esteva, Noel McAuliffe, Janelle Mitchell, and senior Beth Logsdon all picked up National Scholar-Athlete accolades.
Other coaching stints that Holdren embarked on were at Clemson University (1997-98), Armstrong Atlantic State University (1996-97), Savannah Country Day School (1995-96), and Grand Valley State University (1993-94).
As a rower, Holdren was the 1993 national champion in men’s senior lightweight double sculls as an athlete at Grand Valley. In the 1994 event, Holdren finished third in the senior light double competition.
In all, Holdren has coached 20 former student-athletes that have gone on to become both assistant and head coaches at both the high school and collegiate level.
Holdren graduated from Grand Valley State University in 1993 with a degree in physical education with a coaching emphasis.
A native of Trenton, Mich., Holdren graduated from Gibraltor Carlson High School in 1988 after earning 10 varsity letters in golf, basketball, swimming and rowing. He was rowing’s Most Valuable Performer in his senior season.
| The Brad Holdren File | |
| Name: | Brad Holdren |
| College: | Grand Valley State University - Bachelor's degree in Physical Education with Coaching Emphasis - 1993 |
| Coaching Experience | ||||
| Year | Organization/School | Position | CAA Finish | Honors |
| 2013-14 | Eastern Michigan University | Head Coach | 5th | Dual win over Drake (V8), 1 all-conference selection, 1 all-academic selection |
| 2012-13 | Eastern Michigan University | Head Coach | t-5th | 7 CRCA national scholar-athletes, 1 all-region selection |
| 2011-12 | Eastern Michigan University | Head Coach | --- | 3 CRCA national scholar-athletes |
| 2010-11 | Eastern Michigan University | Head Coach | --- | Won 3 races at Governor's Cup (N4, V8, V8), 4 CRCA national scholar-athletes |
| 2009-10 | Eastern Michigan University | Head Coach | --- | Dual win over GVSU (V8, V4), 8 CRCA national scholar-athletes, 1 all-region selection |
| 2008-09 | Eastern Michigan University | Head Coach | --- | 7 CRCA national scholar-athletes |
| 2007-08 | Eastern Michigan University | Head Coach | --- | 9 CRCA national scholar-athletes, 1 all-region selection |
| 2006-07 | Eastern Michigan University | Interim Head Coach | --- | Dual win over Mercyhurst (V8), 5 CRCA national scholar-athletes, 1 all-region selection |
| 2005-06 | Eastern Michigan University | Assistant Coach | --- | 1st (V4) at Indiana Quad, 2 national CRCA scholar-athletes |
| 2004-05 | Eastern Michigan University | Assistant Coach | --- | |
| 1998-04 | Mary Washington College | Head Coach | --- | Started the MWC men's and women's rowing teams |
| 1997-98 | Clemson University | Head Coach | --- | Head Men's and Women's Coach |
| 1996-97 | Armstrong Atlantic State University | Head Coach | --- | Head Men's and Women's Coach |
| 1995-96 | Savannah Country Day H.S. | Head Coach | --- | Head Boy's and Girls's Coach |
| 1995-98 | Wyandotte Boat Club | Assistant Coach | --- | Assistant Coach |
| 1992-94 | Grand Valley State University | Head Coach | --- | Head Men's and Women's Club Coach |
