Gordon Getsinger

Biography

Gordon Getsinger enters his first season at Dartmouth in 2025-26 as associate head coach. Getsinger comes to Dartmouth following a standout tenure as an assistant coach with the Washington Huskies, one of the premier rowing programs in the nation. While in Seattle, Gordon served as the lead recruiter and played a key role in developing crews that consistently won medals at Conference and National Championships. Getsinger most recently coached the Washington second varsity eight that won a gold medal at the Big 10 Conference Championship and a silver medal at the 2025 NCAA National Championship. Those performances were key in helping Washington win the 2025 Big 10 Team Championship and earn a fourth-place team finish at the NCAA National Championship. "I am honored to join the Dartmouth women's rowing program and grateful to John Graves and the Dartmouth leadership for believing in me," said Getsinger. "I am excited to work alongside an extraordinary coaching staff and with the talented women of Dartmouth Rowing. My wife, Carly and I could not be more thrilled to raise our three daughters here in the Upper Valley and become part of this incredible community." Before Washington, Getsinger made his mark on the national scene as head coach of the junior women at Saugatuck Rowing Club. From 2014 to 2019, Getsinger's crews enjoyed an impressive string of success winning the youth women's eight at the Head of the Charles and Youth National Championships five consecutive years. Under