University of Wisconsin-Madison Men's Rowing

Olympic champion, National Rowing and UW Athletics Hall of Famer and 12-year UW men's assistant rowing coach Beau Hoopman took over the Wisconsin men's rowin...

Adam Wehking began his Wisconsin coaching career in the fall of 2022 after an illustrious rowing career on the water for UW. Wehking did it all during his five years on the Badger rowing team, rowing with the first varsity eight for four years, including earning Intercollegiate Rowing Coaches Association (IRCA) All-America honors in both 2021 and 2022. As former UW head coach Chris Clark praised Wehking when he joined the coaching staff, "Adam is the epitome of a Badger oarsman; a terrific athlete, a leader on the team and throughout Athletics, and born and bred locally." One of three team captains for the 2022 season, he was also team captain in 2021. A multiple Academic All-Big Ten student, the Marshall, Wisconsin, native won UW's 2022 Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award for men in the athtetic department, while also earning Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades. Invited to USRowing's Under 23 Selection Camp in 2020, Wehking was a walk-on at Wisconsin, earning the inaugural IRCA Novice Walk-On Award in 2021. Wehking came to Wisconsin after spending high school as a three-sport athlete in football, basketball and baseball, captaining football and basketball three times and earning all-conference accolades in all three sports including as a quarterback, defensive end and outside linebacker in football. He was conference player of the year in basketball. "Guys like Adam are unfortunately incredibly rare. It's very unusual to find a young college kid who from the very sta

Wisconsin's already-strong rowing tradition was bolstered in 1996 with the hiring of Chris Clark as head coach of the men's rowing program. The 2002 Independent Rowing News College Coach of the Year, Clark quickly established himself as an architect of winning crews after taking over the reins from 28-year head coach Randy Jablonic. Clark brought the Wisconsin program to the peak of collegiate rowing during the 2008 season when the Wisconsin varsity eight took home the school's first national championship since 1990. The crew would later be named "Crew of the Year" by Row2k.com voters, as well as "Best of 2008" by Rowing News and the EARC Heavyweight Crew of the Year. Clark was also named EARC Heavyweight Coach of the Year that season. Wisconsin rowing, however, has been among the nation's elite during Clark's entire tenure. The coach led the Badgers to recapture the Intercollegiate Rowing Championship's Ten Eyck Trophy in 1997 after a nine-year absence. The trophy, which annually recognizes the school scoring the most total points in the IRA national competition, was retained by the Badgers in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002, indicating Wisconsin's dominance on the national scene. Over that stretch, four UW boats won national titles in 1999 and 2000, three boats won grand finals in 1998, two in 2001 and one in 2002. Two more boats won titles at the 2003 IRA. In addition to titles, Clark's crews have won numerous medals at the IRA during his coaching tenure, including a streak of 1

Former Badger rower and assistant coach to the UW men’s rowing program, Lowell McNicholas returned to Wisconsin as a coaching assistant after five years as an assistant coach with the University of Iowa Hawkeyes women’s rowing team. McNicholas previously joined the UW coaching staff for the 2015-16 season after spending time working at the Wisconsin state capitol where he worked in the office of State Senator Lena C. Taylor as the Madison Director. McNicholas joined the Wisconsin rowing team as a freshman beginning with the 2009-10 season after rowing during high school with Camp Randall Rowing Club in Madison. During his first year as a Badger, he helped lead the men's open four to a silver medal at the 2010 Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships. In addition, he led the second varsity eight boat to the title at the Eastern Sprints in 2012. He lettered twice in his collegiate career, 2012 and 2013, and was a member of the 2013 Academic All-Big Ten team. At Iowa, he joined the Hawkeyes in December 2021, helping the team finish fifth at the Big Ten Championship in 2022 and 2023. In 2025, he helped lead Iowa’s varsity rowing team to their fourth year earning Big Ten Boat of the Week recognitions.

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Peter N. Turney, of Marshfield, Wisconsin, joined the Badger rowing program in September of 2024. Coach Turney brings over a decade of experience in college athletics having served most recently as the Senior Associate Athletics Director for NCAA Compliance at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. He also served in similar roles with the University of Utah, Arizona State, and Northern Illinois. A 2005 University of Wisconsin graduate and a proud member of the rowing team from 2000-05 as a walk-on, Coach Turney rowed alongside current head coach Beau Hoopman. During his college career Turney was a two-time letter winner, served as interim captain during the 2005 season, twice earned Academic All-Big Ten honors, and raced in the Badgers' varsity eight at the 2005 IRA National Championships. He also helped the UW win the IRA team championship, Ten Eyck trophy, in 2001 and 2002, their third and fourth consecutive titles. After graduating from Wisconsin, Turney pursued a law degree from DePaul University and continued rowing at the masters level. Turney and his wife, Alissa, also a former Wisconsin rower, have two children.