Heavyweight Rowing
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- pbrunner@princeton.edu
- Phone:
- 258-5356
Phillip Brunner is in his second year as an assistant coach at Princeton.
He helped coach Princeton to a memorable 2016 season. The Tigers won medals at every IRA championship final, including gold in the 3V and silver in both the 2V and V4, and it also won medals in the top four races at Eastern Sprints. Princeton won the Rowe Cup (team points) title at Sprints, and it finished second in the IRA team points race; that was the Tigers' best team finish at IRAs since 2005.
Brunner coached at Yale last year and led the fourth varsity boat to the Sprints grand final, as well as assisting in all other aspects of the program. It was a memorable year for the Bulldogs, who won their first Sprints gold since 1982, and then won the Ladies Challenge Plate at Henley.
Prior to his time at Yale, Brunner coached at his alma mater, Notre Dame, for three seasons, including two as head coach (2012-14). He guided the 2014 Fighting Irish to its first medal in three years at the American Collegiate Rowing Association Championships. He also spent summers working with both the New York and Pennsylvania Athletic Clubs.
Brunner rowed at Notre Dame, where he graduated Cum Laude with a degree in History. He earned a place in the Notre Dame Glynn Family Honors Program.
