Staff Directory

Sergio Espinoza

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Assistant Coach
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Sergio Espinoza was named Assistant Coach of the Princeton University heavyweight rowing team in October 2025.

Espinoza joined the Tigers after spending nine seasons on staff at the University of Washington.

Espinoza helped lead the Tigers to an incredibly successful 2026 season and was named to the Ivy League Coaching Staff of the Year. Espinoza was part of a staff that guided the Tigers to a second-place finish in the Ten Eyck standings at the IRA National Championships along with a gold medal for the 2V, its first since 1998, and bronze medals for the 1V and 3V. At Eastern Sprints, Espinoza helped guide Princeton a Rowe Cup victory for most team points and gold medals for the 2V, 3V, 4V, and 5V along with silvers for the 1V and the 4+.

Espinoza led domestic and international recruiting efforts for five Pac-12 championships and two Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Championships at UW.

At UW, Espinoza coached the freshmen from 2019-2024, instilling strong values and work ethic. From 2019-2024, he recruited the national championship squad which swept IRAs in 2024. Espinoza coached the IRA and Pac-12 Champion 3V8+ and freshman 8+ in 2021 and also coached the IRA and Pac-12 Champion 3V8+ in 2019. In 2018 Espinoza coached the IRA Champion 3V8+ and Pac-12 Runner Up Freshman 8+, and in 2017 coached the Pac-12 Champion Men’s Coxed Four.

In addition, Espinoza has served as the U23 USA Men’s National Team Head Coach and the Head Scout for the men and women. In 2025, Espinoza coached the U23 M4- to its first even gold medal and led USA to a silver medal in the 8+ along with a gold medal in the 4+, the best finish since 2018. In 2019 he coached the men’s 4+ to a sixth-place finish and in 2023 coached the men’s 2- to a 10th-place finish. 2018 saw Espinoza coach the men’s 4+ to a gold medal, which was the first ever for the USA in that boat class.

Espinoza joined the UW men's rowing program in 2016 after spent the summer as an intern rowing coach for the U.S. Junior National Team where he assisted with camp logistics, led video accumulation and dissemination efforts, and coached small boats.

Espinoza spent the previous five summers coaching at the River City Rowing Club in West Sacramento, Calif. There he coached junior high and high school students who now compete at collegiate rowing powerhouses such as Washington, Harvard, and Brown.

Espinoza spent four years on the University of Puget Sound rowing program, where he was a three-year captain of the men's varsity team. In addition to rowing at UPS, he earned his B.S. in exercise science and served as president of his fraternity during his senior year.