Our Coaches

Coach Cathy Coffman has been rowing for over 40 years and her coaching experience spans 30 years with juniors, as well as masters and college rowers.

Coffman has rowed at Washington-Lee High School, The University of Virginia, Potomac Boat Club, Occoquan Boat Club, and Rivanna Rowing Club. She was the runner up at the 2014 CRASH-B’s in the Senior Veteran Lightweight event. As a rower, she has medalled at Stotesbury, Dad Vails, Club and Master’s Nationals, as well as the Head of the Charles.

Most recently, Coffman has been the head coach of the Albemarle HS Crew. Her crews have won New England, Scholastic Nationals, and Stotesbury. Several of her rowers have gone on to be on the junior national team and/or row in college. 

Roger brings 40 years of rowing and coaching experience to RRC. He rowed collegiately at University of Washington, sculled competitively at Lake Washington RC and Undine BC, winning championships at numerous regional and national regattas. He restarted the Intramural Rowing Program at University of Washington after a 30-year hiatus. He built boats with Pocock Racing Shells and Owen Racing Shells. He has coached at Lake Washington RC, Seattle Pacific, Oregon State, Wisconsin, and Virginia. He has coached at numerous USRowing Jr. and Sr. Selection and development camps, men and women, and has worked with athletes at U-23 World Championships, Pan Am games, and most recently at the Paralympics in London. He is currently the boatman at University of Virginia.

Coach Ronnie Cantrell became RRC Head Coach in January 2026, and is Head Novice Coach for the Virginia Rowing Association.

Ronnie first started rowing in high school at Skyline Crew in 2013, where he rowed all four years. He spent the summer of 2016 as an athlete for the U.S. Junior High Performance Team. After graduating in 2017, he attended Oxford Brookes University in the United Kingdom, where he continued his rowing career.

Ronnie brings a variety of coaching experience ranging from juniors to collegiate prior to coming to Virginia. At the junior level he coached for Skyline Crew, Pioneer Crew, Saratoga Juniors, and the Washtenaw Rowing Center. At the collegiate level for Michigan State Women’s Rowing, and University of Michigan Men. He has also coached for Craftsbury Sculling Center in the summer, alongside the U.S. U19 Women’s Olympic Development Program, and the U.S. U23 Women’s Selection Development Camp. Ronnie is currently a U.S. Rowing Level 3 certified coach.

Reece Anderson began rowing at Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake, Virginia in 2016. She is a 3x VASRA Championship medalist and 2x Stotesbury finalist. After graduating in 2021, she joined the UVA club team as a coxswain where she won gold at the 2022 ACRA Championship in the Men’s Novice 8+. In the fall of 2022, she transitioned back to rowing, winning the ACRA Championship again in the Women’s Varsity 1x (2023) and the Women's Varsity 2- (2025). Reece is a three-time ACRA All-American and All-Academic athlete. She began coaching in 2023 and is now an assistant coach for RRC, Albemarle High School, and the UVA club team. Reece is currently pursuing her PhD in Pharmacology at the UVA School of Medicine.  

Ian Jenkins joined the Rivanna Rowing Club (RRC) as an assistant coach in Spring 2026. He arrived in Charlottesville in August 2025 to begin a coaching internship with the Virginia Rowing Association (VRA) under Head Coach Frank Biller and Novice Men’s Coach Ronnie Cantrell.

A lifelong athlete with deep roots in rowing, Ian grew up around the sport. His father served as a coach, boatman, and faculty advisor for Purdue Crew for many years, while both of his parents and his sister competed for the Boilermakers. Ian began his own rowing career as a freshman at Purdue where he studied mechanical engineering. 

During his time at Purdue, Ian earned significant recognition for his contributions both on and off the water. In 2023, he was voted by the men’s and women’s teams to receive the Frederick L. Hovde Award from the President of Purdue University—an honor given to the student-athlete who best represents Purdue Crew through service, sportsmanship, and citizenship. In his senior year (2024), he was named Most Valuable Oarsman by the men’s team.

After graduating from Purdue, Ian transitioned into coaching. He began as a volunteer coach with Texas A&M Rowing Club in Spring 2025 before joining the VRA program. In addition to his role with RRC and VRA, Ian also coaches for Western Albemarle High School in Charlottesville. 

Rebecca has coached for Rivanna Rowing for 3 years and rowed for 7 years starting her freshman year of high school with the AHS juniors, where she competed in the quad.  She won 3 gold medals at the VASRA State Championships, and reached finals at Stotesbury. She won 2 bronze medals at the SRAA national championships. She went on to cox for the UVA men's team for a season and was also a cox for RRC. Rebecca has volunteered with Darden School LTR events.