Tom Dougherty enters his first year as Oklahoma City University head men’s and women’s rowing coach.
Dougherty came to OCU from Iona, where he had served as assistant men’s and women’s rowing coach for the previous two seasons.
In addition to Iona, Dougherty has coached at Jacksonville University and Monsignor Bonner High School in Drexel Hill, Pa. He has spent the past two summers as head women’s coach for the New York Athletic Club, leading a crew to a club national championship each summer.
At Iona, Dougherty helped lead the Gaels to their first appearance in the Dad Vail Regatta in the women’s varsity eight. He guided the varsity student-athletes in the spring and the novice squad in the fall.
At Jacksonville, Dougherty, as assistant men’s coach, aided its freshmen eight to the 2013 Florida Intercollegiate Rowing Association championship and finals of the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships and the Dad Vail Regatta. In 2014, Dougherty helped the Jacksonville freshman-novice eight to first-place finishes at the FIRA Championships and Dad Vail Regatta and second at the SIRA Championships.
Dougherty earned his bachelor’s degree in broadcasting with a minor in journalism from Marietta College (Ohio). Dougherty competed with the rowing team as coxswain for the varsity eight. As a freshman, Dougherty was named captain and guided the freshmen eight to a fifth-place showing at the Dad Vail Regatta. Dougherty became president of the student-athlete advisory committee as a senior.
As a prep competitor at Monsignor Bonner, he served as coxswain for crews that won two medals at the Philadelphia City Championship finals and three medals at the Philadelphia Catholic League Championship.
