Pat Lapage

Pat is a Co-Founder of Charles River Rowing and the Associate Head Coach of men’s heavyweight rowing at Harvard. He has coached at Harvard for 14 years since graduating in 2012! In addition to coaching the 2V and 3V to wins at Eastern Sprints and medals at IRAs, he also coached the USA U23 team in 2022 and 2023, directing the coxed four to a bronze and silver medal respectively. Pat’s favorite part about rowing is watching guys compete – there’s nothing like a great come from behind victory or hanging on for a close win!

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Tom Siddall

Tom is a Co-Founder of Charles River Rowing and the Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator for the heavyweight men’s team at Harvard. Tom primarily coaches the 3V and 4V for Harvard, and has led both of those crews to medals and wins at both Eastern Sprints and IRA’s. In addition to those roles Tom works for US Paralympic Team; specifically, coaching the PR3 4+ to silver medals at both the 2023 World Rowing Championships and 2024 Paralympic Games. Tom has coached up and down the Charles, and loves being a part of the Boston rowing community!