Todd Vogt was hired as an assistant coach in September of 2012. Prior to coming to UP, Vogt spent a year as an assistant coach at Lewis & Clark, helping lead the men’s varsity 4 to a first-place finish at the Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference Championships.
“I am very excited to be coaching at the University of Portland,” Vogt said. “I was very impressed by the level of success experienced in the first year of the program, and I’m hoping to help the team improve even further. I’m looking forward to coaching with and learning from head coach Bill Zack, who has a ton of experience and knowledge.
“Todd helped out with the program last year, and his enthusiasm and knowledge were evident,” said Zack. “He interacts very well with the student-athletes, and his addition makes our coaching staff much stronger. We’re very happy to have him on board.”
Before joining the staff at Lewis & Clark, Vogt was an assistant coach at Willamette University for two years (2009-11). While with the Bearcats, Vogt helped the women reach a No. 12 national ranking.
A native of Rochester, N.Y., Vogt was also the head coach for the Portland Women’s Rowing Club (2011-12), and he spent the last two summers coaching at the Pennsylvania Athletic Club and at the Craftsbury Sculling Center in Vermont. While at the Pennsylvania Athletic Club, the lightweight 8+ he coached won at the USRowing Club National Championships.
Vogt began coaching in 2005 at the Lake Oswego Community Rowing club in Lake Oswego, Ore., working with both juniors and masters rowers. He began rowing his freshman year at the University of Buffalo, in Buffalo, N.Y., where he competed and won medals at various regattas including the New York State Collegiate Championships and the Dad Vail Regatta. After graduating he continued rowing with the West Side Rowing Club in Buffalo, racing in various regattas such as US Nationals and Canadian Henley.
Vogt is a USRowing Certified Level 2 Coach.