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Vesper Boat Club has hired Ivo Krakic as director of rowing and Marqus Brown as head coach of the racing team, as the venerable Philadelphia club pursues high-performance objectives going into the summer.
“Vesper is excited to breathe new life into our storied racing program with the hiring of Krakic and Brown,” said Vesper board member Greg Ansolabehere.
“With an emphasis on big-boat competition, Ivo and Marqus will guide Vesper athletes to podium-level finishes domestically and abroad. In addition to competing at all the regattas we know and love, Vesper intends to forge relationships with other clubs in the rowing community and create new racing opportunities.”
Krakic, a 2017 alumnus of Drexel University who rowed on the Croatian national team, is in his third year as the head coach at La Salle University. He has led the Explorers’ first and second men’s varsity eights to their highest-ever national rankings, finishing 18th and 16th, respectively, at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association national championship.
Brown, a La Salle grad and Philly native, has extensive experience across the country, having trained as an elite athlete with Penn AC, coached at the University of Washington, and most recently having run a youth rowing program in Texas.
“They’re both bringing serious experience to the table, and it’s a big step for Vesper as they continue to build their high-performance pipeline,” said Vesper’s communications secretary Allison Mueller. “The summer team is gearing up now, and they’ve had athletes competing at Olympic trials and speed orders, so this feels like a natural evolution.”
