Wendy Wisehart

Experience: Sixth Season at Iowa Alma Mater: University of Iowa, 1993

Wendy Wisehart is entering her sixth season as an assistant coach for the Hawkeyes. Wisehart, a native of Cedar Rapids and an Iowa alum, returned to the University of Iowa in 1998 after two and a half years as the head coach at New York University.

This year, Wisehart will continue working with the Novice squad and continue being the Recruiting Coordinator for the rowing program.

From 1998 to the spring of 2002, Wisehart worked as the varsity assistant, handling coaching and recruiting duties. During the fall seasons, Wisehart worked with the second and third varsity groups in 2`s, 4's and 8's, and coached the varsity 4's in the spring.

During the fall of 2000, Wisehart coached Iowa's Championship 4+ for the Head of the Charles. The boat finished 10th overall and third among U.S. universities. In the spring, the V4+ went 6-3 in dual competition and placed second at the Big Ten Championships and Central Regionals. At the NCAA Championship, the V4+ was the only Iowa boat to medal, finishing with a bronze. In the spring of 2002, Wisehart coached the 2V8+ to a 6-4 record and the boat made it to the Grand Finals at the Central Regional Championships. In the last six weeks of the spring of 2003, Wisehart again coached the 2V8+. The boat won silver at the Big Ten Championships and a bronze at the Central Regionals.

Before returning to Iowa, Wisehart was head coach at New York University, and directed all aspects of the men's and women's club program. The team had several successes, taking gold at the NY Metropolitan Championships in the Women's Open 4+ (`97), two golds at the Grimeldi Regatta in N.Y., one in the Women's 2- and one in Men's Novice 4+ (`98) and a gold in the Men's Novice 4+ at the Murphy Cup in Philadelphia (`98).

Wisehart learned to row at St. John's College in Annapolis, Md., and later transferred to Iowa to continue rowing with the university's club program. Wisehart rowed bow in the Women's Varsity Lightweight 4+ in 1992, which went undefeated in its spring sprint season. They won gold at the Midwest Championships, Dad Vail Regatta, Eastern Sprints and a national title at the Collegiate National Championships in Cincinnati, Ohio. Wisehart served as varsity co-captain and the club's secretary in 1992-93. Currently, she holds a Level III Coaching certificate from US Rowing.

Wisehart graduated in 1993 from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a minor in Women's Studies. She graduated in 1999 from New York University with a Master of Arts degree in Women's History. Her thesis, entitled "Broads in the Boathouse: There Goes the Neighborhood," discusses women's rowing history.