Coach Dan Passarella

Dan Passarella starting rowing in middle school in Belleville, N.J., and continued in high school from 1980 to 1985. He rowed at Marietta College from 1985 to 1987. After graduating from college, he coached the Marietta College crew team from 1988 to 1990. After moving back to New Jersey, he coached Nutley and Belleville high schools from 1993 to 1995. In 2019 after a career in the IT industry in Northern Virginia, he became a founding member and head coach of Riverside High School Crew team.

Passarella and his wife have been living in Loudoun County, Va., for over 20 years and have a son who is rows at Marietta College in Ohio.