ITHACA, N.Y. – Tyler Nase, an Olympic oarsman for the US Rowing team, a decorated Ivy League competitor as an undergraduate, and a rising star in the coaching profession, has been named the Henry E. Bartels '48 Head Coach of Men's Lightweight Rowing on an interim basis.

Nase joins the Big Red after most recently serving as assistant lightweight coach at Penn since 2017. He helped the program to its first Ivy League championship in 50 years in 2019, and led them to a third-place finish nationally that same season. The 2021 team took second at IRAs, while the 2022 team topped Princeton on their Lake Carnegie home course for the first time in 44 years.

Nase has been involved in Ivy League rowing since his collegiate days at Princeton, where he competed on the varsity team all four years with the final three in the varsity eight boat. His freshman eight won bronze to help the Tigers claim EARC's Jope Cup along the way, with the varsity eight claiming Ivy League and IRA national titles.  His boat won the prestigious Head of the Charles and set the course record in 2010 for varsity lightweight eights. As a senior captain, Nase was awarded the 2013 Gordon Sikes medal, the team award for the senior member of the lightweight crew who has shown the best sportsmanship and done the most for rowing over their four years.

After graduating from Princeton, Nase continued his athletic career with the US Rowing team, where he became an Olympian, a medalist at the junior world championships and senior World cups, and an American record holder. He competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics as an oarsman in the men's lightweight straight four and won bronze at the 2016 World Cup, silver at the 2013 World Cup, and bronze at the 2008 Junior World Championships. Nase still holds the fastest American 2,000-meter erg time among lightweights at 6:04.4.

Nase earned his degree from Princeton in sociology in 2013 and is nearing completion of his MBA from Temple's Fox School of Business with a concentration in business analytics.

Nase fills the vacancy created by Chris Kerber's departure in mid-November.