Coaching Experience
• Head Coach of Lightweight Rowing, Cornell University (2022-Present)
• Assistant Coach, University of Pennsylvania (2017-22)
Competitive Experience
• Princeton University (2010-13)
• Senior captain
• Three-year member of the varsity eight
• Helped team win the Jope Cup as a freshman
• US National Team
• 2016 Olympian in the men's lightweight coxless four
• Two-time World Team member (2014, 2015)
Education
• B.A., Sociology, Princeton University (2013)
• M.B.A., Business Administration, Temple University (2023)
At Cornell
Nase has directed every aspect of the program since, from fundraising and recruiting to training and race strategy. The Big Red saw marked improvement during the 2022-23 season, winning its first Head of the Charles and Princeton Chase races in five years, knocking off top-ranked Princeton on home waters to recapture the Platt and Harriot Cups, then finishing on the podium at the Eastern Sprints in the second, third and fourth varsity boats - winning the 4V. The Big Red claimed fifth place at the IRA National Championship, tied for the program's best finish since 2020.
Cornell has claimed three cup races during the 2023-24 season, defeating Penn (Matthews/Leonard Cup), Columbia (Geiger Cup), and Dartmouth (Baggaley Bowl). Despite falling to Princeton in the 1V8+, Cornell won the Harriot Trophy for winning in the 2V8+ and 3V8+ events. At the IRA National Championship, the Big Red had a fourth-place finish, signifying Cornell's best placing at the event since winning its national championship in 2019.
For the second consecutive season, the Big Red claimed three cup races, edging Princeton for the Platt Cup and Harriot Trophy, while defeating Columbia and Dartmouth. The win over Dartmouth was Cornell's 11th consecutive time winning the Baggaley Bowl. Cornell placed third at the Eastern Sprints Championship for the third consecutive year.
Prior To Cornell
Nase joined the Big Red after serving as an assistant coach of the Penn men's lightweight rowing team from 2017 to 2022. He helped guide the Quakers 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 finished second at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Championships, while the 2022 team topped Princeton for the first time on the Tigers' home course for the first time in 44 years.
He has been around 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 1V8+. As a freshman, Nase's freshman 8+ won bronze, aiding the Tigers to claim EARC’s Jope Cup, with the 1V8+ claiming Ivy League and IRA national titles. His boat won at the prestigious Head of the Charles while setting the course record in 2010 for varsity L8+. 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.
Rowing Career
Nase has been around 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. As a freshman, 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.
Since 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.
Personal
Nase earned his degree from Princeton in sociology in 2013 and earned his MBA from Temple’s Fox School of Business with a concentration in business analytics in 2023.
About the Benefactor:
Henry E. Bartels '48 named the Lightweight Rowing Coach position in 2001. He was a former Cornell rower, received a degree in industrial engineering, and became a naval aviator, flying bombers during World War II. After a 37-year career in metalworking manufacturing, he retired as vice president of Insilco Corp. and president of an Insilco subsidiary. In 1999, he and Nancy (his wife of 66 years) made a $15 million gift to a campaign for Cornell athletics, and Bartels Hall was named in their honor.
