Our Coaches

Director of Rowing

Isa@portrowing.org

Isa joined us from Saratoga Rowing Association, where he was coaching for 5 years. While at SRA he coached boats to numerous New York State Championships in both rowing and sculling.  In addition to success at the state level, he has coached boats to finals and medals at Canadian  Henley, Canadian Schoolboys, Scholastic Nationals, National Schools, and Stotesbury Cup. He  has also coached and assisted at USRowing Jr. B sculling Camps. Since joining the Port, Isa has  coached multiple crews to USRowing Youth Nationals, including a 2nd place finish in the  Women’s pair in 2019. Isa has also had 2 Crash-B Hammer winners under his watch. 

Aaron Bosgang

Varsity Boy's Head Coach

Aaron@portrowing.org

Aaron joined Port Rowing in 2011 and rowed with the program for 5 years, winning NY State Championships in the Novice 4+, Freshman 8+, and Junior 4+. After Port Rowing, Aaron continued rowing with the Yale Lightweights. He completed two undefeated seasons in the 3rd Varsity and 4th Varsity, securing an Eastern Sprints Championship in both categories.

Jaclyn Smith

Middle School Head Coach

Jaclyn@portrowing.org

Smith is currently the Head Coach for both the Men’s and Women’s teams at LIU’s newly launched rowing program. A Paralympian and a World Rowing Champion, Smith spent seven seasons as an assistant coach at Sacred Heart.

Smith is a two-time World Rowing champion and world record holder in the PR3 women's pair. A member of the United States Para National Team from 2013-2020, she won a silver medal in 2016 in the LTA 4+ in Rio de Janeiro. She has medaled three times in the LTA 4+ at the World Rowing championships, is a five-time Head of the Charles champion and was the 2015 C.R.A.S.H. B's Indoor World Rowing Champion.

Smith began her rowing career in 2007 at Our Lady of Mercy Academy, where she earned a 2010 NYS Silver medal in the junior 4+ and placed sixth at US Rowing Youth Nationals. She went on to row at Sacred Heart University where she went undefeated her entire collegiate career in the MAAC conference in the women's varsity pair. She won their program's first and only Dad Vail Regatta medal in 2015. She was named the program's assistant coach in 2015, after graduating, and spent the first seven years of her coaching career there.

Pat Clary

Varsity Boy's Assistant Coach

Clary comes to Port after being Head Coach of many clubs, including Row Georgia Inc., Kellenberg Memorial High School, and St. Anthony's High School. In those coaching roles he has managed and operated programs ranging from being brand new and starting from scratch, to large programs competing for medals at the New York State and Southeast Regional Championships. In addition to coaching, Clary has also been a physics teacher for the last 6 years, and holds a USRowing Level II Coaching Certification.

Prior to college Clary rowed at St. Anthony's High School, obtaining medals at Stotesbury Cup and SRAA Nationals before committing to row at Marietta College. After three years in the Varsity 8, Clary transferred to Stony Brook University to complete his degree in Geology and Earth/Space Science and begin his coaching career coaching at St. Anthony's High School

Austin Kuebler 

Assistant Coach

Austin is a graduate of La Salle University in Philadelphia, where his 4-man varsity crew won the Dad Vail Regatta, capping an undefeated season in 1991. He also won a Canadian Henley Gold Medal with Penn AC and was inducted into the La Salle Hall of Athletes in 2015.

Austin lives in Locust Valley with his wife Joanne and 3 children (Joe, Meg and Katie). He has been coaching youth sports for over 2 decades, and was a 2017 finisher in the Long Island Marathon as well as numerous half-marathons.

Emilie MacMinn

Director

Emilie@portrowing.org

Emilie has been with Port Rowing for over four years. After 2 years as the middles school head coach, she shifted into an administrative role with the organization. Before her tenure at Port, Emilie spent a year as a coach and manager at the Texas Rowing Center in Austin, Texas. While at TRC, she coached boats to success on the state and regional level.

Prior to Texas, Emilie spent a year at Community Rowing Inc, as a fellow in the Institute for Rowing Leadership. During her time in Boston, she also served as the Volunteer Assistant Coach for the Harvard-Radcliffe Women’s team where she assisted in coaching both walk on and varsity athletes. As a student at the University of Wisconsin, Emilie was a four-year member of the Badger women’s open weight team. In her free time, Emilie enjoys hiking, skiing and all things outdoors.