Sean McCrea joined UC San Diego in September 2021 as an assistant men’s rowing coach and was elevated to interim head coach in January 2022.
McCrea most recently served as the men’s novice rowing coach at UC Santa Barbara for the last two seasons.
Prior to his time with the Gauchos, McCrea was the interim head coach for one season (2018-19) and an assistant coach for the season prior at Long Beach State.
From June 2016-July 2019, McCrea was an assistant coach and lead intern at the U.S. Rowing High Performance and Olympic Development camps for the U.S. Rowing Men’s Jr. National Team in Ashland, Ore.
McCrea also served as a strength and conditioning intern at Long Beach State from spring 2016 through spring 2019, and in addition, was a Los Angeles Kings strength and conditioning intern in fall 2018.
In May 2017, McCrea received his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Long Beach State. He holds a U.S. Rowing level 2 coaching certification and is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist and certified personal trainer.
