Michael Callahan

Michael Callahan is the men's rowing head coach at the University of Washington. Early life Callahan grew up in six states, including Washington while his father was stationed at Naval Submarine Base Bangor as a U.S. Navy Submarine Captain. He won a gold medal at the 1992 World Rowing Championships in Montreal while competing in the Junior Men's Eight. College and later rowing Callahan attended the University of Washington where he earned a degree in history. While at Washington, Callahan won four Pacific-10 championships, earned the Ky-Ebright trophy in the Men's Varsity Eight three times, and was both captain and commodore of the 1996 team. In 1995 and 1996 his crews won a bronze and silver medal in the Men's Varsity Eight at IRA National Championships. In 1996, he was named Pacific-10 All-Conference. Between 1997 and 2002, he stroked three U.S. National Team boats at the World Championships. Callahan was a medalist at the 1999 Pan American Games and 2000 World Rowing Cup, and a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Rowing Team.