Coaching Staff

Drexel announced Matt Weaver as the men's rowing head coach on September 5, 2023.

Weaver joins the Dragons after spending last season as the top assistant and recruiting coordinator at Philadelphia rival, Temple. With the Owls, he mentored the Varsity 8+ to a bronze medal at the American Athletic Conference Championships, the first medal for the V8+ at the event since 2016. He was also responsible for the creation and implementation of a year-round training program for the team.

Prior to joining Temple, Weaver was an assistant coach at national powerhouse Washington. There, he was a part of the coaching staff that guided the Huskies to the 2021 IRA National Championship and a third place finish in 2022. He also helped UW to a championship in the 2022 Royal Henley Regatta Visitors Challenge Cup.

Internationally, Weaver was the U23 national team coach for Canada, co-leading the men's 4- to a world championship, the men's single to a 14th place finish, and the women's double to an 11th place finish. Weaver also has coaching experience at La Salle, Winchester College and at Crescent Boat Club.

He earned his bachelor's in criminology from Penn in 2016 and a master's in education from La Salle in 2019.