Nate Goodman - Men's Rowing Coach - University of Washington Athletics

Nate Goodman

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
njgood@uw.edu

Nate Goodman was named to the Washington men's rowing coaching staff prior to the 2023-24 season. His two seasons with the program have been highly successful.

Goodman joined the UW program as an assistant coach who works with the second, third and fourth varsity crews. He began his career by helping guide the UW program to a clean sweep at the 2024 IRA National Championships, where the Huskies won their 20th National Championship, and won the first, second and third varsity eights, and the varsity four, along with the James Ten Eyck Memorial Trophy for overall points. In 2025, the Huskies won the national title once more, also earning gold medals in the second varsity eight and the four, while taking home the Ten Eyck once more.

Following the 2024 season, Goodman and his fellow UW coaches were named the IRCA Staff of the Year.

Goodman came to Conibear Shellhouse from Washington, D.C., where he was the head men's coach at George Washington University.

A graduate of Yale University, where he was a member of the varsity eight that won the IRA National Championship in 2017, Goodman spent times coaching at Montclair (N.J.) High – his alma mater – and at Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club, Anchorage Rowing Association and Gonzaga College High School in D.C. before taking his position at GWU.

The 2017 first-team All-Ivy League selection was voted as USRowing's Fan's Choice Collegiate Athlete of the Year in 2015. Goodman also rowed for the United States, competing in the pair at 2012 and 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships, while also racing in the U.S. men's eight at 2016 Under 23 Championships. In addition, he rowed in a crew that won The Ladies Challenge Plate at Henley Royal Regatta in 2016.

Goodman graduated from Yale in 2017, with degree in history.