Mary King
Head Coach, Boys Varsity Coach
irow@cox.net
mary.king@fcps.edu

Coach Mary King came to South County in its first year of rowing in 2006 after 4 years of being the Head Coach for both the Men's and Women's teams at Potomac High School in Prince William County. During her last year at Potomac she had both a men's boat and a women's boat medal at the State Championships. Prior to Potomac, she coached the winning novice girls boat at Woodbridge H.S., also in Prince William.

Coach King is a very competitive rower herself and has been rowing and racing for over 10 years. She is a member of the Prince William Rowing Club and the Occoquan Boat Club, and competes for both in eights, fours, quads, and doubles. She has competed in numerous regattas throughout the country including the Masters Nationals Regatta five times, where she has medaled every year; in August 2007 she competed in 6 events and medaled in 5 of them. She has also competed in the prestigious Head of the Charles many times and in October ’07 her boat placed in the top % and earned an automatic bid back for next year. 

Coach King knows the sacrifices and commitment required to excel at this sport because she does it herself, but she also knows the importance of prioritizing things and maintaining balance.  Since she does this in her own life with a full time job, coaching, raising a family and continuing her own training and rowing regimen, she understands the pressures and difficulties facing the rower/athletes and is better able to help them.

Coach King is a Level II Certified rowing coach, a Certified indoor rowing instructor and has her Virginia Coaching Education certification. She also has her US Coast Guard Boating Safety Certification, CPR, and First Aid. She stays abreast of the latest technologies and training techniques related to rowing by continually attending rowing conferences, training seminars and coaching summits.

Although her involvement with the sport of rowing has only been for the last 10 years, she has been involved with top level competitive sports for over 30 years as her husband is a Tennis Professional and her sons are nationally ranked student athletes.

Nutrition is not only a very important component for athletic success in elite athletes but in all athletes and Coach King feels strongly about educating her rowers on the importance of proper nutrition for them.  She has taken many courses on nutrition and is hoping to finish her work in getting certified as a sports nutritionist.

Coach King works at Halley Elementary School when she is not coaching or rowing herself.
 

Coach Kimberly Garvey came to South County crew in 2007 after coaching in Central New York for Liverpool High School and the Syracuse Chargers Rowing Club. While coaching for five years in CNY, she guided boats to 2^nd and 5^th place finishes in the New York State Scholastic Championships, as well as several medals in the Empire State Games.

Coach Garvey began rowing during her freshman year at Liverpool High School in CNY where she competed for four years, earning a gold medal in the NYS Scholastic Rowing Championship in 1999, competing in Scholastic Nationals in 1999, 2000, and 2001, and winning gold medals in several Empire State Games.

After high school, Coach Garvey attended Syracuse University where she rowed for the Orange’s Varsity team. At Syracuse, she earned a gold, silver, and bronze medal at the Big East Championships, 2nd place finishes at the Head of the Schuylkill and Head of the Charles, and competed in the 2002 NCAA Rowing Championships.

If it were possible, Coach Garvey would live and breathe the sport of rowing. Since moving to Virginia, she hasn’t found the time to row as much as she would like. However, she hopes to start squeezing some strokes in between coaching and teaching 7^th grade Language Arts at Lake Ridge Middle School in Prince William County.

Since the day that Coach Garvey caught the rowing bug, rowing has become a staple in the Garvey household. Coach Garvey’s brother rowed at the University of Delaware, and one sister is currently rowing at the University of Buffalo, while the other is looking into the possibility of rowing next year in college.

Coach Garvey believes that hard work and dedication are essential in all aspects of life. Voted most improved by her coaches in college and named as a Big East Academic All-Star three years in a row, she realizes that being a student-athlete is a difficult task that takes persistence and commitment.

Chris Miller
Boy's Assistant Coach; SCSS faculty representative
kamlrmn@verizon.net
christopher.miller@fcps.edu

Coach Miller is in his 3rd year as assistant coach for the South County Crew Club.  After initially starting out as the school liaison, Mr. Miller was offered the opportunity to be an assistant coach when the club numbers grew beyond the club’s first year goals. During the 1st season he worked with Novice Boys and Girls and with the Novice Boys during the 2nd season. He is a level 1 US Rowing certified coach.

Coach Miller rowed for three years at Woodbridge High School.  He had rowed out of Sandy Run and helped in the construction of the Oxford House in Prince William County.  His greatest rowing success occurred during his Senior year on board the Woodbridge Midweight 8.  His crew won several blue ribbons during the regular season and went on to capture 1st place in the NOVA’s, 3rd place at Stotesbury and then 2nd place at Nationals. 

Unfortunately Coach Miller was unable to extend his High School rowing success into a collegiate rowing career since he attended a football powerhouse down the road a bit in Blacksburg that has only a duck pond as a water source.

Coach Miller works at South County teaching 8th grade Civics and Economics.