John Kostal

Boys Head Coach

Coach K was a walk-on for the Princeton University heavyweight rowing team. He rowed all four years while at Princeton, earning medals in the Head of the Charles and Head of the Schulykill regattas.  After graduation, Coach K rowed for the Hartford Barge Club and the Riverfront Men's Team, earning multiple medals at several USRowing Masters National Regattas.  He  began coaching youth sports in 1999 and became a coach for Avon Crew in its first spring season in 2008.  Coach K is a math teacher at rival Farmington High School

Colleen Albert

Girls Head Coach

Coach Colleen began rowing for Lewis Mills in high school. She continued rowing for RIT in college where she competed at the Head of the Charles 3 times and the NCAAs in 2017. After graduating, she went on to become a certified personal trainer and currently holds her nasm CPT, PES, and CES. She has previously coached for Lewis Mills and Litchfield Hills Rowing Club where she worked as the strength coach, head masters coach, and assistant youth coach.

Becca Cadoff

Assistant Coach

Coach Becca is a USRowing Level 2 coach, yoga instructor, personal trainer, and kettlebell coach. As the former Director and Head Coach of Berkshire Community Rowing (MA) and a former coach for Litchfield Hills Rowing Club, New Haven Community Rowing, she has coached athletes of all ages and experience levels (youngest 9, oldest 77). When she's not coaching, she's either rowing or trying to finish her PhD research on why sports and exercise are so important to people who have lived through trauma. 

Nancy Kostal

Assistant Coach, Program Administration

Coach Nancy has been with the program for over twelve years. She served as the team’s Booster Club representative for six years when two of her sons were rowers, and has been a coach with the program since 2020.  A three-season varsity high school athlete and record holder, she also played rugby in college.