Steve Gladstone

Stephen C. Gladstone is an American rowing coach and former college athletics administrator. He was the head coach for the men's heavyweight crew team at Yale University from 2010-2023 and was the team's assistant coach from in 2024. Previously, Gladstone coached at the University of California, Berkeley, where he also served as athletic director.

Biography Early life Gladstone graduated from Kent School in 1960 where he began his rowing career. He then attended Syracuse University where he continued to row and graduated with a bachelor's degree in American literature. freshmen to a pair of silver medals at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta, also known as the IRA. Gladstone then took over as varsity lightweight coach at Harvard in 1970. yet only one Pac-10 championship in 1979.

Gladstone retired after the 1980 season In 2018, Yale captured its second IRA varsity title by defeating the University of Washington at Lake Mercer by 2.689 seconds. In 2019, Yale captured its third IRA varsity title by defeating the University of Washington at Lake Natoma by 3.14 seconds. After missing the 2020 and 2021 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Yale heavyweight men returned in 2022 with gold medals at Eastern Sprints in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Varsity Heavyweight Eight Grand Finals. At the 2022 Intercollegiate Rowing Association national championships, Yale's 1st Varsity Heavyweight men finished 2nd behind University of California, Berkeley, while the 2nd and 3rd Varsity Heavyweight men captured the gold medal in their respective Grand Finals. In 2023, in his last season as a coach, his Varsity Heavyweight Men and Third Varsity Heavyweight eights won their respective Grand Finals at the Eastern Sprints, while the Second Varsity finished fifth in their Grand Final. At the IRA National Championships, the Varsity, Second Varsity, and Third Varsity Eights finished in 4th, 3rd, and 5th in their respective Grand Finals, earning the team a 3rd place finish in the overall Points Trophy.

Navy In 2024 Gladstone again came out of retirement to take the head coaching position at the US Naval Academy.

Gladstone has served on the board of directors of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen and has also been a member of the Men's Olympic Rowing Committee.

Awards and accomplishments Including his tenure at Cal, Brown and Yale, Gladstone's boats have won 14 IRA titles in the varsity event, tied with Charles E. Courtney of Cornell who coached from 1883 to 1920. His six IRA victories at Cal also ties him with the legendary Carroll M. "Ky" Ebright for most victories by a Cal coach. During his career at Harvard, Cal, Brown and Yale, Gladstone's first boat has officially won the conference championship a remarkable 18 times.

Lightweight Varsity Boat Eastern Sprints Champions 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972 Heavyweight Varsity Boat Eastern Sprints Champions 1982, 1984, 1987, 1993, 1994, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 Pac-10 Champions 1979, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2006 IRA Champions 1976, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2017, 2018, 2019 National Collegiate Rowing Championships 1993, 1994 San Diego Crew Classic 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2016, 2019 Head of the Charles Regatta, Men's Championship Eights, first place (2015) IRA Ten Eyck Trophy 1994, 2022