coach_years current_team coach_team current_title sport article_title name
1988-1992 1992-1997 1997-2004 2004-present university of wisconsin -- madison mills wisconsin -- madison college georgetown university michigan state university university of head coach rowing bebe bryans
 bebe bryans
bebe bryans

bebe bryans -lrb- born 1957 -rrb- is a united states national champion in rowing and former coach of the united states women 's national rowing crew .
she is best known as the head coach of the women 's rowing team at university of wisconsin -- madison .
she is the head coach of the women 's rowing program including lightweight although she does n't directly coach that squad .
the wisconsin lightweight crew has won four national championships in five years .
a california native , bryans attended san francisco state university where she was a ten-time division ii all-american in swimming , and received a master 's degree in physical education in 1989 .
in 1992 and 1993 , bryans was the head coach of the usa junior women 's national rowing team .
her 1992 women 's eight crew earned a bronze medal - the first medal won for the united states team at a junior world rowing championships .
bryan was also a member of the united states women 's olympic rowing committee -lrb- 1992 -- 94 -rrb- , acting as chairman from 1993 to 1994 .
in 2000 , she coached the u.s. women 's four and the lightweight single rowing crews at the world rowing championships .
she founded the women 's varsity rowing team at michigan state university in 1997 and coached them to six consecutive appearances at the ncaa championships .
