Head Coach Mitch Brindley
Old Dominion University '89
Sixth Season

Head coach Mitch Brindley begins his sixth season at the helm of the Monarch sailing team. Under his guidance, Old Dominion has maintained it's status as one of the premier programs in the nation for collegiate sailing.

In 1997-98 Brindley guided his teams to national titles in the ICYRA Team Race and the ICRYA Co-ed Dinghy Championships. As both a crew member and coach, Brindley has been directly involved in obtaining five of Old Dominion's 11 national championships.

Last season his young team qualified for two ICYRA Championships, a feat which Brindley expects to build upon this season.

Brindley formerly served as an assistant coach at Old Dominion for four years under former head coach K.C. Fullmer, who left the program in 1995. As an assistant, Brindley helped guide the Monarchs to a sloop national championship in Hawaii in 1992.

As a competitor for Old Dominion, Brindley was twice named team captain and twice named to Sailing World's All-Star Crew. He crewed for the Monarchs when they won the ICYRA Sloop Nationals in 1988, the Dinghy National Championship team in 1989, and the team's fifth place finish in the Team Race National Championship in the spring of 1989.

Despite the demands of coaching, Brindley remains an active competitor in national and international sailing. The Sugarland, Texas native graduated from Old Dominion in 1989 with a degree in economics and he and his wife Dawn currently reside in Smithfield.