Meet our Coaches
Master’s Coaching
Patrick Kelly
Masters Racing Team
Head Coach
Patrick has worked at ARC for over ten years. He has coached many ARC club members, having worked with Competitive Masters, Learn to Row, Team Survivor, and Rec crews. Coach Kelly currently coaches the Varsity Boys squad with our Juniors Program. PK rows with the Masters Racing Team, and stays active with running and cycling.
Coach Kelly started rowing as a college freshman at Loyola Marymount University. He coached collegiately for twenty years before moving to Austin and joining ARC. PK is married to his wonderful wife Laurie, who he met at ARC!
James Oldeschulte
Masters Racing Team
Coach
James has been coaching the Masters Racing Development Team since Summer 2021. He rowed for the University of Wisconsin (Class of 2012), and James first was introduced to Lady Bird Lake during his college team’s winter training trip to Austin. In his spare time, James enjoys rowing a pair dam to dam with his twin brother, David!
Megan Getman
Masters Club Team
Head Coach
Megan has been coaching master’s recreational crews since 2016, and in fall of 2021 she became the head coach for the master’s club rowers where she oversees practices and nurtures community among rec rowers and coaches – both sweep and sculling.
In 2001, Megan joined the local high school team and went on to row at Pacific Lutheran University. While rehabbing a back injury in 2006, Megan started coaching the junior’s program that shared the boathouse with her college team. Megan continued to coach at CRI in Boston while studying for her grad programs.
Eventually a job brought her to Texas and ARC. Megan is often joined by her dog, Winny. In her spare time she paints and reads comic books.
Allie Aguilar
Masters Club Team
Coach
Allie (aka Alice) joined ARC in 2011. After a “break” in playing roller derby, she rowed with masters club crews, and later with the women’s development and competitive teams while also coxing the men’s racing teams. She has served on the board as the Program Director. Her background as an educator and a trainer led her to start coaching with ARC in 2015 working with masters, Learn to Row programs, and cox and bow clinics. By day, she’s the Executive Director of a national nonprofit social justice movement technology organization, Progressive Technology Project, and still makes the time to play music, backpack, and run trails.
Sam Factor
Masters Club Team
Coach
Sam started rowing in his home town of Madison, WI in 2006 and rowed competitively in college at Wesleyan University in CT. He began coaching while he completed his Master’s at Wesleyan, helping to coach the novice crew. After moving to Austin to work on his Ph.D. in astronomy at UT Austin, Sam started coaching Masters at ARC in 2017. Sam loves talking about astronomy so feel free to ask your burning questions!
Liv Foletta
Masters Club Team
Assistant Coach
Coach Liv is from Austin, Texas and started rowing at the Rochester Institute of technology in Rochester, New York. She rowed all four years at RIT and then graduated with a degree in illustration. Coach Liv works with all levels of rowers and coaches our Learn to Scull and Novice Sweep programs as well as works with Team Survivor, RISE, and St. Edward’s University.
Junior Coaching
Patrick Kelly
Junior’s Program
Head of Juniors Program, Boy’s Head Coach
Patrick has worked at ARC for over ten years. He has coached many ARC club members, having worked with Competitive Masters, Learn to Row, Team Survivor, and Rec crews. Coach Kelly currently coaches the Varsity Boys squad with our Juniors Program. PK rows with the Masters Racing Team, and stays active with running and cycling.
Coach Kelly started rowing as a college freshman at Loyola Marymount University. He coached collegiately for twenty years before moving to Austin and joining ARC. PK is married to his wonderful wife Laurie, who he met at ARC!
Hannah Heyerdahl
Junior Varsity Girls
Head Coach
Hannah Heyerdahl-Nussdorfer has been with the ARC Junior Program since 2018 and is the current head coach for the varsity girls. She grew up in Atlanta where she first started rowing in college. She rowed at the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech before moving to Austin.
Hannah enjoys working with juniors at all age levels and has experience working with both varsity and novice girls. Most recently she trained up novice girls to race at high levels leading up to youth nationals. She primarily worked with girls in the in the u16 8+ (6th and 11th place), but also trained girls to be able to compete in the u17 8+ and youth categories within their first year of rowing.
Hannah is married to Ethan, who is also a girls coach at ARC! They have a dog together named Butter. You can usually see Butter the dog on the launch during practice watching boats. Hannah enjoys lifting, rowing, and spending time with her family in her free time.
Ethan Nussdorfer
Junior Novice Girls
Head Coach
Ethan has coached with ARC since 2016. He has coached rowers of all ages and skill levels, but his passion lies with the Juniors rowing team.
Ethan enjoys working with student athletes to develop not just rowing proficiency, but also leadership, teamwork, and perseverance.
Ken Jackson
Junior Novice Boys
Head Novice Boys Coach
Ken joined ARC in February 2022 with the Master’s Competitive Racing Team. Ken brings 12 years of experience with Sarasota Crew in Florida either Coaching Elementary or Middle School Rowers, Competing as a Master Rower throughout the Southeast, Volunteering, and various Board roles. Ken prioritizes winning in a healthy environment and culture– socially, physically, and emotionally.
Courty Stanton
Junior Varsity Girls
Assistant Coach
Bio coming soon!
Payten Kooyers
Junior Varsity Girls
Assistant Coach
My name is Payten Kooyers and I just finished my 5th year of rowing at the University of Texas. I graduated with my undergrad in Applied Movement Science in may of 2022, and am currently working on completing my Masters in Sport Management at UT. I love to workout, play the guitar and go for walks with my friends!
Macy Gomillion
Junior Novice Girls, Non-Racers
Assistant Coach
Macy joined the ARC coaching team this year, as the assistant coach for the Junior’s Novice Girls Team. She joined the sport of rowing in 2017 as a coxswain (coxing), and later went to youth nationals in 2019 with the Varsity Girls Lightweight 4+.
When she is not at the boathouse, Macy loves hanging out at Zilker Park with friends and going on hikes on the Greenbelt.
Paulina Guerrero
Juniors Program
Assistant Coach
Paulina Guerrero rowed with the Austin Rowing Club junior’s program since 2015 and finishing her senior year in the Spring of 2018 with the junior varsity team. After her years with the junior program, she joined the Men’s Master Competition team as their coxswain and is still with them. She has now started to coach with junior’s program in the Fall of 2023 and is excited to be able to pay it forward.
Alyssa Shaefer
Junior Novice Boys
Assistant Coach
My name is Alyssa Schaefer and I am a new coach here at ARC. I am from Austin, Texas and proud to call this city my home. I started rowing when I was 14 years old and recently came back in the past year. In my free time, I love to hike with my dog or go swimming. A few other of my favorite things are coffee, traveling and ROWING!! I can’t wait to meet everyone here and be your new Novice Assistant Coach!
Kory Rogers
Junior Boys
Assistant Coach
Kory has joined ARC this year, and is a student at University of Texas. Kory began rowing as an 8th grader in The Woodlands Texas, and is also a 3x National team athlete. Kory still trains full time and has Olympic aspirations with rowing. Kory loves helping athletes surpass their goals and is excited to share his knowledge through coaching. Kory believes that the lessons taught through rowing go beyond the sport and help athletes in every aspect of their life.