Andrew Derrick - Head Coach - Women's Rowing Coaches

Andrew Derrick

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Head Coach

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Andrew Derrick, who led Gonzaga to four-straight WCC Championships and a top 20 national ranking in four of the last five seasons, has been named the third head coach in Kansas Rowing history, Director of Athletics Travis Goff announced on June 27, 2025. Derrick, a three-time WCC Coach of the Year, signed a five-year contract that will go through the 2030 season.

Derrick comes to Lawrence after five years at Gonzaga that were filled with championships, accolades and national success. Derrick has also served as the head coach at Seattle Pacific and Central Oklahoma and has spent time as an assistant coach at Oklahoma and UCF.

Derrick has also reached the pinnacle of the sport as a student-athlete, earning a National Championship with the University of Washington in 2001 and finishing as a National Champion Runner-Up twice. He also represented the United States on the international stage, competing at the U-23 World Championships in 2001.

In his five seasons at Gonzaga, Derrick led his squad to four-straight WCC championships and a second-place conference finish this past season. Under Derrick's direction, Gonzaga – from 2021-2024 – won four straight WCC titles, 10 of 12 individual event championships, totaled a conference win-loss record of 127-5 in NCAA events and finished in the top 20 at the NCAA championships each year, including tying the program's second-best mark of 17th in 2024.

Derrick will join a department in Kansas that has seen its student athletes set a program record for GPA the past two semesters and he will fit right in based on his team's academic success at Gonzaga. In 2024, the program set a team GPA record of 3.65 with 17 student-athletes being named National Scholar Athletes by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association. His team was also a major presence in the Spokane community, totaling 372 volunteer hours in the community and setting a department record for PRIDE points, which is awarded for involvement on campus, in the community and supporting other student-athletes.

At Seattle Pacific, Derrick overhauled a Division II program and lifted the Falcons into the national rankings. When Derrick took over, the program had four members in 2016, which grew to 35 in just more than two years. During his tenure, SPU accounted for several victories against Division I opponents, and in 2019, the Falcons placed fourth at the NCAA Championship. In 2020, the season was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but SPU was ranked No. 4 in the CRCA/U.S. Rowing Coaches national poll.

The turnaround at SPU was no surprise after Derrick's success at Central Oklahoma. There, he led the program to its first-ever bid to the NCAA Championship in 2011. He went on to lead the team to the NCAA Championship in every year during his tenure, finishing as the National Runner-Up in 2016. He also produced the program's first All-American during his tenure and went on to develop 11 total All-Americans.

Derrick got his opportunity at UCO as a head coach after serving as an assistant at Oklahoma for two seasons, where he helped the program collect a 112-28 overall novice record and was named the 2009 South Region Assistant Coach of the Year. He was also the assistant coach at UCF and helped the Knights earn their highest program ranking of No. 9 in the 2007 national polls.

Derrick graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree, and went back four years later to earn his Master of Education in Intercollegiate Athletic Leadership. He is married to the former Karin Brevick, who was an All-American rower at Washington State and former high school and club coach in both the US and Australia.