Ned DelGuercio was named assistant coach for Yale Lightweight Crew in 2012 and has helped the program reach new heights. The Bulldogs have won the Jope Cup for Sprints team supremacy five times in the last 12 runnings, including two of the last five, in 2019 and 2022. Those Jope Cup wins are an indication of the pride Yale takes in the performance of its entire fleet.
Yale's 2025 campaign was highlighted by the 2V taking bronze at the Eastern Sprints. The Bulldogs also earned the Johnson Cup and the Van Amringe Cup vs. Navy, the Bulldog Cup vs. Georgetown and the Joy Cup vs. MIT.
The Bulldogs' 2024 season was highlighted by a Vogel Cup win against Harvard and Princeton, including wins in the 2V, 3V and 4V4+. The Bulldogs also took home the Van Amringe team points trophy versus Navy. The third varsity eight had an undefeated regular season and earned the bronze medal at the Eastern Sprints.
In 2023 Yale's 2V earned bronze and the 1V finished sixth at IRAs. 2022 was a banner year for Yale, as the varsity crew won the lightweight eight at the Charles, all the regular spring season Cups, and the Eastern Sprints to become EARC and Ivy League Champions. The combined record of the 2V, 3V, and 4V was 16-2. The 3V won bronze and the 4V won silver at the Eastern Sprints. Notable too was the six-event sweep of the Goldthwait Cup regatta between Yale, Harvard, and Princeton on Lake Carnegie.
During the 2019 campaign, the 2V, 3V, and 4V each went undefeated in the regular season. The first varsity took the silver medal at the EARC Sprints, alongside silver medals in the 2V, 3V, and 5V4, as well as gold in the 4V. These successes led Yale to earn the Jope Cup. The varsity finished the season with a fifth-place national rank at the IRA Championship.
In 2018, Y150 had a strong regular season record against league opponents, with the varsity eight going 6-2. At the EARC Sprints the 4V won the bronze medal, and the 1V qualified for the IRA National Championship. After earning a spot in the Grand Final of the IRA Regatta, the varsity finished with a sixth-place national rank.
2017 saw the Yale Lightweight Crew ranked among the best in the nation. The first, second and third varsity eights all had outstanding records during the regular season, finishing 7-1 versus league opponents. At the EARC Sprints Championship the 2V won silver and the 3V won gold. The first varsity eight finished sixth at the Sprints, but then went on to reach the podium just weeks later at the IRA National Championship. The Y150’s top crew earned the bronze and secured the rank of third in the country.
The 2016 Bulldogs were the EARC and Ivy League Champions. After an undefeated regular season for the varsity eight, the team went on to a commanding performance at the EARC Sprints Championship. The varsity and junior varsity eights both won the gold medal and the third varsity won bronze. The combined performance of these crews made it possible for Yale to capture the Jope Cup for overall team supremacy. The varsity eight then went on to win the silver medal at the IRA Championship and reach the semi-final of the Temple Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta.
In his first season at Yale in 2013, DelGuercio guided the Y150 freshmen to a 6-1 regular season record and the gold medal at the EARC Sprints Championship. Other highlights for the Bulldogs include gold at the 2015 IRA National Championship (LM4+), silver at the 2014 EARC Sprints Championship (3V LM8+) and gold at the 2013 EARC Sprints Championship (1F LM8+).
DelGuercio was a USA Senior National Team coxswain and two-time World Champion. In 2007 after winning the gold medal in the M8+ at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, he was named to the M4+ for the World Championships in Munich, Germany. The USA 4+ took the gold by 0.4 seconds. In 2008 he coxed the USA LM8+ at the World Championships in Linz, Austria. The United States captured the gold medal by 1.4 seconds. DelGuercio went on to compete as coxswain for the USA Senior M8+ for the 2009, 2010, and 2011 World Championships and World Cup teams, and competed in the Grand Challenge of the Henley Royal Regatta in 2010 and 2011. From 2005-2012, DelGuercio was a full time resident athlete at the USRowing training centers, and he competed in the Olympic selection camps in ’08 and ’12.
While training with the United States team in Princeton N.J., DelGuercio started as the novice women’s coach at Mercer Junior Rowing Club and later became assistant varsity women's coach.
DelGuercio was a three-year member of the Rutgers heavyweight varsity eight and was captain of the 2005 squad. In 2003 his crew reached the grand final of the EARC Sprints and the final round of the Henley Royal Regatta, placing second overall in the Ladies’ Challenge Plate.
DelGuercio began rowing at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia. He was a four-year member of the team, and a three-year letter winner. He collected three Stotesbury Cup gold medals and two SRAA National Championship gold medals, and his lightweight 8+ went undefeated in 2001 -- finishing with a gold medal at the USRowing National Regatta. That summer he was selected to the USA JM8+ for the World Rowing Junior Championships in Duisburg, Germany.
