John Vandemoer Position: Head Coach (Hobart College '00) - 4th Year

Conference Finishes

Nationals

Q and A with Coach Vandemoer from College Sailing.org

John Vandemoer enters his fourth year at Stanford as Head Coach. During his tenure, Stanford has reached the national championships in all three divisions, in each of his three seasons, finishing as high as 13th in coed racing (2011), 12th in the women's race (2009) and seventh in the team race (2009). His teams have won eight of nine conference crowns in the Pacific Coast Collegiate Sailing Conference.

In 2011, just like in 2010, Stanford was one of just eight teams nationally to compete at all three national championships, doing so for the third-straight season. The Cardinal also swept past the PCCSC field, winning the coed, team and women's championships in 2010 and 2011.

In 2008-09, the Cardinal won four of the six district championships and qualifying for all three spring Nationals, the only PCCSC team to do so.

Vandemoer is praised for his commitment, patience, and attention to detail when it comes to supporting his team. However, one characteristic is the most essential: his excitement in getting out on the water and interacting with the sailors.

Before coming to Stanford, Vandemoer was head coach at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md for two seasons (2006-07, 2007-08). He led the Midshipmen to five national championship appearances in two seasons, each year in the team and women's races and the 2007 in the coed division after beginning as the assistant coach in the Fall of 2006. In 2007, with Navy serving as the hosts, it was the first national appearance for Navy Sailing in 12 years. That first year the women were fourth, the team finished seventh and the coed sailors were ninth. In 2008, the team was sixth and the women were 11th. In the Mid-Atlantic Conference, Vandemoer's team won the women's title in 2008 and were runners-up in 2007. It also finished third three times, in 2007 in coed and team, and in 2008 in team racing.

He began collegiate coaching at national powerhouse, St. Mary's College of Maryland (2003-06), spending three years as an assistant coach. In 2004, St. Mary's won the team championship and in 2006 the Atlantic Coast conference championship.

Vandemoer's training is top-notch, as he not only has a U.S. Sailing Level 3 Coach Certification, the highest advanced coaching level offered by the national organization, but is also a certified instructor trainer. For several years, Vandemoer has traveled the nation coaching junior sailing clinics at the highest level. For his efforts, he has received the Capt. Joe Prosser Award for excellence in sail training. Vandemoer was also awarded the Arthur B. Hanson Rescue Medal for his efforts in rescuing many dinghy sailors that were caught in the vicious winds of a Chicago cold front.

Vandemoer graduated from Hobart College in 2000 with a B.S. in geo-chemistry. As a member of the Hobart and William Smith varsity sailing team, he helped the team to consistent top-three rankings including a fourth at team racing nationals and a second at the dinghy nationals.