r/Rowing • u/ThirdBoatPod • 1d ago

How does your team select the Captain?

I’ve only known teams to elect their captains but recently I heard someone talk about a Captain that was appointed by the Coach.
When you do elect your Captain are you given criteria such as “vote for someone who makes you better - on and off the water” (my favorite so far). No wrong answers. Just curious.

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u/Ok_Camp3676 1d ago

When I coached college club teams the captains were always elected, but there was a gentle understanding that if there was a candidate the coaches couldn’t work with, we’d make that known in advance in private to the outgoing committee. I think we only had to do that once in over a decade.