{"id":56956,"date":"2026-04-24T13:07:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/ud-rowing-coach-joins-national-u19-team-staff-for-world-championships\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:07:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:07:28","slug":"ud-rowing-coach-joins-national-u19-team-staff-for-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/ud-rowing-coach-joins-national-u19-team-staff-for-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"UD Rowing Coach Joins National U19 Team Staff for World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1777050447738.webp?resize=1920%2C1080&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1777050447738.webp?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1777050447738.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1777050447738.webp?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1777050447738.webp?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1777050447738.webp?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>A University of Delaware rowing coach has earned a prestigious appointment to the United States national rowing program.<\/p><p>Kirby Droogan, who serves as an assistant rowing coach at UD, has been selected to join the US Rowing U-19 selection team staff. In this role, Droogan will work with young athletes who are training for potential spots on the team that will compete at the 2026 World Rowing U-19 Championships, scheduled to take place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.<\/p><p>The appointment represents a significant recognition of Droogan&#8217;s expertise and coaching abilities in the sport of rowing. As part of the national selection staff, Droogan will be involved in identifying and developing the next generation of elite American rowers at the under-19 level.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A University of Delaware assistant rowing coach has been selected to work with the US Rowing U-19 national team staff. Kirby Droogan will help train young athletes preparing for the 2026 World Rowing U-19 Championships in Bulgaria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":56955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29,836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1777050447738.webp?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-eOE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55973,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/ud-rowing-coach-asiya-mahmud-selected-to-lead-u-23-national-team\/","url_meta":{"origin":56956,"position":0},"title":"UD Rowing Coach Asiya Mahmud Selected to Lead U-23 National Team","author":"Admin","date":"April 22, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"University of Delaware rowing head coach Asiya Mahmud has been chosen to coach the Women's 8+ team for the 2026 U-23 World Rowing Championships. 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