Will Porter, who begins his 13th year as the head coach of the Bulldogs in 2011-12, has built Yale into one of the most successful women's crew programs in the nation. The Bulldogs have earned a berth in the NCAA Championships in each of the last 11 years with four top-five finishes (2004 - 2nd, 2007 - 4th, 2008 - 4th, 2009 - 3rd). Under his direction, four Yale boats have won NCAA titles, including back-to-back championships by the varsity eight in 2007 and 2008. The 2009 second varsity also won an NCAA crown. Yale again had the fastest crew in the nation in 2010 when the varsity eight captured the NCAA grand final for the third time in four years.

Porter was named Yale's head coach in 1999 and has led the varsity to an 99-23 record. He was named the 2007 College Rowing Coaches Association National Coach of the Year and has been selected the New England Coach of the Year by the CRCA four times (2002, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2010). Porter's crews have won the NCAA Championship, the Eastern Sprints Championship, the Ivy League Championship, the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship and the Women's Henley Regatta. In addition, Yale has won the Charles Willing Team Trophy at Eastern Sprints in three of the last four years.

The 2007 varsity eight NCAA title capped off the first undefeated season for the Bulldogs since 1979. In 2004, Yale placed second as a team at the NCAA Championships, the highest finish in school history. In 2005, Porter guided the Bulldogs to the EAWRC Sprints title, an 11-1 regular season record and a No. 2 national ranking. Porter won his second Sprints title in 2007 where the Bulldogs also captured the Willing Team trophy for overall supremacy.

In his first year as Yale's head coach, Porter took the varsity from the Third Level finals at the EAWRC Sprints the previous year to the Grand Final. In 2000 the Yale varsity raced to a regular season record of 7-3, finished sixth at the EAWRC Sprints and qualified for the NCAA Championships. In 2002 the Yale varsity won the silver medal at the Sprints and the second varsity won the bronze medal. In addition, Yale qualified for the NCAA Championships and finished fifth as a team. In 2003 Yale finished fourth at the Eastern Sprints and again qualified for the NCAA Championships as a team. In 2004, Porter's varsity won the bronze while his second varsity took the silver at the Eastern Sprints. At the NCAAs, the varsity won the silver medal and Yale finished second as a team.

Prior to being named head coach, Porter served as the novice coach at Yale. In his first year, the novice women finished fourth at the EAWRC Sprints. The following year, both the first (8-1) and second (5-2) novice crews took bronze medals at the Sprints. Porter also successfully coached at Stanford, Rutgers and Dartmouth before coming to Yale as the novice women's coach in 1997.

Porter has been involved in rowing for more than 20 years. His career as a national team oarsman was highlighted by a silver medal race in the 4- at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba, and a bronze medal performance in the 8+ at the 1993 World Championships in Racice, Czech Republic.

Christine Glandorf ’09 had tremendous success as a student and rower at Yale. Two years after graduating, she has returned as an assistant coach to help ensure that the next generation of Yale rowers has a similar positive experience.

“Christine is a tremendous addition to our coaching staff,” said Yale head coach Will Porter. “Her positive energy and intensity are going to be a shot in the arm that our program needs. I anticipate her being a tireless recruiter. She is a Yale graduate, loves Yale and is excited about the challenge of bringing the best student athletes in the world to New Haven.”

“I am tremendously enthusiastic about this sport and the benefits it can have for student athletes, physically, mentally and emotionally,” Glandorf said. “I am so excited to help our student athletes excel both on and off the water in their time at Yale. In a lot of ways I want to `pay forward’ the lessons I learned as a rower and student at Yale, helping a new generation achieve even greater success.”

Glandorf was a four-year letterwinner and sat in the bow seat of the varsity eight for three years, helping the Bulldogs to a pair of NCAA titles. In her sophomore year, Yale went undefeated, winning both the Ivy League and NCAA crowns. The Bulldogs repeated as NCAA champions in her junior year and won the Ivy League title again in her senior year. She also helped Yale win the 2009 Women’s Henley Elite Eight championship in a course record time and finish second to the British National Team in the Remenham Cup at the 2009 Royal Henley Regatta.

Glandorf excelled in the classroom at Yale as well. She was a three-time CRCA Scholar Athlete and earned Academic All-Ivy and Academic All-District I second team honors as a senior.

“I think my Yale experience is one of my greatest assets,” Glandorf said. “I was so lucky to row with some of the best athletes in the world and learn from the best coaches in the country (Will Porter, Kate Maloney and Jamie Snider). I intimately understand the challenges and joys of being a student athlete. I hope to use my unique perspective to help our athletes make the most of their time at Yale.”

For the last two years, Glandorf has been the rowing coach at Greenwich Academy where she guided the program to its first ever varsity and second varsity gold medals at the New England Championships. In her first season, the varsity eight reached the grand final at the NEIRA Championship for only the second time in school history. Last fall she guided the varsity four to a sixth-place finish at the Head of the Charles, and in the spring, the varsity and second varsity fours were both undefeated in the NEIRA and finished first in their divisions at the NEIRA Championship, winning the school’s first-ever championship medals.

“As an athlete Christine is a two-time national champion, and as a coach she led her team to the NEIRA championship for the first time in history. In short, she knows how to win,” Porter said.

Snider, the 2009 CRCA New England Assistant Coach of the Year, is in his 16th year at Yale and is in his second stint as an assistant coach for the women's crew. Since returning to the women's program in 2005, Snider has coached the varsity four A and B boats. At the Eastern Sprints, the A boat has won the gold medal in 2007, 2008 and 2009, while the B boat has won the Sprints in 2008 and 2009.

Snider also has been an assistant heavyweight coach. In 2005, the Yale heavyweight crew senior class established the Jamie Snider Cup, which is presented each year to the winner of the combo race at the Yale-Harvard Regatta. In 1997 he led the undefeated third varsity to an Eastern Sprints gold medal, and at New London he led the ‘combo' crew to a season ending win over Harvard.

Prior to Yale, Snider was the head coach for the Cincinnati Junior Women's Program. There, his crews medaled at the Stotesbury Cup and Midwest and American Rowing Championships. 

In addition, Snider is the Director of Yale's Community Rowing Program. He is a 1973 graduate of Ridley College.