Galloway, NJ – Stockton University has added Joe Haney to its rowing staff as an assistant coach. Haney will have coaching and instructional duties as well as performing administrative functions in the areas of recruiting coordination and regatta planning. He brings over 30 years of coaching experience to Stockton.
Haney, an Atlantic City native, is a long-time associate of Stockton head coach
John Bancheri, a relationship that began as teammates at Atlantic City High School. "From rowing a pair at Head of the Schuylkill in 1977 to bringing Joe Haney on as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator seems like such a natural progression in our professional coaching relationship," Bancheri said.
"No question we will complement each other's talent and push each other to improve. Along with the current staff plus Joe's enthusiasm and organizational skills, we move one step closer to our four-year dream, a national championship run by 2022," added Bancheri.
Haney founded the Atlantic County Rowing Association in 1992 and remained its chief executive officer for nearly three decades. The ACRA developed into one of the premier rowing clubs in southern New Jersey, which it remains to this day. The organization helps train youth and adult rowers, and over the years it assisted with the startup and development of several local high school programs.
Haney most recently served as the director of rowing at The Stewards Foundation in Tampa, Florida. The nonprofit organization's mission is to use rowing as a vehicle to teach teamwork and responsibility to young people. The Stewards Foundation instructs rowers and also serves as a site for visiting teams from cold weather regions to train during the winter and early spring.
Haney also boasts coaching stints at Holy Spirit High School and St. Augustine Prep. He competed in track & field at Glassboro State College (now Rowan University) and was a member of the 1981 and 1982 NCAA championship teams that were later inducted into the Rowan University-Glassboro State College Athletic Hall of Fame.
A 1985 graduate of Glassboro State, Haney spent 26 years as a firefighter for the Atlantic City Fire Department, where he rose to the rank of battalion chief prior to his retirement in 2015.
