John Lindberg returns for his ninth season on head coach Tom Bohrer’s staff after helping guide the Terriers to a eighth-place team finish at the 2018 IRA Regatta.
During the 2017-18 season, Lindberg's eighth at BU, the Terriers pushed all four boats through to the IRA semifinals for the fifth consecutive year, advanced the 3V8 and V4 boats to the grand final and finished with 131 Ten Eyck points, good for eighth place nationally.
During the 2016-17 season, The Terriers finished in sixth place in the IRA standings, matching the 2014 team, and finished fourth in the Row Cup standings at Eastern Sprints to match the 2013 squad.
During the 2017 dual season, the Terriers defeated Brown in the annual Michalson Cup race and, with the win, were in possession of all six of their annual cups for the first time in program history as they won their final five cup races of the 2016 season. Later in 2017, BU also defeated archrival Northeastern by open water to win the Arlett Cup for the third straight year.
During the 2015-16 season, BU advanced two boats to the IRA Grand Finals and two boats to the IRA Petite Finals, accumulating 126 team points to finish seventh at the National Championship Regatta. At the 2016 Eastern Sprints, Lindberg helped lead the Terriers second varsity eight boat to a bronze medal, the second-consecutive year the 2V medaled at Sprints.
In the 2014-15 season, Linberg helped Boston University win the programs' first IRA National Championship Regatta medal in eights rowing when the Terriers' second varsity eight boat won bronze, finishing ahead of perennial national powers California, Yale, Brown and Harvard. Lindberg also helped lead BU’s second varsity eight boat to a silver medal at the 2015 Eastern Sprints. The silver medal was the first for a second varsity eight boat at Eastern Sprints in program history.
During the 2013-14 season, BU advanced two boats to the IRA Grand Finals and two boats to the IRA Petite Finals, accumulating 128 team points to finish sixth at the National Championship Regatta. The Terriers also won the annual IRA Chapman Award given to the team with the largest increase in points over the previous year. BU totaled 77 points in 2013 compared to 128 in 2014 for a 51 point increase, beating out second-place Yale which had 41.
During the 2012-13 season, BU finished tied for third at the Eastern Sprints with their V4, V8, 2V8 and 3V8 boats all advancing to the Grand Finals. The Terriers earned an impressive 22 points, tied for third most on the day and two shy of the program record set in 2005.
During the 2011-12 season, BU won the Petite Final at the Eastern Sprints, finishing ahead of Wisconsin after an earlier loss to the Badgers in the season. The Terriers also topped Dartmouth, Yale, Syracuse and Columbia for the victory and followed with an eighth-place result at the IRAs, missing out on the Petite Final victory by just 0.39 seconds.
During the 2010-11 season, the Terriers placed fifth in the Grand Final in the freshman eight race for the program’s best performance ever at the IRAs after finishing sixth in 1986 and 2005. The boat missed out on a medal by 2.2 seconds and fourth by 0.293 seconds. Weeks earlier, BU reached its second consecutive Grand Final at the Sprints and placed sixth overall. Three members of that boat would help the Terriers reach the Grand Final at the 2012 IRAs.
Recording an undefeated dual-season record in 2010, the freshmen finished fourth at the 2010 Eastern Sprints, their best result in over 40 years at Boston University. They missed out on a Grand Final appearance at the IRAs by 0.244 seconds but came back the following day to win the Petite Final.
Having over 20 years of experience at both the Division I collegiate and high school levels, Lindberg joined head coach Thomas Bohrer’s staff full-time after volunteering in 2009 with the Terriers.
He previously served as an account executive with Resolute Racing Shells. Prior to his work with Resolute, John headed up recruiting efforts and the freshman team at Northeastern for more than three years, enjoying medal-producing performances by the squads. He also served as a coach for the U.S. U23 World Championship competition.
First introduced to the sport of rowing as a student at St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, John was coached by master coach Rich Davis. Winning the Princess Elizabeth Cup as a member of the St. Paul’s eight at the Henley Royal Regatta was one of the highlights of his early rowing experience. John continued rowing as an undergraduate at Brown University under the guidance of legendary coach Steve Gladstone.
He subsequently represented the United States in the double sculls event at the 1991 Pan Am Games in Havana, Cuba, and continues to compete in masters sculling events.
John and his wife, Maria, have two sons, Kurt and Carl.
