James Konopka is the head coach at Malvern Prep, who finished 1st in 2026 and 3rd in 2025 in the youth quadruple sculls at Youth Nationals and brings past U23 international experience. The past 2 years, James coached the US Men’s U19 quadruple sculls at the Junior World Championships. In 2024, he assisted with the U23 men’s quadruple sculls, which went on to set an American record and finished ninth at the World Rowing Championships in St. Catharines, Canada. Prior to that, he coached the U23 men’s lightweight quadruple sculls in 2022 and 2023, finishing fourth both years at the U23 World Championships. In addition, in 2023, he assisted with the Conshohocken U23 Program, which won 10 events at Summer Nationals, securing the Men’s Points trophy in the process. They would then go on to win six events at Canadian Henley.
