Dave Hammond was named as the Washington State Rowing Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator in August of 2026.
Prior to WSU, Hammond served as the Rowing Head Coach at the University of Puget Sound from 2023 to 2026. While there, he brought home Northwest Region Coach of the Year honors in 2025 and 2026, and secured a bid to compete to the NCAA DIII national championship in 2024 and 2026, placing seventh both years.
Also during his time at UPS, the program secured back-to-back Northwest Conference Championships in 2024 and 2025, and a Northwest Collegiate Rowing Championship in 2026, with their 1V8 having gone undefeated against in-region competition since 2023.
Hammond returned to WSU as a proud graduate and member of the men's rowing team from 2014-2016.