Hank Zimmerman entered his 10th season as an assistant coach with the MIT women's openweight crew team in 2024-25. Zimmerman brings six years of previous collegiate coaching experience to the Engineers' program, including three seasons with the Princeton University women's lightweight team before coming to Cambridge.
In the 2022-23 season, the Engineers finished third in the Varsity 8 competition at the Patriot League Championship as the Engineers placed fifth overall as a team. In addition, the Varsity 8 earned gold at the New England Championship at Lake Quinsigamond, along with bronze medals by the Varsity 4.
Academically, 15 student-athletes earned CRCA Scholar-Athlete honors, while Arina Khotimsky was recognized as the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year. In addition, Khotimsky and Julia Contini were named as Patriot League All-Academic Team performers, with Khotimsky and Gabriella Aponte earning All-Patriot League accolades following the league championship.
At Princeton, Zimmerman helped the Tigers earn a silver medal at the Eastern Sprints in his first season with the team. Princeton also earned a regular-season win over Wisconsin and a runner-up finish at the San Diego Crew Classic. In 2013-14, Princeton earned a bronze medal at the Eastern Sprints and reached the grand final at the IRA Championships. In 2014-15 Zimmerman coached the Varsity 4+ to a Bonze medal at the IRA Championships.
At Georgetown he coached the Hoyas Varsity 8 crew to a fourth-place finish at the Eastern Sprints and recruited the Class of 2016. Prior to Georgetown, Zimmerman was an assistant coach for the both the men's and women's rowing programs at Franklin and Marshall College. While at Franklin and Marshall, he received his masters in education from Millersville University in 2011.
A 2009 graduate of Ithaca College with a degree in history, he was a four-year member of the crew team there.
