Head Coach Franck Kiser
Coach Franck has always had a passion for rowing. Not just a simple appreciation for the act of pulling a boat through the water, but a deep love for the community that thrives around it. He first discovered this love at Georgetown University, rowing as and coaching even as an undergrad, a rare accomplishment. Franck continued to row with the Potomac Boat Club, and even made it to the National Team Trials. He got the opportunity to rekindle his love of the sport coaching at Upper Merion, Germantown Academy, and Whitemarsh Rowing Club for over five years.
In 2015, Franck founded Pegasus Rowing, with the motto “Building better rowers”. Even more importantly than that, he was determined to build a community. A place where those rowers could thrive, a place to support and propel athletes to the heights they dream of. Six years and a Level 2 Rowing Coach Certification later, through hell and high water, he’s never stopped. Today, that small rowing club has blossomed into a community based on respect, compassion, and hard work.
Coach Keith Morris
Keith Morris started his rowing career at Susquehanna University as a founding member of the Men’s and Women’s Crew in 1986. As captain of the Men’s H V8+, he led the crew through its first races, victories and record-setting course times in Baltimore, MD and Wilkes Barre, PA.
In 1997, he founded Patriot Rowing Academy, training rowing athletes of all ability levels and ages. As the Head Coach of the Owen J. Roberts High School Men’s and Women’s Crews in the early 2020’s, he substantially grew the crew in size and made it faster with the result of having most every crew, each season, earn more medals each and as a team than any years previous or since. Coach Morris has helped place many rowers and coxswain in Division 1, 2 & 3 collegiate rowing programs, some with full scholarships for rowing.
Coach Morris came to Pegasus Rowing in the summer of 2025 specifically because of Pegasus Rowing’s strong culture based in integrity, it’s selfless commitment to growth of all of its rowing athletes and its hard-earned and constantly growing tradition of excellence. Coach Morris continues to row recreationally and competitively.
Coach Dan Beery
Dan Beery is an Olympic champion, world champion, a World Cup gold medalist, and has never met a door he didn’t have to duck through.
Dan won his first Olympic gold medal in Athens, with a world record time of 5:19.85. This record would stand for over 20 years, and Dan was just getting started. Over the next few years, he continued to win gold medals at the World Championships in Kaizu and Munich, and another at the Pan-American Games in 2007. In addition, Beery is a member of the vaunted New York Athletic Club’s Hall of Fame.
Now, Dan bends all of his considerable experience and wisdom as a consulting coach to the rowers of Pegasus. What he’s learned over many years of hard work and persistence now helps train the next generation of champions.
