The Temple News · May 17, 2016
White leaves Temple ‘in better shape’ than he found it
Gavin White folds his hands during a race on the Schuylkill in 2014. | KARA MILSTEIN TTN FILE PHOTOWhen Gavin White visited the boat house on Monday morning, something felt different.
White, who announced his retirement preceding the Dad Vail Regatta, coached his last race on Saturday and suddenly, after 37 years coaching the Owls, he was no longer Temple’s head man.
“I felt like I was naked or something,” White said. “It’s part of your being. … It was my way of my life for so many years.”
White became the second crew coach in school history when he took the reins from Tom “Bear” Curran in 1979. He told his team on Thursday he would retire at the end of this season.