Pete Tebeau is in his fourth year as an assistant coach. Coach Tebeau is a plank-owner of CGA crew; one of the program’s founding members, having rowed in Coast Guard’s first Heavyweight Men’s 8 during the Spring of 1971. Pete also served as team captain, that same year.  

Upon graduating from the Academy, Coach T spent 22 years on active duty, retiring as a CDR in 1993. Since 1993, Pete has worked as a maritime consultant completing numerous projects for the Coast Guard, other agencies, industry, and academia in the areas of maritime strategic planning and analysis, marine technology, and marine environmental protection.  Since the Fall of 2007, Tebeau has also been a faculty member at CGA teaching marine science courses to our cadets.  

Active in the rowing community at large, Pete serves as a lead organizer for the Coastweeks Regatta held each September at the Mystic Seaport, home of the Rowing Hall of Fame. Coach Tebeau is also one of the founders of Friends of CGA Crew, an association of CGA Rowing Alumni and supporters, which provides ongoing support to the team.