From the USRowing affiliated club registry plus the USRowing Coaching Education Program credential lists. USRowing publishes affiliated clubs and credentialed coaches. The roster JSON merges these sources and groups coaches by club for directory builds.

USRowing Coaching Education runs from Level 1 (introductory) to Level 4 (master coach). Level 3 and Level 4 coaches typically have multi-year coaching histories and have completed advanced technique, training science, and athlete development coursework requirements.

College programs are NCAA-credentialed and follow a different framework. The directory focuses on USRowing affiliated clubs, which include junior, masters, and community rowing programs. College programs are typically discovered through NCAA channels rather than via club directories.

Each club row carries a primary focus plus secondary focuses when applicable. The template surfaces the dominant focus as a headline. Many clubs run both sweep and sculling, which is captured by listing both focuses with the dominant one rendered prominently.

Each club still gets a page. The template emphasizes the head coach profile when the count is low. Smaller clubs still rank for club name search because the credential and focus signals match what prospective rowers actually evaluate when joining.

Water type is sourced from club facility descriptions and is grouped into river, lake, harbor, reservoir, and other categories. The template renders water type as a sidebar block, which signals practical training conditions that significantly affect rowing experience.

Yes. Each row supports a recentResults field that flags clubs with crews at recent USRowing Nationals or Head of the Charles. The template renders those results as a credibility callout, which signals competitive program strength alongside credential level.

USRowing credentials follow a periodic recertification cycle. Club staffing changes are reported through affiliation renewal. After each cycle, you merge updated coaches into the affected club rows and trigger a rebuild for the affected club pages only.