SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sacramento State women's rowing head coach Bill Zack was named Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (WIRA) Coach of the Year for the second-consecutive season, it was announced today.

Zack, who is currently in his fifth season with the Hornets, coached

this year's varsity eight to its second-consecutive WIRA Championship

last Saturday. The Hornets finished the 2,000-meter course with a

time of 6:55.3, five seconds faster than second-place finishing

Gonzaga.

In addition, the team is currently 4-3 in dual meets this season

after last Sunday's victory over Cincinnati.

Since taking over as head coach in 1997, Zack has coached the team to

a 30-7 duals record, two WIRA Championships, a bronze medal in the

varsity four at the 1997 NCAA Championships and a 1999 Henley Women's

Regatta championship in England.

Also, the Rochester, N.Y., native has overseen a team that posted a

3.152 cumulative gpa for the fall of 2000, the fourth-best mark of

the 20 intercollegiate sports at Sacramento State.

The WIRA is made up of every rowing institution on the West Coast

that is not a member of the Pac-10 (a total of 24 schools).

Sacramento State returns to the water this Saturday, May 5, as it takes on UC Davis for the Jean Runyon Cup at 8 a.m.