Coaches
Brian Comey
Head Coach
Head Varsity Girls Coach
Brian grew up rowing and coxing on the Potomac river starting in 8th grade. As a coxswain at Alexandria City High School, Brian won three Virginia Scholastic Rowing Association Championships as well as dozens of medals with Old Dominion Boat Club and TBC Racing in the Summers and Falls. He continued as a coxswain in college at Mercyhurst University for all four years as the Varsity Coxswain. While in college, Brian got his start in coaching at his high school summer rowing program as well as coaching masters rowers at Alexandria Community Rowing.
Immediately after graduating, Coach Brian was named the Head Men's Crew Coach at The College of William and Mary where he led the Men to one of the best seasons in program history. While in Williamsburg, he also coached the juniors at Williamsburg Boat Club
In 2018 Brian moved back home to the Washington, DC area. Since then he has coached numerous crews to top place finishes at both local and national regattas including Alexandria Community Rowing, Walt Whitman High School, and Bishop O'Connell High School.
Coach Brian was named the Washington Post All-Met Coach of the Year for the 2024 season.
Now entering his third year as Head Coach / Head Women’s Varsity Coach, Brian is excited to carry the momentum of last year into this upcoming season!
Coach Zalyn Bajor
Head Varsity Boys Coach
Zayln is a graduate of Rowan University and earned his law degree from the University of Miami. He learned to row at St. Augustine Prep (New Jersey), then continued at La Salle University (Philadelphia).
Zayln is entering his 2nd year with B-CC as the Head Men's Coach. In Spring 2024, the boys earned the WMIRA team point trophy in the fours with a first place finish in the first, second, and third fours and a second place finish in the freshman four. The first four went on to win a Stotesbury Championship and finished second at the SRAA championship. The second (junior) four placed 5th at both the Stotesbury and SRAA championships.
Before B-CC, he taught and coached at the Pine Crest School in Florida for 4 years until Spring 2023. He served as the Lead Men's coach for 2 years and the freshman coach for 2 years before that. Pine Crest earned 2nd place Florida scholastic overall team finishes 3 years in a row. In 2023, the men advanced 3 boats to SRAA nationals where the 1V8+ advanced and raced in the petite final, finishing 10th overall. At the 2023 Florida State Championship, Pine Crest earned the following scholastic finishes: 1V8+ - 3rd, JV8+ - 1st, LM4+ - 2nd, JV4+ - 4th, M1x - 2nd, JM1x - 1st & 2nd, LM2x - 2nd, M2- - 1st. The M2- went on to finish 10th (2nd in B final) at the USRowing Youth National Championship. Athletes have earned and established new all-time boathouse records and gone on to row at top universities.
Prior to coaching for Pine Crest, Zayln practiced law and served as Assistant Lightweight Men's Rowing Coach at the University of Delaware alongside the legend Chuck Crawford and many other great coaches where he helped lead the team to 2017 & 2018 Dad Vail Overall Points trophies, 2017 Dad Vail Champions in the Lightweight 8+ and Lightweight 4+, 2017 Navy Day Champions in the LM8+, and 2019 ACRA National Champions in the 1st and 2nd 8+. Several of those athletes represented the USA in U23 and open world championships internationally, and others have continued in the sport as coaches. In 2022, those alumni won and set a course record in the alumni M4+ at the Head of the Charles.
Zayln previously taught rowing at Nova Southeastern University (D2 WV4+ - 2nd SSC, 4th Dad Vail), Oakcrest High School (2014 WV8+ - 2nd - NJ State Championship), and Miami Beach Rowing Club.
Coach Dillon Montgomry
Head Novice Boys Coach & Team Conditioning Coach
From 2017 to 2020, Dillon coached the high school program at Sammanish Rowing Association in Sammanish, WA, while also serving as Founder and Head Coach of Endurance Academy, a high performance off-season training camp created to help motivated, committed elite collegiate and high school rowers reach their potential. Most recently Dillon has been Head Rowing Coach at Colorado Junior Rowing in Boulder, CO.
Dillon rowed for Trinity College and studied at the University of Colorado. He is a triathlete who competed in the 2022 Ironman World Championship in St. George, Utah, and was a member of the University of Colorado Men's Triathalon team from 2019-2023.
Coach Mark Parrish
Assistant Coach
Mark is a third-year Computer Science major at The George Washington University as well as an active athlete on the GW Men’s Rowing team. A lifelong athlete, Mark began rowing his freshman year at university and immediately fell in love with the sport, sparking a passion for rowing and coaching at a competitive level. Through the previous years, he has gained experience and success at collegiate regattas across the east coast, including a silver medal at Club Nationals in Oak Ridge, TN in 2023. This summer, he trained at Pocock Rowing Center in Seattle, WA. Outside of rowing, he is inspired by technology and its applications in helping athletes achieve their goals both inside and outside of competition.
Coach Sabrina Paulsen
Assistant Coach
Sabrina rowed four years at Old Dominion University and was named team MVP her senior year. She has been an assistant coach at George Mason University since August 2021.
Prior to coaching at GMU Paulsen served as a rowing coach at Row House, helping clients achieve their cardio and fitness goals on rowing machines. She also worked as a fitness coach at F45 Training, where she taught function training in a group fitness setting.
Paulsen earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from Old Dominion in 2017 and just completed her masters in kinesthesiology.
Coaches
Brian Comey
Head Coach
Head Varsity Girls Coach
Coach Brian is entering his 4th year as B-CC Head Coach and Head Varsity Girls Coach. In 2024, following one of the most successful seasons in the program's history, the Washington Post named Brian All-Met Coach of the Year.
Brian grew up rowing and coxing on the Potomac River. He continued as a 4-year varsity coxswain at Mercyhurst University. Across his rowing career, Brian has coached at Alexandria High School; the master's program at Alexandria Community Rowing; The College of William and Mary where he was Head Varsity Men's Coach and led them to one of the best seasons in program history; Williamsburg Boat Club; Walt Whitman High School and Bishop O'Connell High School.
Coach Zalyn Bajor
Head Varsity Boys Coach
Zayln is entering his 3rd year with B-CC as the Head Boys Coach. In the 2024 spring season, his boys earned the WMIRA team points trophy in the fours category with first place finishes in the first, second, and third fours and a second place finish in the freshman four. The first four went on to win the Stotesbury Championship in the senior four category and finished second at the SRAA championship. The second (junior) four placed 5th at both the Stotesbury and SRAA championships.
Zayln is a graduate of Rowan University and earned his law degree from the University of Miami. He learned to row at St. Augustine Prep (New Jersey), then continued at La Salle University (Philadelphia).
Before B-CC, he taught and coached at the Pine Crest School in Florida for 4 years where he served roles as lead men's coach and the freshman coach. During his time at Pine Crest, they earned second place team finishes at Florida scholastics for 3 years in a row.
Coach Erik Thomas
Head Novice Girls Coach
Coach Erik is in his second year with B-CC Crew and has a proven track record in coaching and developing novice rowers. He excels at working with younger athletes, focusing on building their strength and technique to prepare them for future competitive varsity squads.
Before joining B-CC Crew, Erik held various coaching roles, including serving as the U-17 assistant girls coach at TBC in 2023. During the same spring season, he was also a coach for the Bishop O’Connell girls program. He has also coached at National Cathedral School and Yorktown High School, contributing to both boys and girls rowing programs. Erik has also been an assistant coach for the George Washington University men's team.
Throughout his coaching career, his boats have consistently medaled in both VASRA and WMIRA championships, reached the finals at Stotes, and earned medals during summer and fall competitions.
Coach Mark Parrish
Novice Boys Coach & Assistant Varsity Boys Coach
Returning for his third year with B-CC, Mark will coach the novice boys team and serve as assistant coach for the full boys program Mark is a recent graduate of The George Washington University where he was an active member of the GW Men’s Rowing team. He graduated in 2025 with a degree in computer science and is pursuing a Masters Degree in Cyber Security.
Hailing from Seattle, he has trained at Pocock Rowing Center on Lake Union. A lifelong athlete, Mark began rowing his freshman year of college and immediately fell in love with the sport, sparking a passion for rowing and coaching at a competitive level. Across his years with the sport, he has gained experience and success at collegiate regattas throughout the eastern U.S., including a silver medal at Club Nationals in Oak Ridge, TN in 2023.
Coach Chloe Palmer
Assistant Coach
Chloe is B-CC Crew's very own and is entering her 2nd year as Assistant Coach. She began rowing when she got to high school, graduated as captain in 2020, and was recruited to row at Boston University where she graduated in 2024 with a BS in Film & Television. While rowing at B-CC, she took home gold at WMIRA, a bronze at Stotesbury, and won the C final at Youth Nationals.
For the past four years, she has coached the B-CC learn-to-row summer camp, and still holds legendary status on the girls team for holding the B-CC Crew record for novice 2K times!
When she’s not coaching, she is a preschool teacher, a freelance production designer and model.
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