DAVID CUSANO
Head Coach / Boy’s Varsity Coach

Coach Cusano joined the F-M coaching staff during the 2005 season, when he coached both the F-M Novice Girl’s and Novice Boy’s programs. He then became the Boy’s Varsity Coach in 2006 and the Head Coach in 2007.

Coach Cusano is a 1994 graduate of Liverpool High School, where he began rowing as a sophomore and continued through his senior year.  In college Coach Cusano rowed for the SUNY University of Buffalo where he was voted Most Valuable Lightweight for the program in 1999.

Coach Cusano began his coaching career with the Cazenovia Rowing Club. Following graduation from the University of Buffalo, he moved to Toledo (Ohio) where he wore several hats, including time as coach of the Toledo Rowing Club's Masters and Summer Junior programs, as well as the Toledo Rowing Club treasurer. Coach Cusano also served as Head Coach of the Anthony Wayne High School rowing program. While in Ohio, Coach Cusano earned Level III coaching certification through the United States Rowing Association, and is a member of both the USRA and the Master's Rowing Association.

David is employed as a Mechanical Engineer by a large Midwest Architectural & Engineering design firm. His wife Julie is herself both a former rower (for Clemson University) and coach.