Men's Rugby Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Rob Spaulding
Rob Spaulding was hired as an Assistant Coach for the CSC Women's and Men's Rugby teams in the Spring of 2021 and was promoted to the Men's Head Coach during January of 2022.
Spaulding's rugby resume spans 25 years from 1975 thru 2000. He was Captain of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) rugby team for two years from 1977 thru 1979. He also played for Long Island Rugby, Danbury (CT) Mad Hatters as well as the Connecticut Old Greys. Spaulding played every back position during that span. Additionally, he began coaching (various sports) in 1981 before going on to coach his sons and daughters during the 1990's and early 2000's in Connecticut.
Spaulding graduated from the USMMA at Kings Point, NY in 1979, and sailed as an officer on Texaco U.S. flag tanker fleet from 1979 thru 1985. He was hired by Stolt-Nielsen chemicals in 1985 prior to serving as a shipbroker with Quincannon Associates and SPI Marine from 1989 thru 2021. Spaulding recently retired in December 2021, and currently resides with his wife Nora in Sunapee, NH.
