Andrew Wieler enters his 17th season on the Northeastern coaching staff, and tenth as associate head coach in 2022. He joined the Northeastern women's rowing staff as an assistant coach in 2009 before being promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2016 season.
Wieler has helped guide the Huskies to unprecedented success in the last several seasons, capturing 11 consecutive CAA Championships and reaching the NCAA Championship in each of the last 11 seasons. He as also helped them grab two more Woodbury Cups in 2017 and 2022 and become finalists in three more Eastern Sprints in 2017, 2018, and 2019.
In 2016, the varsity eight finished second at the Eastern Sprints for the first time since 2012 before enjoying its highest finish at the national championships in more than a decade. At NCAAs, where all three NU boats were seeded 18th, the 1V reached the ‘C’ final and finished 17th in the nation, its best finish since 2000. That year, the 2V also finished above its seed, taking 17th.
The 2015 campaign was another successful one for Wilhelm’s Huskies, who went 5-2 during the regular season before all four boats reached the grand finals at the Eastern Sprints, including a fourth place finish from the 1V and a silver medal winning performance from the 2V. The Huskies would sweep all races at the CAA Championships to earn the league’s automatic bid into the NCAA Championships, where the 1V took 19th. For his efforts, Wieler, along with assistant Sarah Ivey, were named the CRCA Regional Staff of the Year.
The 2014 season was one for the record books for the Huskies as Northeastern reached the finals of the Eastern Sprints for the third straight season, with all four NU crews medaling on the day in the program's best team performance in 34 appearances in the championship regatta. Northeastern’s varsity 8+ took the bronze while the Second Varsity 8+ (second), varsity 4+ (third) and third varsity 4+ (first), all had strong performances.
NU continued to build momentum two weeks later at the conference championships, storming to its fourth CAA title in impressive fashion. The Huskies swept all three races, led by dominating performances from the varsity and second varsity crews before the varsity four staged a come from behind victory to erase an open-water deficit to win by two seconds to propel the Huskies into the NCAA championships for the first time since 2000.
From 2004-09, Wieler coached the women's freshmen and second varsity boats at UB. He led the freshmen eight to second and third-place finishes at the Knecht Cup and a first-place finish at the Harvey Cup. He also coached the varsity four to a first-place in the Metro championship and the second varsity to a first-place finish at the Dad Vail regatta.
Wieler was a successful Northeastern oarsman before coaching at Buffalo. He stroked freshmen boat his first year and rowed fourth seat in the varsity as a sophomore. Wieler stroked the varsity in 2000 and was honored with the team's prestigious Outstanding Varsity Oarsman award. He was named crew captain for the 2000-01 season and won the Charlie Smith Award for Dedication to Rowing in '01. He continued rowing after Northeastern, winning a gold at the Canadian Henley in the Ridley Grad senior eight.
From 2006-08, Wieler also coached at the Westside RC. In 2008, he was the head coach of the US Rowing Development Camp at Westside RC.
As a Northeastern student, Wieler studied Art and Architecture. He is a native of St. Catharines, Ontario.
