Stephen Frazier Wong

Stephen Frazier Wong was the head coach of the Clemson Rowing program from 2014-2024. During his tenure, Frazier Wong led Clemson to a fourth-place finish in the ACC three times, and coached a trio of All-Americans in Rachel Twitty (2022), Cate Schreiber (2021) and Isla McRae (2018). Under his leadership, the Clemson Rowing program excelled in the classroom, as they have been above a 3.0 in 27 straight semesters and recorded their 50th 3.0 or better GPA in 51 total semesters since joining in the fall of 1998.

During the 10 years Frazier Wong was head coach, Clemson finished fourth in the ACC three times, fifth once, and sixth five times. In addition, Frazier Wong has coached 11 All-ACC rowers, including Isla McRae and Rachel Twitty who earned the honor twice. All-ACC honorees under Head Coach Stephen Frazier Wong: Samantha Duggan (2015) Milena Huer (2015), Paula Wesselman (2016), Amelia Hein (2017), Isla McRae (2018), Isla McRae (2019), Aliute Udoka (2019), Cate Schrieber (2021), Rachel Twitty (2021), Rachel Twitty (2022), Lori Belanger (2022), Anna Luttrell (2023), Emerey Sampson (2024).

The V8+ had a great season in 2022 earning first-place finishes at the Cardinal Invite and Lake Wheeler Invite and a second place finish at the Dale England Cup.In the 2020-21 campaign, Frazier Wong also lead the team to a first place finish in a home event, outracing Oklahoma and North Carolina in every race.

Frazier Wong’s first season (2014-15) with the Tigers was a success. Clemson rowers compiled a program-record 3.4 team GPA and placed eight on the All-ACC Academic Team. Seven rowers were named CRCA National Scholar-Athletes, while Samantha Duggan and Milena Heuer earned All-ACC and all-region honors.

The Tigers followed in year two with 12 CRCA National-Scholar Athletes, second-most among all ACC schools. In addition, Paula Wesselmann was a second-team All-ACC choice. Anna Skochdopole ended a decorated academic career with an ACC postgraduate scholarship, one of only three among all Clemson student-athletes.

Prior to his hire at Clemson, Frazier Wong served as head coach at Nova Southeastern for two seasons, claiming the program’s first NCAA national championship in his first season and finishing second at the NCAA finals in 2014.At Nova Southeastern, Frazier Wong was twice named Sunshine State Conference Coach of the Year. He tutored nine national scholar athletes in two seasons, five All-Americans and his squad posted a 3.30 team grade point average each year.

Frazier Wong went to NSU after seven years at the University of North Carolina. He started out as an assistant coach in 2005, working primarily with the Tar Heels novice crew. In 2008, he was promoted to associate head coach.

A 1996 graduate of Rollins College, he rowed collegiately for three years. Following graduation, he coached Rollins’ novice rowing team for six seasons, leading the squad to third-place finishes at the NCAA Division II Championships in 2002 and 2003 and to a first-place finish at the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships in 2005.

A 2012 Rollins College Sports Hall of Fame inductee, Frazier Wong competed with the U.S.A. Senior National Team from 2002-05. Racing in the lightweight men’s double in 2002, his boat placed 10th at the FISA World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland and 18th at the FISA World Championships in Seville, Spain. The next two seasons, Frazier-Wong competed in the lightweight men’s quad boat, placing sixth in 2003 and fourth in 2004 at the FISA World Championships.