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Bill Ward joined St. Mary’s College sailing in the fall of 2006.

In 20-plus years of collegiate coaching, Ward has coached nine national championship teams and amassed 31 podium (Top 3) finishes at national championship regattas. At team race nationals, his teams have finished in the Top 3 eight times, winning it all with the Seahawks in 2007 and 2010 and with Georgetown University in 2001 (3 first-place finishes; 4 second-place finishes; 1 third-place finish).

In 2016, Ward was named the S1D/ Henri Lloyd Coach of the Year by the readers of sail1design.com.

In 2013, Ward coached The American Youth Sailing Force in the inaugural Red Bull Youth America’s Cup sailed in AC 45 catamarans on San Francisco Bay. ‘The Force’ finished in fifth place in the 10-team field.

In 2008, Ward was named the U.S. Olympic Committee National Coach of the Year for Sailing by the U.S. Olympic Sailing Committee. That same year, he had the honor of coaching Team USA at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games (laser).

Ward was also on the coaching staff of the U.S. Sailing Team for the 2007 Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (laser, radial, sunfish) and the 2011 ISAF World Championships in Perth, Australia (women’s match racing).

He graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., in 1996, where Ward was a two-time Honorable Mention Coed All-America in 1994 and 1995. A team captain, he led Georgetown to the program’s first-ever appearances at the ICSA Dinghy and Sloop National Championships .

Ward lives in Saint Inigoes with his wife, Kelly, and their son, Liam.