Calvin Thomas COFFEY

By the time of the 1976 Olympics, Calvin Coffey had a great deal of international experience. He had won a bronze medal in 1971 with the coxIess pairs at the PanAmerican Games and was on the U.S. team at the 1973 and 1975 World Championships. In 1973, while at Northeastern, he sat in the eight which won the Eastern Sprints. At the Montreal Olympics, he paired with Michael Staines and only the East Germans were able to get rid of the Coffey-Staines.