The following table lists all Navy varsity lightweight crew head coaches of the modern era, i.e. since 1954. Unfortunately, no records have been located with the names of lightweight crew coaches during the early years of Navy’s lightweight rowing circa 1920 – 1936.
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| No. | Name | Alma Mater | Years Coached |
| 1. | John James (Buck) Herzog, LT, USN | USNA ’46 | 1954 – 1955 |
| 2. | Hubbell Young (Hub) Davidson, LCDR, USN | USNA ’45 | 1955 – 1957 |
| 3. | Donald Allan Kilmer, LT, USN | USNA ’51 | 1957 – 1958 |
| 4. | David Terry (Dave) Pratt, 1stLt, USMC | Washington ’56 | 1958 – 1960 |
| 5. | Charles David (Dave) Manring, LT, USN | USNA ’52 | 1960 – 1961 |
| 6. | Robert Baron (Bob) White, LT, USN | Columbia ’57 | 1961 – 1962 |
| 7. | Robert William Germany (Bob) Jones, Capt, USMC | USNA ’53 | 1962 – 1963 |
| 8. | Ralph Wayne Christy, LT, USN | USNA ’59 | 1963 – 1965 |
| 9. | John Michael (Mike) Greata, LT, USN | MIT ’63 | 1965 – 1968 |
| 10. | Markham Dennis (Mark) Tuft, LCDR, USN | Cal Berkeley ’58 | 1968 – 1969 |
| 11. | Thomas Stephenson (Tom) Althouse, LCDR, USN | USNA ’62 | 1969 – 1970 |
| 12. | Warren Edwards (Skip) Sweetser III, Maj, USMC | USNA ’60 | 1970 – 1972 |
| 13. | Philip Ayres (Phil) Dales III | Cornell ’70 | 1972 – 1973 |
| 14. | Jon Eric VanAmringe, LT, USN | Yale ’70 | 1973 – 1976 |
| 15. | Dirk Phillip David Mosis III, Capt, USMC | USNA ’73 | 1976 – 1979 |
| 16. | Robert Joseph Kasper, Jr., LT, USN | Stanford ’72 | 1979 – 1980 |
| 17. | James Stephenson (Jim) Bane III, LT, USN | USNA ’76 | 1980 – 1982 |
| 18. | Thomas Nisbit (Tom) Kiefer | Northeastern ’81 | 1982 – 1984 |
| 19. | Valerio Cristiano (Val) Ferme | Brown ’84 | 1984 – 1986 |
| 20. | Patrick James (Pat) Manion, LTJG, USN | UCLA ’85 | 1986 – 1991 |
| 21. | Michael Thomas (Mike) Hughes | Wilkes ’72 | 1991 – 1994 |
| 22. | James Clayton (Jim) Snead, CDR, USN | USNA ’73 | 1994 – 1995 |
| 23. | Gregory Alan (Greg) Morrison, Maj, USMC | USNA ’77 | 1995 – 1996 |
| 24. | Dale Patrick Hurley, Jr. | USNA ’89 | 1996 – 2001 |
| 25. | Robert Joseph (Rob) Friedrich | Rutgers ’97 | 2001 – 2008 |
| 26. | Nicholaus Adair (Nick) Baker | Buffalo ’01 | 2008 – 2009 |
| 27. | Jonathan Steven (Steve) Perry | Rutgers ’99 | 2009 – 2013 |
| 28. | Shawn A. Bagnall | Washington State ’99 | 2013 – Present |