- UBC Head Coach since 1995 and has been instrumental in rebuilding the program’s performance on the water and leading the creation of the team’s award-winning boathouse.
- 4 National Championships along with many top domestic gold medal performances as well as winning the World University Rowing Championships.
- 2018 U SPORTS Coach of the Year
- Has consistently produced a strong contingent of men and women, heavy and light, for the National team including several Olympic medalists many who started in his program as novices.
- 5-time Canadian University Coach of the Year winner and previous Rowing Canada Coach of the Year.
Beginning with the Women's Program in 1995, Mike Pearce quickly helped elevate eight student-athletes to international status, five of whom started under Pearce as novice rowers. In 1998, Pearce switched to the Men's Program and since then they have won multiple National medals in all boat classes, Head of the Charles Championships and six Canadian University Rowing Championship titles (2005, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019).
2021-22:
To start off the 2021-22 season, Pearce led the UBC men to a second place finish at the Canadian University Rowing Championships in Welland, Ontario in early November. The 'Birds also took home the historic Brown Cup to close-out their strong season on the water.
A further six novice rowers under Pearce have made the Canadian National Rowing Team, two of which are now three-time World Champions and Olympic gold medalists.
A National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) Level 4 rowing coach, Pearce has been awarded the Canadian University Coach of the Year five times (2005, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019) and is a past winner of the prestigious Royal Jubilee Award for coaching excellence. In addition to coaching, Pearce provided vision and leadership in the creation the outstanding John MS Lecky UBC Boathouse.
