Coach hasn’t lost his touch – Hartford Courant Article

HARVARD-YALE REGATTA Coach hasn’t lost his touch At 81, Gladstone full of gratitude as he leads Yale in event’s return GALES FERRY- Most mornings you’ll find Steve Gladstone on the water. If you’re close enough to the river banks, you’ll hear him through his bullhorn, exhorting Yale’s rowers to move a hand or a knuckle. “His favorite is, ‘let the in-board thumb dangle,’ “senior Jack Morton said.
“And you kind of say, ‘Steve, you’re 81 years old, you’re 50 feet away from the boat, how can you see where my in-board thumb is? But he will get on you about it for an entire practice.”