COACHING STAFF
Dan Burr
HEAD COACH
Dan Burr, a Wisconsin native and former US Naval Officer, joined the coaching staff in summer 2022 as Head Coach of the 7's program and an Assistant coach for the 15's program. Dan picked up the beautiful sport of rugby in 1995 at the Naval Academy which began a long, and continuing, career as a 9, 10 and wing. Dan has since played for the Charleston Outlaws, Hawaii Harlequins, Alamo City Defenders, and Fort Bragg RFC just to name a few. He still periodically kits up for WestPot as well as the occasional tour with Old Breed.
Although he loves to be on the pitch playing, Dan started coaching years ago and has coached at the high school level with the Maryland Exiles and at the collegiate level with the Naval Academy for both their 7's and 15's program.
Coach Burr thrives on making dedicated amateur athletes better tomorrow than they were yesterday. He believes great teams make great people and is constantly cultivating greatness with WPRFC.
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1995 - 1999
Player at Navy -
1999 - 2001
Player at Charleston Outlaws -
2001 - 2004, 2012 - 2016
Player at Hawaii Harlequins -
2004 - 2008
Player at Fort Bragg -
2008 - 2012
Player at Alamo City -
2016 - 2018
Coach at Maryland Exiles -
2018 - 2019
Coach at Navy -
2021 - NOW
Player for Old Breed -
2022 - NOW
Assistant Coach at West Potomac RFC
Ben "Woj" Wojtasik
Assistant Coach
Ben "Woj" Wojtasik grew up near Cleveland, Ohio, but has called the Washington D.C. region home since 2008. He picked up the beautiful sport of rugby at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania when a co-worker at his work-study informed him that "he was big, so he should play rugby.”
Woj soon became a standout prop and was keen to learn the dark arts of the scrum only known by the most cunning of forwards. After graduating from college and moving to D.C., Woj joined West Potomac RFC and has been an asset to the team ever since. Woj helped the club compete for multiple union championships throughout the 2010s, and after retiring from play, he went on to serve in almost every elected officer position while also dedicating his time to developing as a coach.
Coach Woj's objective is to instill the rugby values of integrity, passion, solidarity, discipline and respect in each player.
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2004 - 2008
Rugby player at Allegheny College -
2008 - 2014
Rugby player with West Potomac RFC -
2015 - NOW
Assistant Coach of West Potomac RFC
Charles Augustine
Strength & Conditioning Coach
Charles Augustine discovered rugby while attending Radford University in Virginia. During his tenure, the team won multiple state titles, as well as the Division II National Championship in 2008. After graduating, he played rugby across the United States while building his prowess as a personal trainer, specifically focused on high-performing athletes. Charlie is the owner of Revolutionary Rugby and has been providing West Potomac quality strength and conditioning programming since joining the club in 2019. Revolutionary Rugby was breed out of the need for specific programing to make rugby players stronger, faster, more powerful athletes so they can perform better on the pitch.
Charlie’s goal is to help rugby players perform longer and stronger – and look better while doing it!
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2008 – 2012
Rugby player at Radford University -
2012 - 2019
Player with Prince William County RFC -
2019 - NOW
Player with West Potomac RFC -
2019 - NOW
Strength & Conditioning Coach of West Potomac RFC
