If New Jersey-raised Kenny Coplan finds himself on the start-line in the Cambridge Blue boat for next month’s Gemini Boat Race, he may well allow his mind the brief opportunity to drift back to when he was 14 years old. And there is also a high chance that he will afford himself a wry smile. After all, while it would be extreme to say that he was dragged to his first ever rowing experience kicking and screaming, Coplan was nevertheless a reluctant attendee at Montclair High School’s learn to row programme. Basketball was his passion, and the New York Knicks fan harboured ambitions of playing a…