CRCA Announces National Coach and Staff of the Year Awards

The CRCA is excited to announce our 2024 Coaches of the Year. These coaches
represent the best in their fields, pushing athletes to be the best in and out of the
classroom, building competitive teams, and reaching for success.

National Coaches of the Year

Division I
Kim Cupini, University of Tennessee
Kim Cupini has been awarded the title of CRCA Division I National Coach of the Year,
following her first year as head coach at the University of Tennessee. Cupini led the
Lady Volunteers to their best ever NCAA National Championship appearance, finishing
third as a team and earning bronze medals in the first and second varsity eights. In the
postseason, she and her staff have been awarded the CRCA Region Three Coach of
the Year and CRCA Region Three Staff of the year. Cupini was also recognized as the
Big 12 Coach of the Year. Her leadership and coaching led to five student athletes
being selected as CRCA All-Americans, and the first First Team All-American awards
for the Lady Volunteers since 2003.

Division II
Courtney Moeller, Western Washington University
Courtney Moeller has been named the 2024 Division II Coach of the Year. Moeller just
finished her ninth year as the lead assistant coach for Western Washington University’s
women’s rowing team, ending the season with a first-place team finish and gold medal
in the Varsity 8+ at the 2024 NCAA National Championship. She helped lead WWU to
the 2017 NCAA Division II team title and was previously recognized as a member of the
2017 Pocock/CRCA Division II Staff of the Year.

Division III
Lily Siddall, Tufts University
Lily Siddall is the Division III National Coach of the Year. Siddall finished her first year
as head coach of the Tufts Women’s Rowing team with a team title and first place
Varsity 8+ finish at the 2024 NCAA National Championship. 2024 marked both the
program’s first NESCAC title and NCAA championship. Previously this season, Siddall
has been recognized as the NESCAC Coach of the Year, the CRCA Division III New England Region Coach of the Year, and as part of the CRCA Division III New England
Region Staff of the Year.

Lightweight
Mary Foster, Boston University
Mary Foster is the co-recipient of the Lightweight Coach of the Year Award, following a
remarkable season and her first year at the helm of Boston University Lightweight
Rowing. Foster led the Terriers to a third-place team finish at the 2024 IRA National
Championship, as well as a national championship in the lightweight 2x and a silver
medal in the lightweight 4+. She was selected as a co-recipient of the CRCA
Lightweight Regional Coach of the Year award, as well as leading her staff to the honor
of the CRCA Lightweight Regional Staff of the Year Award.

Paul Rassam, Princeton University
Paul Rassam is the co-recipient of the Lightweight Coach of the Year Award, finishing
his 19th season at the helm of the Princeton Lightweight Women. The Tigers clinched
the 2024 IRA National Championship title and first place finish in the Women’s
Lightweight 8+. Rassam’s 1V8+ remains undefeated against lightweight crews since the
IRA Championship in 2019. He was selected as the 2024 CRCA Lightweight Regional
Coach of the Year.

National Staff of the Year

Division I
University of Tennessee
Kim Cupini, Head Coach
Karly Braun, Assistant Coach
Colleen Gillis, Assistant Coach
MJ Keys, Assistant Coach
Violette Legrand, Assistant Coach
David Hall, Assistant Coach

Division II
Western Washington University
John Fuchs, Head Coach
Colleen Moeller, Assistant Coach
Damien Fisher, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
Masa Migita, Athletic Trainer

Division III
Tufts University
Lily Siddall, Interim Head Coach
George Munger, Interim Director of Rowing
Tessa Cockerill, Assistant Coach
Brian Dawe, Assistant Coach
Ethan Maines, Assistant Coach
Julia Walters, Assistant Coach

Lightweight
Boston University
Mary Foster, Head Coach
Malcolm Doldron, Director of Women’s Rowing
Elizabeth Hughes, Assistant Coach

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