Austin WORK — head coach
Austin Work has been a part of the rowing community for most of his life, starting his rowing career At Salisbury school (Salisbury, CT). he then attended and rowed for Lewis and Clark College (Portland, OR) where he was named Team Captain in his senior year (2002).
In 2005, Austin started his career in coaching as the novice coach for the Lincoln Park Juniors (now known as Chicago Rowing Foundation). There he led his crews to four nearly undefeated seasons, four Midwest Regional Championship wins, and several top 10 LWT 8+ finishes at the USRowing youth National Championships.
Coach Work then became the Novice Coach for Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA) in 2009. On the Charles River, Coach work’s Crews were five time “Seven Sisters” Champions, five time Newmac Conference Champions, two time NERC Champions, and one time ECAC Champions. He was promoted to Associate Head Coach in 2013.
Work was named the director of rowing at the Austin Rowing Club (Austin, TX) in 2014. There, his Junior crews consistently finished in the top 10% of their local and regional competitions where they regularly qualified (and medaled) at USRowing’s Youth National championships. In 2018 Work was named the director of rowing at Vero Beach Rowing Club in Vero Beach, FL. in 2019, work was hired as an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator for The Michigan State University Women.
Work, and Stella the dog, are starting excited to start their third season with the Tarheels.
Email: austin.work@unc.edu