Lori Dauphiny

Lori Dauphiny Head Coach Women’s Open Crew
Lori Dauphiny became head coach of women’s open crew at Princeton in 1996 after leading the Tiger novices to a 44-4 record in her first four seasons. Under Dauphiny, Princeton had participated in four NCAA championships. The 1999 Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year, Dauphiny led the Tigers to a sixth-place finish in the NCAA championships last year.
Dauphiny was named head coach of women’s crew at the conclusion of the 1996 season after leading the novice program to five straight Eastern Sprints titles. She was named EAWRC Novice Coach of the Year in 1993 and 1994 and Varsity Coach of the Year in 1997. Prior to her arrival at Princeton, Dauphiny spent two years at Columbia coaching the women’s novice crew.
A 1985 graduate of Washington, she enjoyed an outstanding collegiate career that included a second-place finish at the 1994 National Collegiate Rowing Championships. She also was a three-time winner at the Pac-10 Conference championships, the West Coast’s equivalent of the Eastern Sprints. Dauphiny twice won gold medals for the U.S. at the Canadian Henley.
Dauphiny spent the summers since 1997 working as a coach with the U.S. national team and recently coached the gold medal lightweight women’s pair at the 1999 World Championships.