Columbia Women's Rowing head coach Emerson Curry announced, on Tuesday, Sept. 21, the addition of Serra Sevenler as Assistant Coach on the Women's Rowing Staff.
Sevenler joins the Lions after spending the 2019-20 season as the Women's Varsity Coach at the Rochester Institute of Technology. During her time at RIT, Sevenler also joined the Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association for the 2019-20 season as the Gold Program Head Girls Rowing Coach.
Sevenler also servered as Head Women's Coach at Pittsford and the Director of Rowing at the Genesee Rowing Club, from Jan. 2018-Nov. 2019. Sevenler was the head men's coach at the University of Rochester for the 2017-2018 season. Prior to coaching in Rochester, she was a graduate assistant coach for the Division I women's team at the University of Buffalo for the 2016-17 season. Before coaching at Buffalo, Sevenler spent a year as the Lead Junior Rowing Coach at the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club.
Sevenler started rowing at Mercy High School in Rochester and went on to row at the University of Rochester where she led the team as captain her junior and senior seasons, and won gold at the Dad Vail Regatta in 2013. She holds a master’s degree in higher education administration from the University of Buffalo.
