Laura Behr, in her seventh year as the Head Coach of the Orange Coast Women’s rowing program, and was voted ARCA Coach of the year in 2010. The 2011-12 season will be a year of growth and building coming off a very successful 2011. Laura looks forward to unifying the team by stressing the importance of teamwork both on and off the water.
Laura made Southern California her home ten years ago, where she started as an Exercise Physiologist at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista. She has taken the skills learned at the training center and expanded them through her coaching and teaching at UC San Diego which carried on to Coast. Quite accomplished, she coached the novice women rowers, taught Wellness classes, and personally trained faculty, staff, and students at UCSD. As novice coach at UCSD, she took four boats to the medals stand her first two years of coaching at the collegiate level in the WIRA regatta.
Behr, who is a Hoosier, grew up in South Bend, IN. She graduated from Purdue University with a BA in Kinesiology and minor in Physical Therapy. At Purdue, Laura was a four-year rower and officer for the team. She continued on at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse where she received a MS for her studies in Exercise Physiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation. Coach Behr maintains her passion by rowing in her free time and frequently enjoys cycling the beautiful trails of Southern California.
ASSISTANT COACH ASHLEY GENRICH - A former Coast Alumni who received a full ride to row at Tulsa University in Oklahoma. Ashley is in her first year coaching the OCC Womens Novice
ASSISTANT COACH MONICA MORRILL- A former Coast Almuni who received a scholarship to row for Clemson University in South Carolina. Monica is in her first year coaching at OCC.