Arielle Tillou - Rowing Coach

Arielle Tillou

Title:
Assistant Coach

Arielle Tillou is in her third year coaching at The University of Tulsa, serving her first two seasons as a graduate assistant coach from 2014-16. She enters her first season in 2016-17 as an assistant coach with the Tulsa rowing team.

Tillou was a four-year letterwinner and member of the Varsity 8+ at Tulsa. She was selected to the 2012 All-Conference USA team, helped the Varsity 8+ earn fifth-place marks at the 2011 and 2012 C-USA Championships, captured the 2008 Midwest Intercollegiate Rowing Championship gold medal in the Eight, and helped claim the Lawless Cup three times.

Tillou was a learn-to-row instructor for the Tulsa Youth Rowing Association before serving as the Varsity Girls' coach from 2012-14. She helped coach the Junior 4+ to a first-place finish at the 2012 Wichita Frostbite and a second-place mark at the 2013 Oklahoma City Invitational. Tillou also coached the Varsity 4x to a first-place finish at the 2014 Oklahoma City Invitational and the Lightweight 4+ to a third-place mark at the 2014 Central Youth Rowing Championships.

She holds a US Rowing Level II coaching certification.

A native of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Tillou earned her bachelor's degree in elementary education in 2012 and her master’s degree in educational studies in 2016, both from Tulsa.