Rowing
Goodwin, Michelle
Michelle Goodwin
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- michelle-goodwin@utulsa.edu
- Phone:
- 2268
Michelle Goodwin joined the Tulsa rowing staff prior to the 2017-18 season, and is in her fourth season as an assistant coach. In her three seasons, Tulsa’s rowing team has medaled 124 boats, including 29 gold-medal finishes.
Tulsa did not race the 2020 spring season due to the global coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), but the Golden Hurricane did compete in two fall regattas. TU earned 10 top-three marks in the Tulsa Fall Invitational, and captured seven medals at the Head of the Oklahoma.
In 2018-19, Tulsa turned in a third-place performance at the American Athletic Conference Championship, while the Varsity 4+ earned a silver medal and the Varsity 8+ captured the bronze medal. After the season, the team went on an 18-day foreign tour to Venice, Italy, Bled, Slovenia, and Henley on Thames, England, and competed in the Bled International Regatta and the Henley Women’s Regatta.
TU finished second at the 2018 American Athletic Conference Championships for the fourth-straight year, while the 2nd Varsity 4+ claimed the gold medal, the Varsity 8+ earned silver and the 3rd Varsity 4+ was third. TU’s Varsity 8+ was named The American Boat of the Year. The Golden Hurricane duo of Sophia Camara and Lucy Coleman captured a silver medal in the Lightweight 2x at the Alternate to the IRA National Championship.
A native of Ventnor City, N.J., Goodwin was an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s rowing club teams at Grand Valley State (Michigan) for two seasons (2015-17). She coached the men’s and women’s team at the 2016 Henley Royal Regatta, and assisted the Women’s Varsity 8- to a third-place finish at the 2016 ARCRA, a first-place mark at the 2016 MACRA and a fifth-place finish at the 2016 Dad Vail Regatta. Goodwin was also responsible for coaching the Novice 8+ to a gold medal finish at the 2016 Eagle Collegiate Challenge and the Novice 4+ to a silver medal at the 2016 MACRA. For her efforts, she was named the 2016 American Collegiate Rowing Association Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year.
Goodwin rowed for four years at Tennessee, where she helped the Volunteers claim the 2012 Conference USA Championship. She also earned a silver medal in the Open 4+ at the 2013 C-USA Championship, and was a member of the Varsity 4+, 2nd Varsity 4+ and 2nd Varsity 8+ throughout her career.
Goodwin holds a US Rowing Level II coaching certification.
Goodwin earned her bachelor’s degree in history and secondary education in 2014, and her master’s degree in teacher education in 2015, all from Tennessee.
Tulsa did not race the 2020 spring season due to the global coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), but the Golden Hurricane did compete in two fall regattas. TU earned 10 top-three marks in the Tulsa Fall Invitational, and captured seven medals at the Head of the Oklahoma.
In 2018-19, Tulsa turned in a third-place performance at the American Athletic Conference Championship, while the Varsity 4+ earned a silver medal and the Varsity 8+ captured the bronze medal. After the season, the team went on an 18-day foreign tour to Venice, Italy, Bled, Slovenia, and Henley on Thames, England, and competed in the Bled International Regatta and the Henley Women’s Regatta.
TU finished second at the 2018 American Athletic Conference Championships for the fourth-straight year, while the 2nd Varsity 4+ claimed the gold medal, the Varsity 8+ earned silver and the 3rd Varsity 4+ was third. TU’s Varsity 8+ was named The American Boat of the Year. The Golden Hurricane duo of Sophia Camara and Lucy Coleman captured a silver medal in the Lightweight 2x at the Alternate to the IRA National Championship.
A native of Ventnor City, N.J., Goodwin was an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s rowing club teams at Grand Valley State (Michigan) for two seasons (2015-17). She coached the men’s and women’s team at the 2016 Henley Royal Regatta, and assisted the Women’s Varsity 8- to a third-place finish at the 2016 ARCRA, a first-place mark at the 2016 MACRA and a fifth-place finish at the 2016 Dad Vail Regatta. Goodwin was also responsible for coaching the Novice 8+ to a gold medal finish at the 2016 Eagle Collegiate Challenge and the Novice 4+ to a silver medal at the 2016 MACRA. For her efforts, she was named the 2016 American Collegiate Rowing Association Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year.
Goodwin rowed for four years at Tennessee, where she helped the Volunteers claim the 2012 Conference USA Championship. She also earned a silver medal in the Open 4+ at the 2013 C-USA Championship, and was a member of the Varsity 4+, 2nd Varsity 4+ and 2nd Varsity 8+ throughout her career.
Goodwin holds a US Rowing Level II coaching certification.
Goodwin earned her bachelor’s degree in history and secondary education in 2014, and her master’s degree in teacher education in 2015, all from Tennessee.
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