Rowing alumna Nancy LaRocque tabbed Wisconsin's Associate Head Coach

MADISON, Wisconsin - University of Massachusetts rowing program alumna Nancy LaRocque was recently promoted to associate head coach of the University of Wisconsin women's rowing program. LaRocque is in her fourth year with the program.

"Nancy is able to bring a lot of competitive knowledge and technical experience to any conversation or issue, as many coaches can," Wisconsin rowing head coach Bebe Bryans said to UWBadgers.com. "What makes her so valuable to me and the Badger program is her ability to see around corners and use her experience to fill gaps that aren't even there yet."

LaRocque won three consecutive Atlantic 10 championships and gold medals at the San Diego Crew Classic, New England Championships and the Champion International Collegiate Regatta as a member of the University of Massachusetts program. She was a contributor in the varsity eight that placed second at the 1997 NCAA Championships and was a two-year captain for the squad.

LaRocque owns a wealth of coaching experience, having served eight seasons as a coach at the NCAA Division I level prior to her arrival in Madison. Most recently, that came as an assistant during the 2009-10 season at Tennessee. Prior to that, she was the head coach at West Virginia from 2000-07, where she helped direct the Mountaineers move from a club program to the NCAA Division I level and then brought it to nationally-ranked status in just three years.

Before joining West Virginia, LaRocque was an assistant for two seasons at Division III Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

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Rowing alumna Nancy LaRocque tabbed Wisconsin's Associate Head Coach

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