Eastern Michigan Athletics
Quoss Named EMU Rowing Assistant Coach
7/13/2016 10:26:00 AM | Women's Rowing
She joins the Eagles after serving as an assistant at the University of Iowa
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) - Eastern Michigan University rowing Head Coach Kemp Savage announced the hiring of Julie Quoss as an assistant coach today, July 13. Quoss will join the Eagles for the upcoming 2016-17 campaign after spending the previous four seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa.
"I am incredibly excited to announce Julie as our new assistant coach," Savage said. "Her experience in the Ivy League and the Big Ten will be great assets to EMU. It is also great to get someone who has competed at the NCAA Championships to help get the team to that level. She is going to be a huge part in taking the team to its first Colonial Athletic Association Championship."
"A big thanks to Coach Savage for extending this opportunity and having the confidence in me to help him continue the momentum of EMU rowing," Quoss exclaimed. "It's definitely an exciting time for the program and I am thrilled to get to be a part of it. I cannot wait to get started and join the Eagle family."
Quoss served as the head novice coach, as well as the director of operations in her time with the Hawkeyes. She also assisted with the varsity squad and was in charge of tracking academic progress and the counseling efforts of her student-athletes. She was the New Student Champion for Success Award recipient four times. She earned it for being tabbed as a person at the university who helped new students the most in their collegiate success.
On the water, she guided the Iowa rowing program to national success, being ranked as high as 16th nationally in 2016. That same year, two of her former novice recruits went on to find success at the varsity level. Katie Brown was named the Big-Ten Conference Medal of Honor Winner and also received a B1G Postgraduate Scholarship. Izzy Dolba was also named second team All-Region for Iowa.
In 2013, Quoss guided first-year, walk-on rower Morgan Grastorf from the novice program to varsity crews. She went on to earn Pocock All-America Second Team and All-Central Region First Team honors. She was also invited to attend 2014 US Rowing Women's Pre-Elite Camp in June, which grooms up-and-coming rowers for the national teams.
Quoss joined the Hawkeyes after spending five seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, she helped build strong novice classes that went on to win a majority of their races each fall. During the spring, Quoss led the fours to the grand finals, both top finishers for Penn at the inaugural Ive League Championships.
Her fours, second varsity eight, and third varsity eight, also finished as high as fourth in the Eastern Sprints Championships. Those strong results helped the team gain its highest ranking in recent history, placing among the top-20. She also served as Penn's recruiting coordinator, helping the Quakers bring in its largest class in program history during the 2010-11 season, and its strongest class in the 2011-12 season.
In her first season at Penn, Quoss helped the team rank second in the Mid-Atlantic Region and gain their best finish in the Eastern Sprints since 1982. For her efforts, she was a Mid-Atlantic Assistant Coach of the Year nominee.
Before joining the coaching ranks, Quoss was a standout walk-on for the University of Wisconsin rowing team from 2001-05. She was a member of Wisconsin's V8 that twice competed at the NCAA Championships after a five year hiatus. Her boats also medaled at the Big Ten Championships and Central Sprints. Quoss earned First and Second Team All-Central Region honors and was a National Scholar Athlete. She graduated from UW with a Bachelor of Science degree in art education.
Following graduation, Quoss helped manage the Wisconsin team from 2005-06 and then spent a year as an assistant coach and head novice coach at Bucknell University from 2006-07. That season Bucknell won the Patriot League Championship as well as the Lightweight National Championship. She then trained and raced with the Vesper Summer Elites, coming away with five gold medals at Canadian Henley. Quoss also went on to help coach the Vesper Elites during the summers of 2007 and 2010.
"I am incredibly excited to announce Julie as our new assistant coach," Savage said. "Her experience in the Ivy League and the Big Ten will be great assets to EMU. It is also great to get someone who has competed at the NCAA Championships to help get the team to that level. She is going to be a huge part in taking the team to its first Colonial Athletic Association Championship."
"A big thanks to Coach Savage for extending this opportunity and having the confidence in me to help him continue the momentum of EMU rowing," Quoss exclaimed. "It's definitely an exciting time for the program and I am thrilled to get to be a part of it. I cannot wait to get started and join the Eagle family."
Quoss served as the head novice coach, as well as the director of operations in her time with the Hawkeyes. She also assisted with the varsity squad and was in charge of tracking academic progress and the counseling efforts of her student-athletes. She was the New Student Champion for Success Award recipient four times. She earned it for being tabbed as a person at the university who helped new students the most in their collegiate success.
On the water, she guided the Iowa rowing program to national success, being ranked as high as 16th nationally in 2016. That same year, two of her former novice recruits went on to find success at the varsity level. Katie Brown was named the Big-Ten Conference Medal of Honor Winner and also received a B1G Postgraduate Scholarship. Izzy Dolba was also named second team All-Region for Iowa.
In 2013, Quoss guided first-year, walk-on rower Morgan Grastorf from the novice program to varsity crews. She went on to earn Pocock All-America Second Team and All-Central Region First Team honors. She was also invited to attend 2014 US Rowing Women's Pre-Elite Camp in June, which grooms up-and-coming rowers for the national teams.
Quoss joined the Hawkeyes after spending five seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, she helped build strong novice classes that went on to win a majority of their races each fall. During the spring, Quoss led the fours to the grand finals, both top finishers for Penn at the inaugural Ive League Championships.
Her fours, second varsity eight, and third varsity eight, also finished as high as fourth in the Eastern Sprints Championships. Those strong results helped the team gain its highest ranking in recent history, placing among the top-20. She also served as Penn's recruiting coordinator, helping the Quakers bring in its largest class in program history during the 2010-11 season, and its strongest class in the 2011-12 season.
In her first season at Penn, Quoss helped the team rank second in the Mid-Atlantic Region and gain their best finish in the Eastern Sprints since 1982. For her efforts, she was a Mid-Atlantic Assistant Coach of the Year nominee.
Before joining the coaching ranks, Quoss was a standout walk-on for the University of Wisconsin rowing team from 2001-05. She was a member of Wisconsin's V8 that twice competed at the NCAA Championships after a five year hiatus. Her boats also medaled at the Big Ten Championships and Central Sprints. Quoss earned First and Second Team All-Central Region honors and was a National Scholar Athlete. She graduated from UW with a Bachelor of Science degree in art education.
Following graduation, Quoss helped manage the Wisconsin team from 2005-06 and then spent a year as an assistant coach and head novice coach at Bucknell University from 2006-07. That season Bucknell won the Patriot League Championship as well as the Lightweight National Championship. She then trained and raced with the Vesper Summer Elites, coming away with five gold medals at Canadian Henley. Quoss also went on to help coach the Vesper Elites during the summers of 2007 and 2010.
The Julie Quoss File
Education: University of Wisconsin - Bachelor's degree in art education- 2005
Professional Experience:
Year School/Team Position
2012-16 University of Iowa Assistant Coach/Head Novice Coach/Director of Operations
2007-12 University of Pennsylvania Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
2006-07 Bucknell University Assistant Coach/Head Novice Coach
2005-06 University of Wisconsin Manager
2001-05 University of Wisconsin Student-Athlete
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