The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Rowing
- Title:
- Assistant Coach, Rowing
Texas Rowing head coach Dave O'Neill welcomed Alexa McAuliffe as an assistant coach in July 2023.
McAuliffe is a Texas Ex who was part of the Longhorns’ 2021 National Championship team. A four-year letterwinner with the Longhorns, she was an integral part of the growth of the program that finished fourth during her freshman year in 2017, third in 2018 and runner-up in 2019 before winning it all in 2021.
“It will be great to work with Alexa in this new capacity,” O’Neill said. “Her impact on our program as an athlete was monumental, and she has been a skilled coach and powerful mentor the past couple of years. Her leadership skills and passion for the sport are unparalleled, and she’ll be a terrific role model for the team.”
A Newton, Mass. native, McAuliffe is a member of the USRowing Beach Sprints National Team. She won gold in the open mixed quadruple sculls at the 2023 national team trials and will compete at the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals scheduled for September 29 - October 1 in Barletta, Italy.
McAuliffe was a four-time Big 12 Champion at Texas and competed in the second eight at four national championship regattas, helping the boat to a program-best second-place finish in 2019 and a third-place result in 2021. During her time on the Forty Acres, she served as a team representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee while also working as a coach and instructor at the Texas Rowing Center.
McAuliffe earned her degree from The University of Texas at Austin in Kinesiology.
