Brace Named Interim Rowing Head Coach
6/24/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rowing
BUFFALO, NY – Kerri Brace has been named the interim head coach for the University at Buffalo women's rowing team, it was announced on Friday.
Brace just completed her seventh season as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. In 2014, she helped coach the Bulls to the silver medal at the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Women's Rowing Championships. The Bulls earned the bronze medal at the CAAs in 2015.
In 2012, Brace helped the Lightweight Four earn a gold medal at the Knecht Cup and the Lightweight Eight win the silver medal at the Dad Vail Regatta. She also played a key role in the Lightweight Four participating in the National Championship for the first time in school history, they earned a bronze medal. The Lightweight Four also raced as the Varsity Four in the Colonial Athletic Association Conference championships, winning gold, edging out Boston University by less than a second.
Brace helped guide the Lightweight Eight team to a bronze medal finish at the 2010 Knecht Cup. The Lightweight Eight also medaled for the first time at the Dad Vail Regatta, helping UB win its third straight team title.
Brace previously served as the head coach at Buffalo's Nardin Academy, leading her Lightweight Eight boat to the State Championship in 2008 and 2009, as well as a gold medal at the Canadian National Championships in 2007. While in Buffalo she has also coached under Aileen McNamara at the West Side Rowing Club.
Brace is a 2005 graduate of Mercyhurst University with a bachelor's degree in management information systems. As a two-time captain on the Lakers' rowing program, she competed at the NCAA Division II National Championships in 2003, 2004 and 2005. In 2004, she and her teammates captured the first ever National Championship in Mercyhurst athletics history. She and her 2004 teammates were inducted into the Mercyhurst Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011.
She will serve as the interim head coach through the 2016-17 season.
