Steve Coppola

Biography

Steve Coppola was named the Staley Head Coach of Women's Rowing at Cornell University in August 2019. He joins the Big Red after seven seasons of sustained success as an assistant at his alma mater, Princeton, where he was instrumental in building program depth. The Tigers won five of the last seven Ivy League championships under his tenure while maintaining top NCAA performance with six top-10 team finishes. Following his collegiate career at Princeton, where he led a heavyweight boat to the 2006 EARC/Ivy League title and silver at IRA nationals, Coppola embarked on an impressive international rowing career. He competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, helping the United States to a bronze medal in the men's eight at the Beijing Games. Coppola rowed the men's eight to a world title in 2005 in Gifu, Japan, and earned bronze medals in the men's 4+ in Spain in 2004 and men's 8+ in England in 2006. A native of Buffalo, New York, he won multiple Scholastic National Rowing Championships at Canisius High School.