Nicole Marek

Biography

Primary Contact for Domestic Recruits Nicole Marek, a Michigan State alumna, returned to her alma mater to serve on the Spartan rowing staff in the summer of 2023. Marek comes back to East Lansing after four years on the coaching staff at Eastern Michigan, where she was the head novice coach in addition to assisting with the varsity crews. She was heavily involved in recruiting of rowers and talent transfers, planning aspects of team travel, creating social media content, coordinating team gear and summer camps. She coached the varsity four and aided the team to a third-place finish at the 2022 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championships, and also coached novices that made their way into NCAA boats after just one semester of training. During recent summers, Marek was the junior women’s assistant rowing camp coach at the Wyandotte Boat Club (2021) and was a junior men’s assistant coach for Canadian Henley camp at the Washtenaw Rowing Center (2022, 2023). A standout for the Spartans in her undergraduate days, Marek was a two-time MVP at Michigan State and also earned both First Team All-Big Ten and Honorable Mention All-American honors by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) in 2018. She was also a three-time Academic All-Big Ten pick, a CRCA Student-Athlete and Academic All-American, and earned spots on the 2k and 6k Spartan record boards. Marek earned her degree in Music Education from MSU in 2019, and was a member of the Honors College. She was the USRowing