Lori Dauphiny

Biography

2012 FEATURE ON LORI DAUPHINY Dauphiny • By The Numbers • 2019 CRCA Hall of Fame Inductee • 2006, 2011 NCAA varsity eight champion, 2022 NCAA varsity four champion • 1997, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Ivy League champion • 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 Ivy League Head Coach of the Year • has led Princeton to every NCAA championship regatta, dating back to 1997 • Princeton has placed in the Top 5 at NCAAs 12 times • the Princeton V8 has made 20 of 27 NCAA grand finals • 267 dual race wins, the most for any Princeton coach with a single rowing team • Had four alumni go to 2024 Olympics; Hannah Scott '21 won gold. • 2006 US Rowing Woman Of The Year • two-time National Coach of the Year Two-time National Coach of the Year Lori Dauphiny will enter her 29th year as the head coach of women’s open crew for the 2026 season, and she has led the Tigers to an unprecedented era of success over her career. Under Dauphiny, Princeton has won two V8+ NCAA Championships and 14 Ivy League crowns, and the Tigers will enter the 2026 season having won 95 of its last 100 Ivy League dual races. The First Varsity ripped off a blistering time of 6:01.18 to take down No. 5 Yale (6:05.06) by 3.8 seconds in the 2025 Ivy League Grand Final. The Tigers led throughout the race, defeating Yale's previously unbeaten boat. It is the eighth consecutive victory for the 1V at Ivies and 10th in the past 11 events. Princeton earned an at-large bid to the NC