Eastern Michigan Athletics
Women's Rowing
Quoss, Julie
Julie Quoss
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- jquoss@emich.edu
- Phone:
- 734.487.2234
Julie Quoss enters her fifth season as an assistant coach for the Eagles in 2020-21 after a four-year stint as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa. Quoss also serves as the recruiting coordinator for the Eagles.
In her first four seasons as part of Kemp Savage’s staff, Quoss has played an integral part in leading the Eagles to its highest finishes in program history, finishing in third place at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships in the 2016 and 2018 seasons.
This past season, Quoss helped the Eagles to notable success during the fall racing slate before the spring schedule was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Green and White captured two race titles to start the season at the Head of the Grand, while also defeating Michigan State for the program's first win over a Big Ten opponent since 2008. Eastern continued their strong fall at the prestigious Head of the Charles, where the Eagles claimed fifth place out of 32 boats at the regatta. Quoss also helped lead EMU to its highest Varsity Eight finish at the Head of the Hooch, with the team placing sixth at the annual event.
In the summer of 2018, Quoss was the assistant coach of the United States coaching squad that competed in the World University Championships in Shanghai, China. Along with EMU Head Coach Kemp Savage, Quoss led the V8+ to a third-place finish, while the V4+ and Lightweight Sculls earned fifth and 11th, respectively.
Prior to arriving at Eastern Michigan, Quoss served as the head novice coach, as well as the director of operations during her time with the Hawkeyes. She also assisted with the varsity squad and was in charge of tracking academic progress and the counseling efforts of her student-athletes. She was the New Student Champion for Success Award recipient four times. She earned it for being tabbed as a person at the university who helped new students the most in their collegiate success.
On the water, she guided the Iowa rowing program to national success, being ranked as high as 16th nationally in 2016. That same year, two of her former novice recruits went on to find success at the varsity level. Katie Brown was named the Big-Ten Conference Medal of Honor Winner and also received a B1G Postgraduate Scholarship. Izzy Dolba was also named second team All-Region for Iowa.
In 2013, Quoss guided first-year, walk-on rower Morgan Grastorf from the novice program to varsity crews. She went on to earn Pocock All-America Second Team and All-Central Region First Team honors. She was also invited to attend 2014 US Rowing Women's Pre-Elite Camp in June, which grooms up-and-coming rowers for the national teams.
Quoss joined the Hawkeyes after spending five seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, she helped build strong novice classes that went on to win a majority of their races each fall. During the spring, Quoss led the fours to the grand finals, both top finishers for Penn at the inaugural Ive League Championships.
Her fours, second varsity eight, and third varsity eight, also finished as high as fourth in the Eastern Sprints Championships. Those strong results helped the team gain its highest ranking in recent history, placing among the top-20. She also served as Penn's recruiting coordinator, helping the Quakers bring in its largest class in program history during the 2010-11 season, and its strongest class in the 2011-12 season.
In her first season at Penn, Quoss helped the team rank second in the Mid-Atlantic Region and gain their best finish in the Eastern Sprints since 1982. For her efforts, she was a Mid-Atlantic Assistant Coach of the Year nominee.
Before joining the coaching ranks, Quoss was a standout walk-on for the University of Wisconsin rowing team from 2001-05. She was a member of Wisconsin's V8 that twice competed at the NCAA Championships after a five-year hiatus. Her boats also medaled at the Big Ten Championships and Central Sprints. Quoss earned First and Second Team All-Central Region honors and was a National Scholar Athlete. She graduated from UW with a Bachelor of Science degree in art education.
Following graduation, Quoss helped manage the Wisconsin team from 2005-06 and then spent a year as an assistant coach and head novice coach at Bucknell University from 2006-07. That season Bucknell won the Patriot League Championship as well as the Lightweight National Championship. She then trained and raced with the Vesper Summer Elites, coming away with five gold medals at Canadian Henley. Quoss also went on to help coach the Vesper Elites during the summers of 2007 and 2010.
In her first four seasons as part of Kemp Savage’s staff, Quoss has played an integral part in leading the Eagles to its highest finishes in program history, finishing in third place at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships in the 2016 and 2018 seasons.
This past season, Quoss helped the Eagles to notable success during the fall racing slate before the spring schedule was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Green and White captured two race titles to start the season at the Head of the Grand, while also defeating Michigan State for the program's first win over a Big Ten opponent since 2008. Eastern continued their strong fall at the prestigious Head of the Charles, where the Eagles claimed fifth place out of 32 boats at the regatta. Quoss also helped lead EMU to its highest Varsity Eight finish at the Head of the Hooch, with the team placing sixth at the annual event.
In the summer of 2018, Quoss was the assistant coach of the United States coaching squad that competed in the World University Championships in Shanghai, China. Along with EMU Head Coach Kemp Savage, Quoss led the V8+ to a third-place finish, while the V4+ and Lightweight Sculls earned fifth and 11th, respectively.
Prior to arriving at Eastern Michigan, Quoss served as the head novice coach, as well as the director of operations during her time with the Hawkeyes. She also assisted with the varsity squad and was in charge of tracking academic progress and the counseling efforts of her student-athletes. She was the New Student Champion for Success Award recipient four times. She earned it for being tabbed as a person at the university who helped new students the most in their collegiate success.
On the water, she guided the Iowa rowing program to national success, being ranked as high as 16th nationally in 2016. That same year, two of her former novice recruits went on to find success at the varsity level. Katie Brown was named the Big-Ten Conference Medal of Honor Winner and also received a B1G Postgraduate Scholarship. Izzy Dolba was also named second team All-Region for Iowa.
In 2013, Quoss guided first-year, walk-on rower Morgan Grastorf from the novice program to varsity crews. She went on to earn Pocock All-America Second Team and All-Central Region First Team honors. She was also invited to attend 2014 US Rowing Women's Pre-Elite Camp in June, which grooms up-and-coming rowers for the national teams.
Quoss joined the Hawkeyes after spending five seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, she helped build strong novice classes that went on to win a majority of their races each fall. During the spring, Quoss led the fours to the grand finals, both top finishers for Penn at the inaugural Ive League Championships.
Her fours, second varsity eight, and third varsity eight, also finished as high as fourth in the Eastern Sprints Championships. Those strong results helped the team gain its highest ranking in recent history, placing among the top-20. She also served as Penn's recruiting coordinator, helping the Quakers bring in its largest class in program history during the 2010-11 season, and its strongest class in the 2011-12 season.
In her first season at Penn, Quoss helped the team rank second in the Mid-Atlantic Region and gain their best finish in the Eastern Sprints since 1982. For her efforts, she was a Mid-Atlantic Assistant Coach of the Year nominee.
Before joining the coaching ranks, Quoss was a standout walk-on for the University of Wisconsin rowing team from 2001-05. She was a member of Wisconsin's V8 that twice competed at the NCAA Championships after a five-year hiatus. Her boats also medaled at the Big Ten Championships and Central Sprints. Quoss earned First and Second Team All-Central Region honors and was a National Scholar Athlete. She graduated from UW with a Bachelor of Science degree in art education.
Following graduation, Quoss helped manage the Wisconsin team from 2005-06 and then spent a year as an assistant coach and head novice coach at Bucknell University from 2006-07. That season Bucknell won the Patriot League Championship as well as the Lightweight National Championship. She then trained and raced with the Vesper Summer Elites, coming away with five gold medals at Canadian Henley. Quoss also went on to help coach the Vesper Elites during the summers of 2007 and 2010.
The Julie Quoss File
Education: University of Wisconsin - Bachelor's degree in art education- 2005
Professional Experience:
Year School/Team Position
2016-Pres. Eastern Michigan University Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
2012-16 University of Iowa Assistant Coach/Head Novice Coach/Director of Operations
2007-12 University of Pennsylvania Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
2006-07 Bucknell University Assistant Coach/Head Novice Coach
2005-06 University of Wisconsin Manager
2001-05 University of Wisconsin Student-Athlete
2016-Pres. Eastern Michigan University Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
2012-16 University of Iowa Assistant Coach/Head Novice Coach/Director of Operations
2007-12 University of Pennsylvania Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
2006-07 Bucknell University Assistant Coach/Head Novice Coach
2005-06 University of Wisconsin Manager
2001-05 University of Wisconsin Student-Athlete
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