ORRA’s Head Coach Allen Eubanks is in his 7th year as Head Coach and Club Manager of ORRA. Eubanks is a native of Bossier City, Louisiana. A 1997 graduate of Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Eubanks started rowing in 1992. While at NSU Eubanks was involved with more than just rowing he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity, spent 4 years on SGA and two years as the layout editor for the college yearbook. Prior to working in Oak Ridge, Eubanks started two programs and coached in Louisiana at Centenary College and the Louisiana School of Math Science and the Arts. Eubanks has the creation of two regattas to his credit as well the "Head of the Red" regatta and the "Secret City Head Race" regatta. Eubanks has been married for six years to his wife Candace from Shreveport, Louisiana and they have one son Ethan born in 2007.
USRowing named ORRA as the 2005 Club of the Year under Eubanks’ leadership. Eubanks serves on as chairman of USRowing’s Youth Committee where he was instrumental in the regional realignment of the qualifying regatta structure for the USRowing Youth Nationals. Eubanks serves as the Director of the Southeast Junior Development Camp, a camp that he organize in 2005 with past USRowing Women’s Olympic Head Coach Hartmut Bushbacher and Greg Maynard of Baylor School. The camp is conducted during July in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 2007 the Southeast Juniors Youth Women's eight placed 2nd behind Thompson Boat Center and in front of the two US Development Camp crews with a time of 6:48.17. In 2006 Eubanks’ Senior and Intermediate Lightweight fours succeed in capturing a national title in their events. As ORRA’s Junior Program head coach, Eubanks has lead the Oak Ridge Junior women’s program to one Women’s Youth 8+ Southeast Regional Championship in 2002 and recieve bids to five of the last seven years to the USRowing Youth National Championships.
United States Rowing Coach Level
III
2007 USRowing Clayton Chapman Sportsmanship Award |
Rowing Experience:
1992-1997 Northwestern
State University of Louisiana
Degree:
BS - Advertising Design / Northwestern State
University of Louisiana 1997 |
