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 ORRA’s Head Coach Allen Eubanks is in his 9th 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.
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.
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 six of the last eight years to the USRowing Youth National Championships.
The USRowing awarded the 2007 Clayton W. Chapman Sportsmanship Award to ORRA Head Coach Allen Eubanks. This annual award is given to an individual who best emulates Mr. Chapman’s 30-year stewardship of the Eastern Sprints and IRA Championship regattas. The recipient shall be an individual that epitomizes the spirit of sport of rowing by consistently serving in a behind the scene administrative role that has previously gone unrecognized. The recipient may be a coach, athlete, referee, administrator, volunteer, regatta organizer, sponsor, or vendor.
Eubanks has been married since 2002 to his wife Candace from Shreveport, Louisiana. They have one son Ethan born February 2007 and Evelyn born July 2008. |
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Head Coach
• 2001-Present Varsity Women |
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Certifications |
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United States Rowing Coach Level III |
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Results |
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Atomic Rowing / Oak Ridge Juniors
• 2002 WY8+ Southeast Champions
Southeast Juniors
• 2006 WSLt4+ National Champions
• 2006 WILt4+ National Champions
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