COACHING STAFF The Erin Ruggieri File
Erin
Full name:.......................................................................................Erin Burton Ruggieri Birthdate:.................................................................................................... May 30, 1980 Birthplace:.............................................................................................Isle of Palms, SC College:......................................................................................... Duke University, 2001
RUGGIERI
Rowing Experience Duke University...................................................................................................1998-2001
Volunteer Assistant/ Head Novice Coach 2nd Season Erin Ruggieri is in her second season as a volunteer assistant coach for the Clemson rowing team. Ruggieri serves as the head novice coach. Ruggieri rowed at Duke University from 1998-2001. From 2001-2002, she served as a volunteer assistant coach for Duke’s novice women and men’s crew teams. In 2002, Ruggieri served as an assistant coach, leading the novice squad to a third place finish at the South/Central Regionals. In addition to her coaching responsibilities, she taught a weightlifting class. In 2003, Ruggieri took a position as a civil engineer at Oak Ridge National Lab in Oak Ridge, TN. During this time, she rowed out of Oak Ridge Rowing with a goal to make the US National team. Ruggieri was also involved in coaching a masters sculling program while she was there. She earned several top five finishes at the USRowing National Selection Regattas and Speed Orders. She
Coaching Experience Duke University,Volunteer Assistant Coach................................................2001-2002 Duke University, Assistant Coach...................................................................2002-2003 Clemson University,Volunteer Assistant Coach..................................... 2008-Present also placed second in the Head of the Charles in lightweight single. In 2006, she moved to Seattle, WA to train at the Pocock Rowing Center as a member of their elite sculling program. During this time, she finished fifth in the single at the USRowing Speed Order and sixth in the lightweight double at the trials for the world championships. Ruggieri earned a degree in civil engineering from Duke in 2001. While at Duke, she led a team to design and build the school’s first concrete canoe to compete in the national concrete canoe competition. Ruggieri also received Duke’s Service Award for her service to school and the community.
The Adam Bruce File
Adam
Full name:..........................................................................................Adam James Bruce Birthdate:........................................................................................... February 18, 1987 Birthplace:................................................................................................Charlotte, NC College:...................................................................................Clemson University, 2009
BRUCE
Rowing Experience Clemson University Crew................................................................................2005-2009
Graduate Assistant 1st Season Adam Bruce graduated from Clemson University in 2009 with a degree in Construction Management. He rowed for Clemson Crew from 2005-2009.
Coaching Experience Clemson University Crew.......................................................................................... 2009
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