Kristen Waters joined the Villanova Rowing coaching staff as an assistant coach in July 2026.
Waters spent the last three years as an assistant coach at La Salle where she directed the recruiting efforts for the program. She helped lead the Explorers to multiple record-breaking results in each of those seasons. While there, she also spent a great deal of time working with the novice athletes on the team, coaching the Freshman/Novice 8+ boat to a silver medal at the 2026 Dad Vail Championship.
Waters graduated from the University of Alabama in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. She rowed for the Crimson Tide for four years, serving as the team captain from 2010-2012. She was named the Most Improved Varsity Athlete in 2010 and was a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll all four years. In 2014, she earned her Master of Science in Integrated Exercise Physiology from Temple University.
Â
Â
