Andriel Doolittle returns for her second season as head rowing coach at Ohio Wesleyan University.
Doolittle made her head coaching debut during the 2018-19 season, guiding the Bishops through their first season of intercollegiate competition. Ohio Wesleyan finished 10th of 11 teams in the Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference and had 3 rowers receive all-conference recognition.
Doolittle came to Ohio Wesleyan from Bates College, where she served as assistant women's rowing coach and recruiting coordinator for 4 years. During the fall of 2017, the Bobcats' first varsity 8 finished first and set a course record at the Head of the Charles Regatta, with the second varsity 8 placing fifth in the race.
She helped coach the Bobcats to NCAA Division III national championships in 2015 and 2017. In 2017, the second varsity 8 won its race and the first varsity 8 finished second. The 2016 Bobcats finished second nationally, with the second varsity 8 winning its race and the first varsity 8 placing fourth. In 2015, the Bates second varsity 8 won its race and the first varsity 8 placed second. She also helped coach the first and second varsity 8 boats to first-place finishes at the New England Championships and East Coast Athletic Conference championship in each of her 3 seasons. The Bates coaching staff was named Division III Staff of the Year by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association in 2015 and 2017.
She coached the Bates third varsity 8 to a first- and a pair of second-place finishes at the New England championships and guided the Bobcat novice 8 to a third-place finish at the New England championships.
Doolittle began her coaching career at Wesleyan (Conn.) University, where she served as an assistant coach for 2 seasons. She helped guide the Cardinals to an NCAA Division III championship appearance in 2014 and coached the Wesleyan third varsity 8 and the novice 8 boats to fourth-place finishes at the ECAC championship in 2014.
She is a 2012 graduate of the University of Connecticut, where she was a member of the rowing team for 4 years, earning second-team All-Big East honors in 2012 and serving as team captain. She continued her education with a master of arts degree in liberal studies from Wesleyan.
Doolittle is a native of Clinton, Conn.
