Mollie Cusack - Assistant Rowing Coach - Women's Rowing Coaches

Mollie Cusack

Title:
Assistant Rowing Coach
Email:
mmc332@drexel.edu

The Drexel University women's rowing team brought back one of its own as former Dragon Mollie Cusack was named an assistant coach on February 2, 2022.

The Dragons enjoyed success throughout the 2021-22 season, including its best ever finish at the CAA Championships, tying for first place with three student-athletes earning All-Conference honors. The Dragons performed well both locally, winning the Kerr Cup and Kelly Cup, and also nationally, besting some of the top competition in the country at the Sunshine State Invitational. The Novice 8+ won gold at the Dad Vail Regatta, helping Drexel to the overall point title. Also achieving in the classroom, 12 members of the team were named CRCA Scholar-Athletes.

Before coming back to Drexel as a coach, Cusack was the recruiting coordinator and an assistant coach at Villanova. With the Wildcats, she helped mentor the team to a third place finish at last year's Colonial Athletic Association championship and was responsible for managing recruiting activities for prospective students, including generating interest for junior athletes, and coordinating all on-campus visits.

While at VU, Cusack was also a part of with Villanova's UNITAS taskforce, to ensure the department promotes a diverse, inclusive, and equitable environment for our students.

Prior to Villanova, she was an assistant coach at Jacksonville University where the team won a MAAC championship in 2018.

A Philadelphia area native, Cusack earned her bachelors in sport management from Drexel in 2014. She was a part of a gold medal winning varsity 8+ at the Kelly Cup Regatta and a silver medal varsity 8+ at the Dad Vail Regatta.