Mary Lenington began her tenure as the head coach of NSU’s women’s rowing program prior to the 2011-12 athletic year.
Lenington recently completed a three-year graduate assistantship at the University of Texas-Austin where she helped guide the Longhorns to three consecutive Big 12 Conference Championships in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Prior to working with the Longhorns, Lenington served as Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator for Williams College, Stanford University, University of Rhode Island, and the University of Central Florida. She also spent three years as the Varsity Lightweight Rowing Coach at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and led the lightweight women's team to their first Intercollegiate National Championship Title in 2004. Under Lenington's guidance, the Badgers won two more national championships before she left in 2006 to coach at Stanford University. Following Stanford, Lenington signed on to assist with Williams College for the 2008 season. The 2008 Division III National Championship marked the fourth title for Coach Mary Lenington's teams.
In addition to her responsibilities in the collegiate rowing, Lenington enjoys developing competitive junior athletes during the summers. As a Junior Development Sculling Camp Coach through USRowing, the national governing body for rowing, Coach Lenington enjoys growing and teaching young athletes as they pursue goals of representing the US in international competition.
A Florida native, Lenington received her bachelor's degree in organizational communications from Central Florida in 2000 and completed a Master’s of Education from the University of Texas-Austin in May 2011. An avid distance and trail runner, Lenington is married to Eric FitzGerald Lenington of Austin, Texas.
