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Kara DeFilippi, a former coxswain for the women's rowing team at the University of Virginia, has been the novice women's rowing coach at Virginia the last two years. She was voted the 2003 Assistant Coach of the Year for the Southern Region.
A Virginia graduate with a bachelor's degree in English language and literature and a master's degree in education, DeFilippi served as a volunteer assistant coach with the UVa women's rowing team during the 2001-02 academic year. She worked with the novice women and helped coach the varsity coxswains.
During her collegiate career, DeFilippi was a coxswain for the UVa men's rowing team for four years. She joined the women's rowing team prior to the 1998 NCAA Championships and coxed the second varsity eight to a national championship. She spent the entire 1998-99 season with the women's rowing team and coxed the first varsity eight that finished second at the 1999 NCAA Championships.
After graduating from Virginia, DeFilippi taught English and coached in Germany for one year. She returned to Charlottesville in 2000 to teach in the Albemarle County school system and to serve as a volunteer assistant novice coach with the UVa men's rowing team. She coxed at the 2001 U.S. National Team Pre-elite/Selection Camp in Ithaca, N.Y. She is married to James DeFilippi.
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