COACHES
HEAD COACH/GIRLS COACH MJ BLUM
MJ Blum began rowing in 1982 at UCF under Coach Dennis Kamrad. She has been rowing competitively ever since in regattas such as the Royal Canadian Henley, USRowing Masters Nationals, Southeast Regionals, Head of the Charles, Head of the Hooch, Head of the South, First Coast Head Race, Head of the Indian Creek and numerous local races.
MJ graduated from UCF in 1984 with a BS in Business Administration and studied a year post-graduate in Exercise Physiology before becoming the Head women's coach at Edgewater High School in 1985 until 1990. The team grew from two 8's of girls before she started to five 8's in 2 years. Her girls won the Junior 4, Junior 8 and came in 4th in the Senior 8 at Scholastic Nationals. Edgewater also won the State Championship 4 times during that period.
From 2000-2009 she taught Yoga, Pilates, and Spinning at the RDV Sportsplex and has held certified personal trainer certifications from AFAA and NASM. She started coaching rowing again in 2015 at Winter Park's Middle School Rowing Program.
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BOYS COACH Kat Deiley
Coach Kat began rowing as a walk on freshman at the University of Southern California, making varsity her second year. The team comradery and their accomplishments racing in west coast regattas and PAC 10 championships were highlights of her college days.
As a masters rower, Kat has enjoyed competing in regattas all over the US. She has been a part of competitive teams for Norwalk River Rowing Club, Community Rowing Inc, Los Angeles Rowing Club, Rio Salado Rowing Club, Tempe Town Lake Rowing Club and Bainbridge Island Rowing Club. Medaling in the Head of the Charles, Head of the Schuylkill, Head of the American, Covered Bridge Regatta, SW & NW Regionals are some of her achievements in team & single events. She competed in the 2018 world rowing coastal championships loving this new adrenaline side of the sport.
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After 20 years in the sport, Kat decided coaching would be a great way to impart her passion for the sport to others. While coaching youth in South Seattle at Duwamish Rowing Club, Coach Kat’s small boats medaled regularly in regional regattas and championships. Most notable, women's junior JV3 2x gold and trophy for fastest overall time for any junior women’s double at the PNW championships.
Coach Kat hopes to foster a lifetime love of rowing in youth at Boone. She believes rowing is one sport that will build character, reward hard work and provide much fun!
Off the water, Kat is a mother of 4 and Gigi to 3. She loves spending time with family and friends, doing water sports, travel, viewing independent & international films and reading historical fiction.
