Northeastern University Athletics

Sarah Ivey joined the Northeastern coaching staff in the fall of 2011. She arrived at Northeastern following a season at the helm of a brand new open-water sculling program in Marblehead, Mass.
 
Ivey has helped guide the Huskies to unprecedented success in the last several seasons, capturing three consecutive CAA Championships and reaching the NCAA Championship in each of the last three seasons. In 2016, the varsity eight finished second at the Eastern Sprints for the first time since 2012 before enjoying its highest finish at the national championships in more than a decade. At NCAAs, where all three NU boats were seeded 18th, the 1V reached the ‘C’ final and finished 17th in the nation, its best finish since 2000. That year, the 2V also finished above its seed, taking 17th.
 
The 2015 campaign was another successful one for Wilhelm’s Huskies, who went 5-2 during the regular season before all four boats reached the grand finals at the Eastern Sprints, including a fourth place finish from the 1V and a silver medal winning performance from the 2V. The Huskies would sweep all races at the CAA Championships to earn the league’s automatic bid into the NCAA Championships, where the 1V took 19th. For his efforts, Ivey, along with Andrew Wieler, were named the CRCA Regional Staff of the Year.
 
The 2014 season was one for the record books for the Huskies as Northeastern reached the finals of the Eastern Sprints for the third straight season, with all four NU crews medaling on the day in the program's best team performance in 34 appearances in the championship regatta. Northeastern’s varsity 8+ took the bronze while the Second Varsity 8+ (second), varsity 4+ (third) and third varsity 4+ (first), all had strong performances.
 
NU continued to build momentum two weeks later at the conference championships, storming to its fourth CAA title in impressive fashion. The Huskies swept all three races, led by dominating performances from the varsity and second varsity crews before the varsity four staged a come from behind victory to erase an open-water deficit to win by two seconds to propel the Huskies into the NCAA championships for the first time since 2000. 
 
In her first year with the Huskies, she coached the third varsity eight to a bronze medal finish at the Eastern Sprints.
 
Ivey began her rowing career as a coxswain for the men’s program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she consistently retained her seat in the first varsity boat for the two years following her novice year. In her time at UMass, she earned both the Novice of the Year Award and Coaches Award. She helped UMass rowing win the Knecht Cup, earn a fourth-place finish at the ACRA Championships, and claim the team's first-ever Head of the Charles medal. During her collegiate career, she also worked successfully with multiple clubs, including Northampton Crew and the PennAC U23 Men's Intermediate summer racing program.
 
She continues to spend time in the coxswains seat and, in the off-season, competes with Merrimack River Rowing Association.
 
Ivey graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in biology.