Coaching Staff

Tim Grant is the Head Women’s Rowing Coach at North Park University Chicago, an NCAA Division III varsity program. Now in his seventh year, Coach Tim built the North Park rowing program from the ground up. Women’s rowing at North Park currently has the largest roster in women’s athletics and consistently boasts victories both regionally and nationally. In their first seven years as a varsity sport, Grant has led North Park Rowers to three Dad Vail National Regatta medals, a 2nd place regional ranking in the Mid Atlantic Region, and within votes of national ranking in the varsity 8 (spring 2006). Viking rowers have made an impact both on the water and in the classroom as well. In seven years as a varsity sport, the women's rowing program has had 13 CRCA Academic All-Americans, and has had 9 athletes named Mid Atlantic All-Region Conference Athletes. Grant has been involved in rowing for over twenty years, and he is a past head coach and assistant coach at Loyola Academy Rowing Associations in Wilmette, Illinois. Grant’s other coaching experience includes the University of Chicago, St. Norbert College, the Lincoln Park Boat Club and the Dammrich Rowing Center.

Alli Koubsky returns for her second year as assistant head coach. Koubsky is no stranger to North Park as she rowed all four years of her college career for the Vikings. She is the most decorated rower in Viking history with over 22 medals, including three from the Dad Vail National Regatta (2004, 2005, 2006). She was a Dad Vail National Regatta Champion in 2004. Koubsky graduated from North Park in the spring of 2007. In recognition of her athletic achievements, she was honored by the department as the Female Sportsperson of the Year. Koubsky hails from St. Cloud, Minnesota. She is in charge of the novice rowing program and recruitment.