Erin Burton Position: Volunteer Assistant Coach

Erin Burton is in her first season as a volunteer assistant coach for the Clemson rowing team. She works with the Varsity 4s and directs all sculling. She also works with athletes in nutrition, sport psychology and balance training.

Burton rowed at Duke University from 1998-2001. From 2001-2002, Burton served as a volunteer assistant coach for Duke's novice women and men's crew teams. In 2002, she served as an assistant coach, leading the novice squad to a third place finish at the South/Central Regionals. In addition to her coaching responsibilities, she taught a weightlifting class. In 2003, Burton took a position as a civil engineer at Oak Ridge National Lab in Oak Ridge, TN. During this time, she rowed out of Oak Ridge Rowing with a goal to make the US National team. Burton was also involved in coaching a masters sculling program while she was there. She earned several top five finishes at the USRowing National Selection Regattas and Speed Orders. She also placed second in the Head of the Charles in lightweight single. In 2006, she moved to Seattle, WA to train at the Pocock Rowing Center as a member of their elite sculling program. During this time, she finished fifth in the single at the USRowing Speed Order and sixth in the lightweight double at the trials for the world championships. Burton earned a degree in civil engineering from Duke in 2001. While at Duke, she led a team to design and build the school's first concrete canoe to compete in the national concrete canoe competition. Burton also received Duke's Service Award for her service to school and the community.