Asiya Mahmud

Biography

Asiya Mahmud enters her third season with Delaware Rowing in 2025-26 as the team transitions into its first season in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). In her second season with the Fightin' Blue Hens, Mahmud led Delaware to a third-place finish at the CAA Championships, where the team accumulated a program record four all-conference honorees. The squad picked up a victory at the Ford Lake Cup, hosted by Eastern Michigan University. In her first season with Delaware, the Blue Hens earned two CAA Boat of the Week honors during the spring season in April. UD also had two All-Conference honorees at the CAA Championhips, and a program record 13 CRCA Scholar-Athlete selections. A seasoned veteran and well-respected coach in the national rowing community, Asiya Mahmud has been hired as the University of Delaware Head Rowing Coach, Director of Athletics, Campus Recreation, and Community Chrissi Rawak announced on August 2, 2023. “I’m incredibly excited to welcome Asiya to the Blue Hen family,” Rawak said. “She brings tremendous experience as both a coach and student-athlete in the CAA. Her expansive knowledge and respect on the national level makes her a tremendous fit to lead our rowing program to the next level.” Mahmud joins the Blue Hens after eight years at her alma mater and CAA rival, Drexel University. Over the course of her tenure with the Dragons, which began in 2015, she was elevated twice, including to the program’s head coach after a promotion to associate head coach i