Women's Ice Hockey Coaches

Amy Bourbeau took over the Brown bench in the 2011-12 season and became the third head coach in Brown's 47-year women's hockey history. Bourbeau comes to Brown with 15 years of intercollegiate coaching experience, including 12 years as an assistant coach at Princeton.

In her first season with the Bears, Bourbeau led the program to a resurgent year, taking Brown back to the playoffs for the first time in five years. Bruno also had an ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Year finalist, a third-team and all rookie selection and a First Team All Ivy player.

Bourbeau piloted the team to its most wins since 2006-07 and fewest losses since 2005-06. The squad also posted its most ECAC wins and fewest conference losses since 05-06.

Also in her first year at the helm of the Bears, Bourbeau's team captured the Mayor's Cup with a 2-1 victory at Providence College, the programs first such trophy since 2010 and led Brown to earn the ECAC SKOR Team of the Year Award.

"I'm extremely pleased to bring Amy Bourbeau to Brown as a teacher and mentor with 12 years of Ivy coaching experience," said Goldberger.  "She's had a successful career, first as a student-athlete at Providence College, and now with 15 years of collegiate coaching experience. We're pleased to welcome Amy and her family to the Brown community."

"I would like to thank Michael Goldberger, Carolan Norris (Associate Athletic Director), and the search committee for giving me this great opportunity," said Bourbeau. "Personally, as a Rhode Island native, I am so excited to come home and teach hockey at one of the greatest academic institutions in the world.  I have always aspired to be a head coach and it's a dream come true to lead the Brown University program.  I have developed relationships with many wonderful coaches and players so far during my career.  Those people will always hold a special place in my heart, and I am grateful for the positive impact they have made on my life.  I would like to acknowledge former coach Digit Murphy for her dedication to the game and her many accomplishments at Brown. Looking forward, I am excited about the opportunity to restore the winning tradition at Brown."

While at Princeton, Bourbeau helped the Tigers to their best-ever ECAC finish of second in 2006 and an Ivy League title that same year. She also helped Princeton to two top-three ECAC finishes and three 20-win seasons.

Bourbeau was recently honored by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) with its inaugural Women's Ice Hockey Assistant Coach Award. The award recognizes the career body of work of an assistant coach in women's ice hockey.

"Amy has a brilliant hockey mind. Perhaps, her greatest strength is her ability to make in-game adjustments," said Princeton coach Jeff Kampersal. "She excels at attacking other team's weaknesses as well as solidifying areas of improvement that would help our team. She works tirelessly watching game tape, so she can best prepare our players during a typical week's practice. In her practices, she mixes repetition and creativity. She understands that basic skills are required to win and must be practiced repetitively."

Bourbeau coached at both Williams and Middlebury before coming to Princeton. In 1998 she spent a year at Williams College, where she served as the head coach of the women's hockey team and as an assistant coach with the softball team. Bourbeau had previously served as the head softball coach and the assistant hockey and soccer coach at Middlebury.

A native of Coventry, Rhode Island, Bourbeau played for the boy's team at Coventry High School where she was the Coventry High School Athlete of the Year.  She played youth hockey for Edgewood Hockey.

Bourbeau went on to a standout career at Providence College, where she was a four-year letterwinner for the Friars. She was a member of the Friars' ECAC championship teams in 1992, 1993 and 1994. Bourbeau, the team's captain as a senior, was the recipient of the Providence College William T. McCue award for excellence in academics and athletics.

Bourbeau has lectured at the USA Hockey Coaches Certification Clinic and coached at several nationwide hockey camps, including USA Hockey camps.

Formerly Amy Carlson, she and François Bourbeau were married in the summer of 2004. The couple has a daughter, Anabelle, who was born in July of 2009.

Andrew McPhee has been named an assistant coach for the Brown Women’s Ice Hockey program in an announcement made by head coach Amy Bourbeau. McPhee was the 2005, 2008, and 2010 New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Coach of the Year as the bench boss at Trinity College. In nine seasons, McPhee established Trinity as one of the premier programs in Division III.

“I am excited to have Andy join our staff as he brings along nine years of head coaching experience,” said Bourbeau. “Andy inherited a team at the bottom of the league and in five years brought that team to a nationally-ranked, top-10 program.” 

McPhee’s Bantams finished the 2010-2011 season with a record of 18-4-4, and advanced to the NESCAC Championship Tournament Semifinals. In 2009-10, Trinity enjoyed its best-ever season with a College-record 21 wins and the team's first appearances in both the NESCAC Championship Finals and the NCAA Division III Championship Quarterfinals.

McPhee earned 2010 NESCAC Coach of the Year honors after a record-setting season in which two players were selected to the All-American team and goaltender Isabel Iwachiw was selected as the Laura Hurd Award winner, given to the top player in all of NCAA Division III women's ice hockey as chosen by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA).  Last winter, forward Kim Weiss was named both the NESCAC Player of the Year and as a First Team All-American.  She was also a finalist for the Laura Hurd Award.

“Andy brings forth commitment and hard work and has a sharp eye for recruiting. He understands how to build a program from the bottom up,” stated Bourbeau. “I know he has what it takes to help improve this program and I know he understands the how to help our players balance academics with athletics.”  

In 2007-08, McPhee was named the NESCAC Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) Coach of the Year after guiding the Bantams to their best season in program history with an 18-5-3 record. McPhee, who also garnered NESCAC Coach of the Year accolades after the 2004-05 season, coached the program's first AHCA All-American in 2007-08 when goalie Isabel Iwachiw garnered First Team honors.

"We are extremely proud of the work Andy McPhee has done to mentor our women's ice hockey student-athletes and to build an extremely strong program. We are disappointed to see him leave, but very supportive of his decision and wish him well in his new position," said Trinity College Director of Athletics Michael Renwick.

Before arriving at Trinity, McPhee earned his bachelor's degree in history from Middlebury College, where he starred in football and baseball from 1994 to 1998. He served as an assistant women's ice hockey, football, and baseball coach at his alma mater from 1998 to 2000. While assisting the Middlebury women he helped guide them to their first national championship in 2000. McPhee also coached the wide receivers for Trinity's NESCAC Champion football squad for six seasons, helping the Bantams win 31 games in a row with three all-league receivers during his tenure.

During the summer McPhee has worked and continues to coach at a number of camps and showcases, including the Rinksport College Prep Program at URI, the NAHA Showcase in Burlington, Vt., and Cutting Edge College Week in Danbury, Conn.