Staff Directory
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- Phone:
- 401/863-3704
Amy Bourbeau enters her fourth season as the head coach of theBrown women’s hockey program in 2014-15 having takenover the Brown bench prior to the 2011-12 season as the thirdhead coach in program history. Bourbeau came to Brown with 15 yearsof intercollegiate coaching experience, including 12 years as anassistant coach at Princeton.
In 2013-14, Bourbeau guided her players to success on and offthe ice. She mentored goalie Aubree Moore '14 to one of the finestseasons in Brown goaltending history. An All-Ivy and All-ECACselection, Moore's 882 saves stood fourth in the country and pushedher career total to 2,224, making her the first Brown goalie tocrack the 2,200 career saves plateau since 2009. Moore made atleast 30 saves 13 times, 40 saves six times and 50 saves threetimes while playing over 96 percent of the goalie minutes. Mooresnagged a career-high 54 saves in a 2-1 overtime victory at RIT onOct. 26 and made 53 saves in a 1-1 tie at eventual nationalchampion Clarkson on Nov. 1. Bourbeau's squad also proved one ofthe brightest in the ECAC, tying for the most ECAC All-Academicselections in the league for the second year in a row with 17.
In her first season with the Bears in 2011-12, Bourbeau led theprogram to a resurgent year, taking Brown back to the playoffs forthe first time in five years. Bruno also had an ECAC Hockey Goalieof the Year finalist, a third-team and all-rookie selection and aFirst Team All-Ivy player. Bourbeau piloted the team to itsmost wins since 2006-07 and fewest losses since 2005-06. The squadalso posted its most ECAC wins and fewest conference losses since05-06.
Bourbeau's 2011-12 team captured the Mayor's Cup with a 2-1victory at Providence College, the program’s first suchtrophy since 2010 and led Brown to earn the ECAC SKOR Team of theYear Award.
"I'm extremely pleased to bring Amy Bourbeau to Brown as ateacher and mentor with 12 years of Ivy coaching experience,"former Brown Director of Athletics Michael Goldberger said upon herhire. "She's had a successful career, first as astudent-athlete at Providence College, and now with 15 years ofcollegiate coaching experience. We're pleased to welcome Amy andher family to the Brown community."
"I would like to thank Michael Goldberger, CarolanNorris (Associate Athletic Director), and the search committeefor giving me this great opportunity," said Bourbeau. "Personally,as a Rhode Island native, I am so excited to come home and teachhockey at one of the greatest academic institutions in the world. I have always aspired to be a head coach and it's a dreamcome true to lead the Brown University program. I havedeveloped relationships with many wonderful coaches and players sofar during my career. Those people will always hold a specialplace in my heart, and I am grateful for the positive impact theyhave made on my life. I would like to acknowledge formercoach Digit Murphy for her dedication to the game and her manyaccomplishments at Brown. Looking forward, I am excited about theopportunity to restore the winning tradition at Brown."
While at Princeton, Bourbeau helped the Tigers to a best-eversecond-place ECAC finish in 2006 and an Ivy League title that sameyear. She also helped Princeton to two top-three ECAC finishes andthree 20-win seasons.
Bourbeau was honored by the American Hockey Coaches Association(AHCA) with its inaugural Women's Ice Hockey Assistant Coach Awardin 2010-11. The award recognizes the career body of work of anassistant coach in women's ice hockey.
"Amy has a brilliant hockey mind. Perhaps, her greatest strengthis her ability to make in-game adjustments," said Princeton coachJeff Kampersal. "She excels at attacking other team's weaknesses aswell as solidifying areas of improvement that would help our team.She works tirelessly watching game tape, so she can best prepareour players during a typical week's practice. In her practices, shemixes repetition and creativity. She understands that basic skillsare required to win and must be practiced repetitively."
Bourbeau coached at both Williams and Middlebury before headingto Princeton. In 1998 she spent a year at Williams College, whereshe served as the head coach of the women's hockey team and as anassistant coach with the softball team. Bourbeau had previouslyserved as the head softball coach and the assistant hockey andsoccer coach at Middlebury.
A native of Coventry, Rhode Island, Bourbeau played for theboy's team at Coventry High School where she was the Coventry HighSchool Athlete of the Year. She played youth hockey forEdgewood Hockey.
Bourbeau has lectured at the USA Hockey Coaches CertificationClinic and coached at several nationwide hockey camps, includingUSA Hockey camps.
Formerly Amy Carlson, she and François Bourbeau weremarried in the summer of 2004. The couple has a daughter, Anabelle,who was born in July of 2009.
