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Harvard's Stone Named Head Coach of 2014 U.S. Women’s Olympic Team
Courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Katey
Stone, the Landry Family Head Coach for Harvard
Women’s Ice Hockey and current head coach of the U.S.
Women’s National Team, has been named the head coach for the
2014 U.S. Women’s Olympic Hockey Team, USA Hockey announced
Friday at its annual congress. Stone will be the first female head
coach of Team USA in the history of the Olympic Games.
“It is hard to put into words all the emotions that are
running through me at this time,” said Stone after the
announcement. “To say that I am tremendously proud and
equally humbled is an understatement. To represent the United
States at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games is nothing short of awesome
and being the first female coach of the U.S. Olympic Women's Hockey
Team is simply icing on the cake.”
Stone has experienced great success in her time as head coach of
the U.S. Women’s National Team. In her current tenure with
the team, Stone led the squad to its third straight gold medal at
the IIHF Women’s World Championships and has also seen her
team capture the 2011 Four Nations Cup title, the 2011 IIHF Twelve
Nations Invitational Tournament crown and a runner-up finish at the
2010 Four Nations Cup. Stone also served as the head coach of the
U.S. Women’s National Team at the 2008 Four Nations Cup where
Team USA captured the tournament title for the first time since
2003.
The winningest coach in the history of Division I women’s
hockey, Stone has been at the helm of the Harvard women’s
hockey team for 18 seasons. In her time with the Crimson, she has
compiled a 378-164-32 (.685) record, coached six of the 15 winners
of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, earned two New England Coach
of the Year honors, claimed six league titles and captured the 1999
AWCHA national championship. Stone has coached nine players who
have played in the Olympic Games, and has at least four more
current and former players looking to make the 2014 Olympic
squad.
