King Named Women's Ice Hockey Coach
May 29, 2007 | Women's Hockey
May 29, 2007
Katie King has been named head women's ice hockey coach at Boston College, Director of Athletics Gene DeFilippo announced today. King had served as assistant coach for the past four seasons.
"We are very pleased to promote Katie to head coach," DeFilippo says. "After conducting a national search, it was very obvious the most qualified person for the job was already here."
"I'm very excited about this opportunity," King says. "I think a very solid foundation is in place and I look forward to continuing the growth of the program."
King brings a long list of experience and accomplishments to the position. She was named a member of the 2005-06 Women's National Ice Hockey Team and skated in her third Olympic Games in Torino, Italy where Team USA won the bronze medal. She registered her second Olympic hat trick against Finland in the bronze-medal game. After the 2006 Winter Olympics, King retired from playing hockey with 265 points in 210 international games. She is the all-time leading scorer for Team USA in Olympic contests, and second-highest scorer for the U.S. in all international play.
King was a member of the Women's National Team that won its first-ever gold medal at the 2005 International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship. As a standing member of the U.S. National Team in 1997-2006, King also competed in the Four Nations Cup, World Championship Tournaments, and the first three Winter Olympic Games where women's ice hockey was an official event. King received a gold medal in the '98 Olympics and a silver medal in the '02 Games prior to 2006's bronze medal. King took home nine consecutive silver medals in the World Championships (1993-2001) and a gold medal in 2005 with Team USA.
King's coaching experience comes from several areas. Most recently, King assisted the 2006 USA Hockey Under-22 Select Team as it competed against the Canadian Under-22s. She has worked at Superskills Hockey Camps as a lecturer, coach and instructor and she is currently involved as an instructor with numerous hockey camps throughout the country. King formerly assisted the Salem (N.H.) high school softball team from 1998-2000.
While a student at Brown, King earned ECAC's Ice Hockey Player of the Year once in 1997, and the Ivy League Player of the Year three times. She is the Bears' all-time leading scorer with 206 points, including 123 goals and 83 assists in 100 career games. King served as team captain as a junior and senior. She also lettered in softball while at Brown and served as a three-time team captain. She garnered Ivy League Player of the Year in 1996 and the Ivy League Pitcher of the Year in 1997.
The Salem, New Hampshire native graduated from Brown in 1997 with a B.A. in Organizational Behavior and Management.
