Courtney Kessel (New Hampshire) has been selected as the new women's ice hockey head coach at Princeton University. She succeeds Cara Gardner Morey, who resigned in May to take over as general manager of the expansion PWHL Vancouver club, after eight years at the helm of the Tigers.
Kessel, 35, who served as an assistant coach at Princeton from 2019 to 2023, spent the last two seasons as head coach of the PWHL's Boston Fleet. Prior to Princeton, where she helped the Tigers to the 2019-20 ECAC Hockey regular-season title, she helmed the Toronto Furies (CWHL) and the Ontario Selects U14 in 2018-19. She also helped guide Team Canada to a gold medal at the 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship as an assistant coach.
A native of Etobicoke, Ont., Kessel skated four years at UNH from 2007 to 2010, and served as team captain as a senior. She tallied 31 goals and 42 assists for 73 points in 111 career NCAA games at forward/defense with the Wildcats, before going on to play professionally with the Brampton Thunder of the CWHL from 2011 to 2017. She finished her playing career with one season in Europe, and also participated in three World Championships with Canada, winning two silver medals and one gold medal.
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