Katey Stone

Katey Stone (born April 17, 1966) is one of the most successful coaches in the history of Division I women’s ice hockey. Stone has accumulated 378 victories and has coached 18 seasons as a head coach with the Harvard Crimson. Stone was the third coach in women’s college hockey history to win 300 games.

Stone attended the Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut and graduated class of 1984. Stone was a captain and four-year letter winner in hockey for the New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey program. Stone was part of two ECAC championships in 1986 and 1987. In addition to ice hockey, Stone was an accomplished lacrosse player at New Hampshire and was part of the team that won the 1985 NCAA title. She graduated in 1989 with a degree in physical education. Before Harvard, Stone coached at Tabor Academy, Northfield Mount Hermon School and Phillips Exeter Academy.

During her tenure, Stone has accumulated a record of 378-164-32 through the end of the 2012 season. Before the 1994-95 season, Stone replaced John Dooley as the Crimson head coach. In her first year, with Cambridge Native, Steve Puzyn as Assistant Coach, Stone put together a record of 12-11-2. Over the next three seasons, the Crimson would be below .500. In 1998-99, the Crimson would go from 14-16-0 to 33-1-0. Under Stone, the club won the national championship in 1998-99. During her 11th season at Harvard (2004-05), Stone coached the Crimson to a second consecutive ECAC title. In the 2004 part of the campaign, the Crimson had a 7-6-1 start. After January 1, Stone led the team to an 18-0-2 finish. The Crimson qualified for their third straight Frozen Four appearance despite losing graduating Patty Kazmaier Award winners from the past two seasons.

She is a member of the NCAA Championship committee and was a former president of the American Women’s Hockey Coaches Association. On February 26, 2010, the Crimson defeated the Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey program by a 5-1 score. With the win, Katey Stone became women's college hockey's all-time winningest coach, surpassing former Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey head coach Laura Halldorson.

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