Maura Crowell

Maura Crowell (born 1980) is an American ice hockey player and coach. She is the head coach for the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey team.

Maura Crowell
Current position
TitleHead Coach
TeamUniversity of Minnesota Duluth
ConferenceWHCA
Biographical details
BornMansfield, Massachusetts
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005–2010UMass Boston Beacons
2010–2013Harvard Crimson (Assistant)
2013–2014Harvard Crimson
2014–2015Harvard Crimson (Associate)
2015–PresentMinnesota Duluth Bulldogs
Head coaching record
Overall182-130-28

Playing career

Maura Crowell grew up in Mansfield, Massachusetts, and played ice hockey and field hockey at St. Mark's School in Southborough, Mass.[1] She was captain of the ice hockey team in her junior and senior years, and led the team in points scored twice in her four years.[2]

She attended college at Colgate University, where she studied German, and played left wing for the Colgate Raiders women's ice hockey team.[2] During her collegiate career, she helped the Raiders make it to the ECAC Hockey playoffs three times. The Raiders played in the ECAC championship game in 2000, losing to Brown University. Crowell graduated in 2002.

Coaching career

After graduating from college, Crowell returned to St. Mark's as the assistant coach for the girls hockey team and as head coach for the junior varsity girls lacrosse team.[3] Crowell then went to Connecticut College, where she earned a Masters of Art in teaching.[4] She served as assistant coach for the Connecticut College Camels women's ice hockey team from 2003-2005. During her time with the Camels, the team made its first ever playoff appearance. While in Connecticut, Crowell also volunteered as a speed skating coach with the Special Olympics.[3]

UMass Boston Beacons

Crowell was selected as the head coach for the University of Massachusetts Boston women's ice hockey team in 2005. Her team set program records for wins in the 2009-20 season, finishing 17-9-0 overall, and 13-6-0 in conference play. Crowell was awarded the ECAC East Women's Ice Hockey Coach of the Year award that season, becoming the second women's ice hockey coach for UMass Boston to win the honor. Laura Shuler won the award in 2003-04.[5] Crowell never had a losing season at UMass Boston, and became the winningest coach in the Beacon's program history in 2010.[6]

In 2010, she was hired to be an Assistant coach for the 2010 USA Hockey women's national festival, held August 13–21 in Lake Placid, NY.[6]

Harvard Crimson

In 2010, Crowell was hired as an assistant coach for the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey team, and held that position for two seasons. In 2013-2014, when Crimson head coach Katey Stone took the head coaching position with Team USA's national women's ice hockey team for the Olympics, Crowell stepped in as interim head coach for the Crimson.[1] With Crowell behind the bench, the team finished second in the ECAC and made it to the semi-finals of the ECAC tournament. They went on to the quarterfinals of the NCAA playoffs.[7]

After Stone's return, Crowell was associate head coach for the 2014-2015 season.

Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs

Crowell was hired as head coach of the Bulldogs in 2015,[8] after long-time head coach Shannon Miller's contract was not renewed.[9][10] Very quickly, Crowell had success. In her second season, the team finished 25-7-5. The Bulldogs defeated Bemidji State in the quarterfinals of the WCHA playoffs, to make the WCHA Final Face-Off. They lost against Wisconsin by a score of 1-4, but earned a spot in the NCAA playoffs for the first time since 2011. In recognition of the team's success, Crowell won the USCHO Division I Women's Coach of the Year award.[11][12][13] She was also recognized as the WCHA Coach of the Year and the CCM/AHCA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Coach of the Year.[4][14] In five years with the team, Crowell has built a winning program, but is still seeking to win a national championship.[15]

Team USA U-18

Crowell was selected as head coach for the U.S. National Women's U-18 ice hockey team in 2018-2019[16][17] and 2019- 2020.[18][19] In her second season behind the bench, the US women's team won gold at the 2020 IHF U-18 World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. Team USA played arch-rivals Team Canada in the gold medal game, winning in overtime by a score of 2-1.[20][21][22] Prior to taking on head coaching responsibilities, Crowell was an assistant coach with the US U-18 team in 2015-16 and 2017-28.[16]

In 2020, University of Minnesota Duluth men's ice hockey coach Scott Sandelin was the head coach for the US Men’s Juniors Team, playing in the World Championships in the Czech Republic. It was the first time two coaches from the same Division I school were both coaching US national teams at the same time.[23]

Crowell was listed as one of 20 notable people under 40 by the Duluth News Tribune.[24]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
University of Massachusetts Boston (ECAC East) (2005–2010)
2005-06 UMass Boston 12-6-1
2006-07 UMass Boston 14-12-1
2007-08 UMass Boston 14-12-0
2008-09 UMass Boston 13-11-2
2009-10 UMass Boston 17-10-0
Harvard Crimson (ECAC Hockey) (2013–2014)
2013-14 Harvard 23-7-4
Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (Western Collegiate Hockey Association) (2015–present)
2015-16 Minnesota Duluth 15-21-110-17-16thWCHA Final-Face-Off semi-finals
2016-17 Minnesota Duluth 25-7-519-5-43rdQuarterfinals - 2017 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament
2017–18 Minnesota Dululth 15-16-410-11-34th
2018–19 Minnesota Duluth 15-16-49-11-44th
2019–20 Minnesota Duluth 18-12-611-8-54th
Minnesota Duluth: 88-72-2019-52-17
Total:182-130-28

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "Mansfield's Maura Crowell guiding Harvard women's hockey to success - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. February 6, 2014. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  2. "Colgate Alum Named Head Women's Ice Hockey Coach at UMass Boston". Colgate University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  3. Administrator, Site (2005-09-01). "Crowell Named Women's Hockey Coach at Mass.-Boston". College Hockey | USCHO.com. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  4. "Minnesota Duluth's Maura Crowell Is CCM/AHCA University Division Women's Coach of the Year". American Hockey Coaches Association. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  5. "CROWELL NAMED ECAC EAST WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY COACH OF THE YEAR". UMass Boston. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  6. "CROWELL TO COACH AT USA HOCKEY WOMEN'S NATIONAL FESTIVAL". UMass Boston. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  7. Wellens, Matt (April 3, 2015). "New UMD women's hockey coach familiar with replacing a legend". Duluth News Tribune. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  8. Brophy, Bill (2015-09-25). "Dawn of a new era". Minnesota Hockey Magazine. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  9. Dilks, Chris (2015-04-03). "Maura Crowell Named Head Coach at Minnesota Duluth". SB Nation College Hockey. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  10. "Minnesota-Duluth names Maura Crowell women's hockey coach". Twin Cities. 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  11. Haase, Nicole (2017-03-22). "Minnesota Duluth's Crowell named USCHO women's D-I coach of the year". College Hockey | USCHO.com. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  12. Wellens, Matt (March 16, 2017). "College women's hockey: UMD's Crowell named national coach of the year". Duluth News Tribune. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  13. kmcquill (2017-03-20). "Crowell Honored". UMN Duluth News. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  14. "WCHA Press Releases - Western Collegiate Hockey Association". www.wcha.com. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  15. "Minnesota Duluth women's hockey coach fights to make her mark in shadow of her predecessor". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  16. USAHockey.com (2018-05-16). "Maura Crowell Named Head Coach of U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team for 2018-19 Season". Team USA Hockey. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  17. Wellens, Matt (Dec 20, 2018). "Coaching Team USA a moral obligation for UMD women's coach Crowell". Bemidji Pioneer. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  18. Vierzba, Neil (2019-04-29). "UMD Head Coach Maura Crowell to lead U.S. Under-18 team for 2nd consecutive year". CBS3Duluth. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  19. Strollo, Leighann (2019-04-30). "USA Hockey announces 2019-20 U18, U22 coaches". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  20. "2020". teamusa.usahockey.com. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  21. "IIHF - USA takes gold in final for the ages". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  22. "Crowell, Team USA beat Canada for gold at U18 Women's World Championship". Brainerd Dispatch. Jan 2, 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  23. "UMD Women's Hockey Coach Maura Crowell Making History". Fox21Online. 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  24. "20 Under 40: Maura Crowell". Duluth News Tribune. September 14, 2017. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
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