University of Connecticut Athletics
Women's Ice Hockey
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- katelyn.parker@uconn.edu
Katelyn Parker enters her third season as an assistant coach with the Huskies in 2020-21.
Parker helped lead the Huskies to one of their most successful seasons in program history in 2019-20. The Huskies racked up 19 wins, tying for third-most in program history. UConn advanced all the way to the Hockey East Championship with a road series win at Boston College in the Hockey East Quarterfinals, followed by a win vs. New Hampshire in the Hockey East Semi's. UConn set a program record in 2019-20 with 12 road wins.
The Huskies also tied a program-record with 13 wins in Hockey East play, matching the 2007-08 team's win total.
Prior to joining the Huskies, she coached two seasons as an assistant at Brown University.
In her first season with the Bears (2016-17), the team swept Dartmouth for the first time in a regular season since 1999-00. Brown also posted its first win against Harvard since the 2001-02 season which was also its first victory on the road against the Crimson since the 1997-98 season.
Before Brown, Parker was a member of the Colgate women’s hockey team, where she served as the team’s captain for two seasons. As a forward, she played in 141 games over her career, which is the most in program history. With the Raiders, Parker was a four-time recipient of the Sportsmanship Award, given to person that represents the true meaning of “team” (voted by teammates and coaches).
"We are excited to welcome Katelyn to UConn," said head coach Chris MacKenzie. "Her energy, work ethic and ability to connect with our student-athletes will help our program."
Parker’s coaching career began in the summer of 2013 at the Collins Elite Hockey Camp in her hometown of Bellingham, Wash. With the camp, Parker worked with boys and girls ages 8-15, developing their hockey sense, level of play, and overall conditioning.
The following two summers (2014 and 2015), Parker was a coach at the Pro Ambitions Hockey Camp. In her role, Parker worked with players ages 9-17, to improve their skating and game skills, speed, and overall performance. She also managed the site’s daily schedule.
Parker graduated from Colgate in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Environmental Studies and Geography.
