Tara Watchorn is the Head Coach of the Boston University women’s team. She is the first alumna of the BU women’s program to serve as a Division I head hockey coach. Watchorn played at BU from 2008-12 and went on to serve as an Assistant Coach for the program for four seasons. Watchorn enjoyed an 11-year playing career for Team Canada as a defender, appearing in 46 games in international competition, and earned three IIHF Women’s World Championship silver medals (2011, 2015, 2016) and two gold medals at the 4 Nations Cup (2013, 2014) in addition to an Olympic gold in 2014. She remains active with Hockey Canada as an assistant coach, most recently winning gold at the 2023 U-18 World Championship.
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