Allison Coomey finished her ninth season as an assistant coach with the Terriers in 2016-17. In Coomey's tenure with the Terriers, she has helped guide the team to five Hockey East titles and six NCAA tournament appearances, including a trip to the national title game in 2011 and 2013.
A four-year letter winner at Niagara in her collegiate playing days, Coomey returned to her alma mater as an assistant coach from 2004-08, helping the Purple Eagles reach the College Hockey America championship game twice. She was Niagara's recruiting coordinator and also worked with the forwards, coordinated the team's community service efforts and oversaw the team's academic success.
Before joining the staff at Niagara, Coomey served as an assistant coach at Plattsburgh, where she helped guide the Cardinals to the 2004 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference West Division III regular-season title and the NCAA Division III semifinals.
Prior to her work at Plattsburgh, Coomey completed an internship as the assistant women's ice hockey coach at Connecticut College and was also a volunteer lacrosse coach for the 2002-03 season. She has also worked numerous hockey camps, including the USA Hockey Development Camp, for over a dozen years.
Coomey was a two-sport athlete at Niagara, playing ice hockey and lacrosse from 1998-2002. On the ice, she served as an alternate captain her senior season and helped the team to its most successful season in program history, as the Purple Eagles reached the 2002 NCAA Women's Frozen Four and finished tied for third in the final national poll. On the lacrosse field, she earned the team's rookie of the year award in 1999 and went on to tally 69 goals and 37 assists in her four-year career.
A native of Baldwinsville, New York, Coomey earned two degrees from Niagara, a bachelor's degree in education in 2002 and a master's degree in school counseling in 2008. She was a two-time ECAC All-Academic Team member and earned a spot on the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference All-Academic Team as well.
