Kerstin Matthews was named associate head coach of the Boston University women’s ice hockey program on June 16, 2021.
Matthews, who transitioned BU from a club team to the Division I level and served as Durocher’s top assistant for three seasons, returned to BU after spending the past 13 years as the head coach at Saint Anselm. She compiled a 237-74-22 record at Saint Anselm with an impressive winning percentage of .745.
Since joining Saint Anselm in 2008, Matthews led the Hawks to seven 20-win campaigns, including five in the last seven seasons. Her teams won five postseason tournament titles and finished as the runner-up on five other occasions. Matthews won Coach of the Year honors three times across play in the ECAC East, the New England Hockey Conference and the New England Women's Hockey Alliance.
Guiding the program during the NEWHA's transition to NCAA National Collegiate play since the start of the 2017-18 season, Matthews developed the league's player of the year in 2019 (Katy Meehan) and two Rookies of the Year (Meehan, 2018; Erin Meyers, 2019). Matthews has also coached one Laura Hurd Award finalist in her career (Alex Starzyk) and 2020 Hockey Humanitarian Award recipient Amanda Conger.
Prior to her successful stint at Saint Anselm, Matthews was instrumental in the Terriers’ immediate success as a varsity program. In her three years on Durocher’s coaching staff, Matthews operated as the team's recruiting coordinator, both domestically and internationally, and specialized with the Terrier forwards. She helped bring players such as Melissa Anderson, Sarah Appleton, Kasey Boucher, Jillian Kirchner, Jenelle Kohanchuk, Holly Lorms and Tara Watchorn to BU during her tenure.
Matthews is a 2000 alumna of Providence College, where she graduated cum laude with a bachelor of science in management. She was a four-year letter-winner for the Friars, captaining her squad to a 20-10-3 record overall and a 14-7-3 mark in ECAC play her senior year.
