Former Boston University captain Reagan Rust ’19 returned to the women's ice hockey program in October 2023 as an assistant coach.
In the 2024-25 season, Rust managed the defensive pairs and saw them collect 73 points on the ice, with junior Maeve Kelly scoring the first goals of her collegiate career. BU received two Hockey East defender of the month honors and four defender of the week honors.
Rust, who oversees the defense contingent, helped coach graduate captain Tamara Giaquinto to become the Hockey East Defender of the Year for the 2024-25 season. Giaquinto was selected as a Hockey East and a New England Hockey Writer’s Association All-Star.
Rust recently wrapped up a playing career in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) and the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) in addition to stints in Hungary and Sweden. She played in all 24 games for the PHF’s Metropolitan Riveters in 2022-23.
Rust, who has served as a mental performance coach and mentor with the Female Athlete Society, which she founded, never missed a game in her two seasons with the Terriers after transferring from RIT in 2017. In her 143-game collegiate career she amassed 63 points on 17 goals and 46 assists.
“Reagan will also be an immediate asset to our group, bringing a great deal of experience as an athlete and fellow Terrier with her," said head coach Tara Watchorn. "I had the pleasure of coaching Reagan during her time at BU and after watching her have a tremendous amount of leadership, passion and grit then, I am so excited to see what she can do behind the bench as a Terrier.”
As a senior captain, Rust was a 2019 Hockey East Honorable Mention All-Star and won the John B. Simpson Award, which is given to a Terrier senior who demonstrates enthusiasm and leadership. She scored the game-winning shootout goal in the 2019 Beanpot semifinals and was inducted into the Beanpot Hall of Fame in 2020.
Rust graduated from BU in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration & management with a concentration in marketing from the Questrom School of Business.
