Bethany Brausen has been named head coach of the University of St. Thomas women’s hockey team. She had been serving as the interim head coach since Joel Johnson resigned from the position in November.
“It is both an immense honor and one of the greatest privileges of my professional career to be named the head coach of the women’s hockey program at the University of St. Thomas,” Brausen said in a statement.
The announcement from Tommies athletics director Phil Esten came after the St. Thomas swept a weekend series against No. 4-ranked Minnesota-Duluth.
“I am thrilled to introduce Bethany as our new women’s hockey head coach as she has established herself as one of the best emerging coaches in women’s college hockey,” Esten said in a statement. “I am confident she will lead St. Thomas women’s hockey with poise and uphold the core values of Tommie athletics at the highest level.”
It’s been a steady rise up the ranks for Brausen.
After serving as a captain of the Gophers women’s hockey team, where she helped lead the program to back-to-back national championships in 2012 and 2013, Brausen wound up back with the Gophers as an assistant coach in 2016. She served in that role until she joined the Tommies in 2021.
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