Nichols School is excited to announce that Shelley Looney will be the new Girls Prep Hockey Coach. Ms. Looney is a very knowledgable, passionate and well respected coach with a vast array of coaching experience. Last year she served as the head coach of the Buffalo Beauts, has spent time as an assistant coach for the University of Vermont, worked with the National Team Development Program and was recently named the head Women’s Coach of the National University team. In addition, for the last 10 years she has been heavily involved in coaching youth hockey and is currently the director of Hockey for the Buffalo Bisons.

As a player, Coach Looney was a member of the US National Women’s Hockey team medaling 10 times, including Olympic Gold in 1998 and Silver in 2002. She tallied 136 points in 151 games for Team USA. Shelley played collegiately at Northeastern University and was named ECAC Player of the year in the 1993-94 season.

We are delighted to have Coach Looney join our Nichols community and are excited to have her lead our girls’ hockey program!

(From Nichols Facebook)