HONORS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• 5 NCAA Frozen Four Appearances (2010, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2025)*
• 5 ECAC Hockey Tournament Titles (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2025)
• 7 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Titles (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2020, 2025)
• 9 Ivy League Championships (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2024, 2025)
• 3 AHCA Division I National Coach of the Year Awards (2010, 2019, 2020)
• 1 USCHO Division I National Coach of the Year Award (2020)
• 6 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year Award (2011, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2025)
• 6 Ivy League Coach of the Year Award (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2024, 2025)
*The 2019-20 NCAA Tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Big Red women were set to host Mercyhurst on Friday, March 14 as the #1 seed in the 8-team tournament.
COACHING EXPERIENCE
• Head Coach, Cornell University (2005-present)
EDUCATION
• B.S., Biological Sciences, Cornell (1991)
AT CORNELL
Having now spent 19 seasons directing the Cornell women's hockey program, Doug Derraugh has brought the Big Red to their place among the nation’s elite. Taking a program that won just four games in the season prior to his arrival, Derraugh guided the Big Red to the national title game in his fifth season and back-to-back-to-back NCAA Frozen Four appearances in 2010, 2011 and 2012, completely turning around the culture of the women’s hockey program at Cornell. Derraugh once again guided the Big Red to Frozen Four in 2019. He became the first Everett Family Head Coach of Women’s Ice Hockey when the position was endowed in December 2020.
Derraugh has a 375-193-55 record in 19 seasons as the head coach of the Big Red. He led the team to five consecutive 20-win seasons for the first time in program history in 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-2014. Cornell has won the ECAC Hockey tournament five times and has advanced to the NCAA Tournament 10 times.
The Big Red's success from 2010-13 was the culmination of the groundwork laid during the first four seasons under Derraugh's direction. In 2008-09, he guided the Big Red to its second straight ECAC Hockey tournament appearance and a 12-14-5 overall record. In 2007-08, the Big Red claimed its first spot in the ECAC Hockey playoffs since the 2003-04 season, finishing the year with a 12-17-1 mark and an eighth-place finish in the league race.
Cornell could attribute its early-Derraugh tenure success to the its focus on both sides of the ice, leading the nation in penalty-killing percentage in both 2010 and 2011, and recording the nation's top scoring defense in 2011 and the second-best scoring defense in 2013. The 2011-12 team had the nation’s best scoring offense and winning percentage.
In 2010, Derraugh led the Big Red to its first Ivy League title since 1996 and the program's first-ever ECAC Hockey regular-season and tournament titles. The Big Red also won an ECAC Hockey playoff game and series for the first time in school history, then remained unbeaten with two more wins in the playoffs to advance to the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history.
Derraugh's tireless efforts on the recruiting trail paid off, as the Big Red was able to assemble an impressive array of talent. In just his first six seasons, Derraugh added eight players who were a member of the Canadian U22 National Team program, including one, Rebecca Johnston, who was a member of the Canadian National Team that won the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Three other players in 2011-12 – Brianne Jenner, Laura Fortino and Lauriane Rougeau – were on the Canadian National Team roster for the 4 Nations Cup in November 2011 and November 2012, as well as the 2012 and 2013 IIHF Women’s World Championships in Burlington, Vt., and Ottawa, Ontario. Johnston, Jenner, Fortino and Rougeau all were also part of the Canadian National Team that won gold at the 2014 Sochi Olympics in Russia. Most recently, Hanna Bunton, Cassandra Poudrier, Marlène Boissonnault, Kristin O'Neill, and Grace Graham have been prospects for Team Canada while Micah Zandee-Hart and Jaime Bourbonnais have consistently been selected to play in games and series on the national team roster.
Derraugh led the Big Red to four consecutive ECAC Hockey and Ivy League regular season titles between the 2009-2010 season and the 2012-2013 season.
The 2010-11 Big Red squad set a Cornell record for the most wins ever by a Cornell hockey program, men’s or women’s, by winning 31 games. The Cornell women's team also became the first women's program in any sport at Cornell to make a second trip to that respective sport's final four.
In the 2011-12 season, Cornell again reached the 30-win mark and reached the Frozen Four in Duluth, Minnesota. Cornell returned to the NCAAs in 2013-14, claiming the ECAC Hockey Tournament championship for the fourth time in five years by beating Clarkson 1-0.
Derraugh’s peers have recognized his efforts, as he was named the 2010 AHCA Division I Coach of the Year and the ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year in 2011, 2013 and 2017.
The 2018-19 season saw the Big Red return to the Frozen Four for the first time in seven years. The Big Red had one of the top defensive units in the nation. Allowing its opponents an average of just 1.69 goals per game, the Big Red’s defense ranked second in the nation. After winning the ECAC Hockey regular season title, Cornell earned the right to host the ECAC Hockey tournament for the first time since the 2012-13 season. The Big Red advance to the league title game for the eighth time in the last 10 years.
The 2019-20 season saw the Big Red enter the NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed for the first time in program history. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in aids to halt the spread, the tournament was canceled the day before Cornell was set to host Mercyhurst in the First Round game. Prior to being selected for the NCAA Tournament, the Big Red women led an historic season. Also for the first time in program history, Cornell finished the regular season undefeated in league play for its second-straight ECAC Hockey regular-season title. The Big Red had the best defensive team in the country, ranking first with less than one goal let in per game (0.94 GAA). Anchored by junior Lindsay Browning (first Cornell goalie to be named All-America), Cornell advanced to the ECAC Hockey championship game for the ninth time in the last 11 years.
The 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons were rooted in youth and laying the groundwork to restore success within the program. Cornell went 30-28-4 across those two slates, with each season ending in an ECAC Hockey quarterfinals loss.
In 2023-24 the fruits of the labor showed its face. The Big Red constructed a record-breaking season and made its first trip back to the NCAA Tournament since 2019-20, earning a regional finals appearance. In that same year, Cornell saw its first ever Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner when Izzy Daniel was honored as the recipient for her sensational season in the red and white.
Derraugh led the Big Red to its most successful season since the pandemic in 2024-25, guiding Cornell to an Ivy League title, ECAC Hockey regular season title, its first ECAC Hockey championship victory since 2014, and first Frozen Four berth since 2019. The team finished with a 25-5-5 record, landing three players on the ECAC Hockey major awards lists. Derraugh gleaned Coach of The Year honors, while Bergmann (Goalie of the Year) and Lindzi Avar (Rookie of The Year) were also distinguished with awards. Bergmann capped off the year as Cornell's Second Team All-American, becoming the Big Red's first since Lindsay Browning in 2019-20.
HOCKEY CANADA
Serving the team in some capacity since the 2012 IIHF Women's Worlds, Derraugh most recently served as an assistant coach with the team during Canada's championship run at the 2021 IIHF Women's Worlds in Calgary. On Aug. 31, 2021, Canada won their first title since 2012 after passing the United States in a 3-2 overtime thriller. Along with Derraugh, five Cornell alumnae were also members of Team Canada (Rebecca Johnston '12, Brianne Jenner '15, Jill Saulnier '15, Jaime Bourbonnais '20 and Kristin O'Neill '20). Lenka Serdar '19 (Czech Republic) and Sarah Knee '18 (Hungary) also competed in the 2021 Women's Worlds. Derraugh was behind the bench as an assistant coach with Team Canada during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
NOTABLE STUDENT-ATHLETES UNDER COACH DERRAUGH
Laura Fortino ’13 – A three-time first team All-American, Fortino was the first member of the Big Red to named to the first team following her freshman campaign. A two-time Patty Kazmaier Award top 10 finalist in 2011 and 2012, Fortino helped lead the efforts for the Big Red in its three consecutive Frozen Four Trips. The first overall selection of the Brampton Thunder in the 2014 CWHL Draft, Fortino was also the a member of the gold medal team at the 2014 Sochi Olympics for the Canadian National Team and a member of the silver medal team at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.
Alyssa Gagliardi ’14 – Named to the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie team in 2011, Gagliardi ascended to becoming a second team All-American by her senior year. All-America honors were among several accolades Gagliardi earned her in 2014. She was additionally named First Team All-ECAC Hockey, the league’s Best Co-Denfensive Defenseman and was a Hockey Humanitarian Award Finalist.
Brianne Jenner ’15 – Jenner was twice named an All-American in 2013 and 2015 in addition to being named the ECAC Hockey Player of the Year both seasons as well. A two-time top 10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award, Jenner is the program’s all-time points leader with 229 points, which is the 18th most by an individual player in NCAA history. Jenner has competed in two Olympics for the Canadian national team, winning gold in 2014 and earning a silver medal in 2018.
Rebecca Johnston '12 – A three-time All-American, Johnston was named to the first team in 2012 and to the second team in 2009 and 2011. Johnston is the program’s leading goal-scorer in the NCAA era with 97 total goals as a member of the Big Red. She ranks third on the all-time points list with 97 points. The Sudbury, Ontario, native was also a three-time Patty Kazmaier Award Top 10 Finalist. A two-time Olympic gold medalist with the Canadian national team in 2010 and 2014, Johnston has suited for Canada in three Olympics.
Lauriane Rougeau '13 – A three-time recipient of the ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman Award from 2011-13, Rougeau earned a spot as a Second Team All-American all four years as a member of the Big Red. After helping lead Cornell to the national championship her freshman year, Rougeau was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 2010. The Pointe-Claire, Quebec, native competed for Hockey Canada in the 2014 and 2018 Olympics.
Jillian Saulnier ’15 – After she led the nation in points per game in 2014 with an average of 1.65, Saulnier became the first player in program history to be a Patty Kazmaier Award top-3 finalist. Additionally she was named a first team All-American in 2014. Following her collegiate career, Saulnier has played professionally in the CWHL for the Calgary Inferno and Canadiennes de Montreal. She was a member of the 2018 Canadian team that took silver at the Olympics.
Jaime Bourbonnais '20 - One of the best defenders throughout her senior season, she topped the charts in assists per game and points per game (defenders) for the majority of playing time. The two-time All-American, Bourbonnais earned Second-Team honors as a junior with a First-Team nod following her final collegiate season. The two-time Patty Kazmaier nominee was a top-10 finalist as a senior. Named the ECAC Hockey Best Defenseman twice (2019 and 2020), she garnered First-Team All-USCHO honors in the same years. The Mississauga, Ontraio native will continue to play for the Canadian National Team following graduation.
Kristin O'Neill '20 - A four-time all-league selection in ECAC Hockey and the Ivy League, O'Neill was the Ivy League Player of the Year in 2018 after being named the Rookie of the Year in 2017. The three-time First-Team All-Ivy honoree left her mark on Cornell's record books. Throughout her career at Lynah RInk, O'Neill broke the record for short-handed goals (10) during her sophomore year. As a senior, she broke the record for game-winning goals (21). The frequent Canadian National Team representative ranks eight in career goals (81) and 10th in career points (145). A three-year captain, O'Neill hails from Oakville, Ontario.
Micah Zandee-Hart '20 - A leading defenseman for all four years of her career, Zandee-Hart notched Third-Team All-USCHO honors following her junior and senior seasons. The 2020 Patty Kazmaier nominee returned a junior after being centralized by the Canadian National Team for the 2017-18 season. The Saanichton, British Columbia native, and three-year captain, graduated with the program record in blocks (225).
Izzy Daniel '24 - A career defined by continued growth, consistency and selflessness; Daniel capped off her career as the program’s first-ever Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner. In four seasons for the Big Red, Daniel skated in 125 consecutive games, scoring 158 points on 51 goals and 107 assists, while earning every accolade possible ranging from Ivy League honorable mention to the Patty Kaz Award. As a senior, she swept major conference awards, taking home ECAC Hockey Player and Forward of the Year, Ivy Player of The Year, and unanimous first-team selections in both leagues. She also gathered first-team All-American nods from ACHA and USCHO.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
A 1991 graduate of Cornell, Derraugh took over the Big Red program after a 13-year career playing professionally in Europe, seeing action with nine different teams in some of the top leagues in Norway, Germany, Austria and Finland. He scored more than 100 points in a season twice and posted 30 points or more 10 times. He ended his professional career with 257 goals and 347 assists in 637 professional contests. In his final season, Derraugh also served as special teams coach for his team.
While a student at Cornell, Derraugh played in all 119 contests for the Big Red over his four years, helping to lead the Big Red to an NCAA tournament appearance and a second-place finish in the ECAC as a senior co-captain. He led the team in scoring in his final season with 30 goals and 36 assists, earning second-team All-Ivy League and honorable mention All-ECAC honors. His 30 goals in the 1990-91 season are the most ever scored by a senior at Cornell. Overall, he ranks 10th all-time at Cornell in career scoring with 153 points on 66 goals and 87 assists.
PERSONAL
A native of Arnprior, Ontario, Derraugh graduated from Cornell in 1991 with a degree in biological sciences. He and his wife, Louise, who serves as the team’s director of operations, have three children.
| Doug Derraugh's Coaching Career |
| Season |
Overall |
ECAC Hockey |
Ivy League |
Postseason |
| 2005-06 |
9-18-1 |
5-15-0 (t-9th) |
2-8 (6th) |
none |
| 2006-07 |
4-23-2 |
4-17-1 (11th) |
1-9 (6th) |
none |
| 2007-08 |
12-17-1 |
9-12-1 (8th) |
3-6-1 (4th) |
ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
at Harvard - Lost, 2 games to 0
L, 2-3 (Game 1)
L, 2-4 (Game 2) |
| 2008-09 |
12-14-5 |
8-9-5 (8th) |
3-5-2 (4th) |
ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
at Harvard - Lost, 2 games to 0
L, 0-3 (Game 1)
L, 0-4 (Game 2) |
| 2009-10 |
21-9-6 |
14-2-6 (1st) |
8-0-2 (1st) |
ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
vs. Colgate - Won, 2 games to 0
W, 2-1 (Game 1)
W, 5-0 (Game 2)
ECAC Hockey Semifinals
vs. Rensselaer - W, 5-4
ECAC Hockey Championship
vs. Clarkson - W, 4-3 (ot)
NCAA First Round
at Harvard - W, 6-2
NCAA Semifinals
vs. Mercyhurst - W, 3-2 (ot)
NCAA Championship Game
vs. Minnesota-Duluth - L, 2-3 (3ot) |
| 2010-11 |
31-3-1 |
19-1-1 (1st) |
9-1-0 (1st) |
ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
vs. Rensselaer - Won, 2 games to 0
W, 3-2 (ot) (Game 1)
W, 6-1 (Game 2)
ECAC Hockey Semifinals
vs. Quinnipiac - W, 4-3
ECAC Hockey Championship
vs. Dartmouth - W, 3-0
NCAA First Round
vs. Dartmouth - W, 7-1
NCAA Semifinals
vs. Boston University - L, 1-4 |
| 2011-12 |
30-5 |
20-2 (1st) |
9-1-0 (1st) |
ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
vs. Brown - Won, 2 games to 0
W, 4-2 (Game 1)
W, 6-0 (Game 2)
ECAC Hockey Semifinals
vs. Quinnipiac - W, 5-1
ECAC Hockey Championship
vs. St. Lawrence - L, 1-3
NCAA First Round
vs. Boston University - W, 8-7 (3OT)
NCAA Semifinals
vs. Minnesota - L, 1-3 |
| 2012-13 |
27-6-1 |
18-3-1 (1st) |
8-1-1 (t-1st) |
ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
vs. Colgate- Won, 2 games to 0
W, 5-4 (OT) (Game 1)
W, 3-2 (Game 2)
ECAC Hockey Semifinals
vs. St. Lawrence - W, 4-2
ECAC Hockey Championship
vs. Harvard - W, 2-1
NCAA First Round
vs. Mercyhurst - L, 3-4 (OT) |
| 2013-14 |
24-6-4 |
15-4-3 (3rd) |
7-2-1 (2nd) |
ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
vs. Princeton - Won, 2 games to 0
W, 3-2 (Game 1)
W, 5-3 (Game 2)
ECAC Hockey Semifinals
vs. Harvard - W, 6-4
ECAC Hockey Championship
vs. Clarkson - W, 1-0
NCAA First Round
vs. Mercyhurst - L, 3-2 |
| 2014-15 |
19-11-3 |
14-6-2 (4th) |
5-5-0 (3rd) |
ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
vs. St. Lawrence - Won, 2 games to 0
W, 3-1 (Game 1)
W, 3-2 (Game 2)
ECAC Hockey Semifinals
at Clarkson - W, 3-1
ECAC Hockey Championship
vs. Harvard - L, 7-3 |
| 2015-16 |
13-14-4 |
9-9-4 (7th) |
7-2-1 (2nd) |
ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
at Clarkson - Lost, 2 games to 0
L, 2-0 (Game 1)
L, 5-2 (Game 2) |
| 2016-17 |
20-9-5 |
13-4-5 (3rd) |
7-0-3 (1st) |
ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
vs. Colgate - Won, 2 games to 0
W, 2-1 (Game 1)
W, 1-0 (Game 2)
ECAC Hockey Semifinals (at Clarkson)
vs. St. Lawrence - W, 3-1
ECAC Hockey Championship
vs. Clarkson - L, 1-0
NCAA First Round
at Clarkson - L, 3-1 |
| 2017-18 |
21-9-3 |
15-5-2 (3rd) |
8-1-1 (1st) |
ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
vs. Princeton - Won, 2 games to 1
W, 2-1 (Game 1)
L, 5-4 (OT) (Game 2)
W, 4-0 (Game 3)
ECAC Hockey Semifinals (at Clarkson)
vs. Colgate - L, 5-4 |
| 2018-19 |
24-6-6 |
17-3-2 (1st) |
7-2-1 (1st) |
ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
vs. Rensselaer - Won, 2 games to 1
W, 2-1 (OT) (Game 1)
L, 2-0 (Game 2)
W, 6-1 (Game 3)
ECAC Hockey Semifinals
vs. Princeton - W, 3-2 (2 OT)
ECAC Hockey Championship
vs. Clarkson - L, 1-4
NCAA First Round
at Northeastern - W, 3-1
NCAA Semifinal
at Minnesota - L, 2-0 |
| 2019-20 |
28-2-3 |
19-0-3 (1st) |
10-0-0 (1st) |
ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
vs. St. Lawrence - Won 2 games to 0
W, 7-2 (Game 1)
W, 3-2 (Game 2)
ECAC Hockey Semifinals
vs. Harvard - W, 4-0
ECAC Hockey Championship
vs. Princeton - L, 3-2 (OT)
NCAA First Round
vs. Mercyhurst - cancelled
*2020 NCAA Tournament cancelled to aid
in stoping the spread of COVID-19. Cornell
was the #1 seed. |
| 2020-21 |
Canceled |
Canceled |
Canceled |
Season cancelled due to COVID-19 |
| 2021-22 |
14-14-2 |
12-8-2 (6th) |
3-5-2 (4th) |
ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
vs Colgate - Lost 2 games to 0
L, 0-1 OT (Game 1)
L, 2-3 (Game 2) |
| 2022-23 |
16-14-2 |
12-9-1 (5th) |
5-4-1 (2nd) |
ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
vs Clarkson - Lost 2 games to 1
L, 1-5 (Game 1)
W, 2-1 (Game 2)
L, 1-4 (Game 3) |
| 2023-24 |
25-8-1 |
17-5-0 (4th) |
9-1-0 (1st) |
ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
vs Quinnipiac - Won 2 games to 0
W, 3-2 OT (Game 1)
W, 5-0 (Game 2)
ECAC Hockey Semifinals
at Colgate - L, 1-5
NCAA First Round
vs. Stonehill - W, 7-1
NCAA Regional Final
at Colgate - L, 1-3 |
| 2024-25 |
25-5-5 |
16-2-4 (1st) |
8-0-2 (1st) |
ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
vs Union - Best-of-three series
W, 3-0 (Game 1)
W, 3-2 (Game 2)
ECAC Hockey Semifinals
vs Clarkson - W, 2-1 (OT)
ECAC Hockey Championship
vs Colgate - W, 5-1
NCAA First Round
vs. Minnesota-Duluth - W, 1-0
NCAA Frozen Four Semifinal
vs Ohio State - L, 2-4 |
| TOTALS |
375-193-55
(.646) |
232-116-43
(.648) |
119-53-18
(.673) |
42-27 Postseason Record (.608)
40-19 in ECAC Hockey Tournament
7-9 in NCAA Tournament
10 NCAA Tournament Appearances
5 Frozen Four Appearances*
1 National Runner-Up* |
Updated August 2025*
