UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State women's hockey associate head coach Allison Coomey is Olympic bound as she joins Team USA's women's hockey coaching staff for the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games starting Feb. 4.
Coomey will serve as a team scout for the U.S. women's national team during the tournament, a role she has previously held with the U.S. at other international tournaments, including the 2019 U18 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in Obihiro, Japan.
This will be Coomey's first Olympic Games and she will join a staff headed by current St. Thomas head coach and long-time Minnesota assistant Joel Johnson, Boston College associate head and two-time Olympian Courtney Kennedy, former NHL defenseman Brian Pothier, and general manager Katie Million.
The Baldwinsville, N.Y., native has provided invaluable leadership and intangibles for the Nittany Lions in her five years on the coaching staff. She has coached 11 Nittany Lions to All-CHA rosters, including three All-CHA First Team performers, five All-CHA Second Team honorees, along with a CHA Rookie of the Year and three All-CHA Rookie Team members.
She was also named the 2019 AHCA Women's Hockey Assistant Coach of the Year for her outstanding career resume.
Coomey will be one of three Nittany Lions representing their country in Beijing for the Games. 2021 graduate and first-team All-CHA performer Jessica Adolfsson qualified for the tournament with Team Sweden back in November. Sweden's final roster for the Olympics is yet to be finalized.
Penn State men's hockey director of operations and former women's hockey D-Ops Alex Dawes joins the U.S. men's national team as its video coach in Beijing.
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