Mandy Montgomery was named the third Head Coach of the Aurora University women's hockey program in June, 2024.
Montgomery will lead the Spartans with a wealth of experience as both a coach and student-athlete at the Division I and III levels, most recently as an assistant coach at Elmira College and before that an assistant coach at SUNY Canton. Her responsibilities with the previous programs included recruiting, creating practice plans, analyzing game film, and organizing the team's strength and conditioning program, in addition to assist students in the classroom as a tutor.
With Montgomery on the bench at Elmira, the program went 84-12-4, winning four conference titles, making three NCAA Tournament appearances while coaching eight All-Americans, 10 All-Conference student-athletes and 30+ Academic All-Americans.
Montgomery's extensive hockey background also includes two years as an assistant at Division I institutions. In 2014-15, she joined the coaching staff at her alma mater, Sacred Heart University, where she worked primarily with the team's goaltenders and defense. In 2016-17, worked at Colgate University. That season, Colgate won 22 games and qualified for the ECAC Hockey Tournament for the second consecutive year and ranked among national leaders in penalty kill percentage (90.5), as well as scoring defense (2.03 gpg).
Outside of collegiate hockey, Montgomery gained valuable experience as a coach at several USA Hockey development camps and possesses a Level 3 certification from USA Hockey's Coaching Education Program and training in concussion management and strength and conditioning.
As a student-athlete on the ice, Montgomery spent the first two years of her collegiate career as a member of the inaugural St. Norbert College women's ice hockey teams in 2010-11 and 2011-12. As a sophomore goaltender with the Green Knights, she recorded shutout victories in two of her five starts. Montgomery then transferred to Division I Sacred Heart and played her final two seasons with the Pioneers. She was second on the team in minutes (652:42), saves (442) and victories (4) as a junior, helping the Pioneers achieve an 18-win season.
Montgomery graduated summa cum laude from Sacred Heart in 2014 with a degree in English and received her master's in general education from Elmira College in 2020.
AURORA UNIVERSITY COACHING RECORD
| YEAR |
OVERALL |
CONFERENCE (Place) |
| 2024-2025 |
10-14-3 |
9-7-2 (5th) |
| 1 Years |
10-14-3 (.426) |
9-7-2 (.556) |
