Courtney Kessel joined the Boston University women's ice hockey staff as an associate head coach in May 2023.
An assistant at Princeton since 2019, Kessel was head coach of Hockey Canada's gold-medal winning team at the 2023 IIHF U-18 Women's World Championships.
Kessel made an immediate impact at Princeton as the 2019-20 squad won its first ECAC Hockey tournament title and posted a program-record 26 wins. That team had three players ranked in the top 12 nationally in goals and points per game