Leary returns to the Heights after spending the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Hockey East foe Merrimack and the 2020-21 season as an assistant coach at St. Anselm. For the 2019-20 season, Leary was the head coach of the Walpole Express juniors' team and served as the Director and Advisor for Trax Academy in Walpole, Mass., where she was responsible for planning and leading on-ice skill development and tutoring high school students.