University of Maine Athletics

Josette Babineau enters her 19th season as head coach of the Maine field hockey team in 2023. 

While at the helm of the Black Bears, Babineau has coached 10 All-Americans and holds a career record of 206-137, leading Maine to 17 straight America East Playoffs, including the first America East Championship in program history in 2021.

In 2022, her program had their first ever 8-0 America East Conference regular season, leading to her staff earning back-to-back America East Coaching Staff of the Year honors.

As part of the historic 2021 season, Babineau and her coaching staff earned the America East Coaching Staff of the Year and earned the programs first berth in the NCAA Tournament.

Babineau was named head coach of the University of Maine field hockey team on February 1, 2007. She became the sixth head coach in Maine field hockey history.

She came to Maine after serving as an assistant coach at Cornell the previous three seasons.

Babineau spent nine years as a Technical Director and Provincial Coach of the Saskatchewan Field Hockey Association. She served as head coach of the Under-21 Canada Games Team in 1997 and 2001.  She was responsible for the growth and development of field hockey in Saskatchewan.

During the 2003 season, Babineau served as the associate head coach at the University of Calgary.

She also served as head coach of the Canadian Under-18 National Team during the 2000 season. She coached the Canadian Under-18 team at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Scotland. She ran identification camps throughout Canada to select athletes for the Youth Commonwealth Games team.

From 1998–2000, Babineau served as an assistant coach of the Canadian Under-21 National team.  The Under-21 team competed in the Qualifying tournament and finished third earning them a spot at the World Cup.

Babineau was an outstanding field hockey player at the University of New Brunswick. She led her New Brunswick team to the Silver Medal at the Canadian National Championships in back-to-back seasons. She was a five-time Atlantic University All-Star selection. She was selected to the Canadian University All-Star team four years in a row. Babineau was named most valuable player of the Atlantic Field Hockey conference from 1990–93. In addition, she was named best all round athlete at the University of New Brunswick in both 1992 and 1993. In 1991, she was named Athlete of the Year at the University of New Brunswick and in 1993 she was selected as the Canadian University Player of the Year.

Babineau graduated in 1993 from the University of New Brunswick with a degree in business administration.

Babineau Accomplishments & Awards

Babineau Coaching Capsule