Lee-J Mirasolo was named the Stonehill Women's Ice Hockey program's second head coach in May, 2023.

“We are excited to welcome Lee-J Mirasolo to Stonehill as the next head coach of our women’s ice hockey program,” said O’Keefe. “Lee-J’s name quickly rose to the top of our search with her experience coaching and playing at the highest levels of women’s college hockey in the Northeast. She brings great energy and passion for the sport and will be a tremendous leader and mentor for our young student-athletes as the program continues to grow and build its culture for success both on and off the ice.”

Mirasolo, the 2021 American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) Assistant Coach of the Year, brings 13-years of coaching experience in women’s college hockey to Stonehill, the last 12-years at the NCAA Division I level. She most recently served eight years as associate head coach at Harvard University, competing in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), helping the Crimson rebuild from a team that posted five wins in 2016-17 to hosting and winning the ECAC Quarterfinals in just three years, before sweeping the Beanpot, Ivy League and ECAC Regular Season Championships in 2021-22 with a 22-10-1 record overall, including 16-5-1 in the ECAC on their way to an NCAA Tournament bid. Overall at Harvard, she assisted a program that won 94 games over her seven seasons, with six ECAC Tournament appearances.

Mirasolo identified and recruited the 2022 Ivy League Rookie of the Year and ECAC All-Rookie Team selection, as well as two first team All-ECAC and All-Ivy selections during her time at Harvard. She recruited two Hockey Canada selection camp invitees, a Patty Kazmaier Top 10 Finalist, a USA Hockey Collegiate Development Team Member and USA Hockey National Goaltending Camp invitee. Mirasolo has coached two years with the USA Hockey Women’s Development Team from 2020-22, leading the team to a best of three series victory over Canada.

Prior to her time at Harvard, Mirasolo served four years as assistant coach at Princeton University of the ECAC, helping rebuild the Tigers to the national stage by implementing a recruiting plan that spanned North America. She helped Princeton win 52 games over four seasons, with three ECAC Tournament appearances, including back-to-back winning campaigns her final two years and a 13-8-1 ECAC mark in 2014-15.

Mirasolo got her collegiate coaching start at the University of Massachusetts Boston for the 2010-11 season, with the Beacons posting a 14-11-1 record overall, including 9-8-1 in the ECAC East, reaching the Conference semifinals. In addition to her assistant coaching stint with the USA Hockey Collegiate Development team from 2020-2022, she coached with USA Hockey Development Camps at the U-18 Select, U-15 and U-14 camps for nine years. Mirasolo started her coaching career at Phillips Academy Andover as an assistant coach for the 2009-10 season.

“I am thrilled to be joining the Stonehill women’s ice hockey program and the broader campus community,” said Mirasolo. “Everything I understood Stonehill to be from a distance – supportive, welcoming, and connected– proved to be exactly as it was up close and in person.

“It is obvious that the student-athletes have worked extremely hard to hit the ground running as a program, and I am so fortunate to join and serve them in this endeavor. I am grateful to Dean O’Keefe, Cindy MacDonald, Pauline Dobrowski, and the entire search committee for their belief in me and the vision for the program. I certainly did not arrive at Stonehill on my own, as many coaches, players, family, and friends have taught and supported me along this journey. I am humbled by this opportunity and look forward to the road ahead.”

Mirasolo is a 2008 graduate of Boston College, where she was a four-year member of the Eagles women’s ice hockey program that competed in Hockey East, serving as captain as a senior. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication and was voted the team’s Unsung Hero for the 2007-08 season and earned Hockey East All-Academic Team honors. Mirasolo helped lead BC to back-to-back 20-win campaigns during her sophomore and junior seasons, a pair of Beanpot Championships, and spots in the 2006 Hockey East Championship game and 2007 Women’s Frozen Four in Lake Placid, New York.

A native of Wakefield, Massachusetts, Mirasolo and her wife, Mollie Maguire, currently reside in Woburn, with their son, Gavin.