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Colette Bredin

Colette (Bredin) Youlen

Colette Bredin is in her third season as an assistant coach for the Engineers. Among her primary responsibilities are working with the forwards, assisting with the special teams and helping with the team’s recruiting efforts.

She helped mentor Rensselaer to a 13-15-5 record during the 2007-08 season, which included a 6-12-4 mark in ECAC Hockey.  The Engineers went 12-22-1 in 2006-07, its inaugural ECAC Hockey season, which included an 8-13-1 league mark and an appearance in the quarterfinals. 

A native of Warburg, Alb., Bredin spent four years as an assistant coach for the women’s hockey program at the University of New Hampshire. During her tenure she helped guide the Wildcats to three regular season Hockey East titles as well as an appearance in three league tournament title games. In 2005-06, New Hampshire finished 33-3-1, and captured its third regular season title, the league tournament title, and appeared in the Women’s NCAA Frozen Four.

Prior to joining UNH, Bredin spent a year as an assistant coach at the University of Findlay (2001-02).

As a player, Bredin played forward at Cornell, where she was named the team’s Rookie of the Year in 1997 and served as an assistant captain during her final year. She was an All-ECAC selection in her sophomore season, leading the Big Red in goals (24), assists (12) and points (36). During that same year, she finished sixth in the ECAC in scoring.

In 104 career games, Bredin, who was a nominee for the 2000 Hockey Humanitarian Award, recorded 56 goals and 40 assists for 96 points.

Following her college career, Bredin played for the Reinach Women’s Hockey Club in Switzerland, where she captured the league scoring title and led the team to the Swiss Championship. She has also represented Canada on the international stage, helping the 1996 Under–19 National Team to a silver medal.

Bredin graduated from Cornell in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Marketing. She went on to earn her M.B.A. in Sport and Event Management from Findlay in 2002.