University of Maine Women's Field Hockey

Babineau Coaching Capsule Josette Babineau enters her 10th season as head coach of the Black Bears. While at the helm of the Black Bears, coach Babineau has guided the squad to eight-straight America East Tournament apperences. Through her time at Maine, Babineau has coached and mentored five All-American selections and 34 All-Conference players. Coach Babineau has continued to form the Black Bears into a nationally recognized program as Maine received votes in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Top-20 poll. Maine finished the 2015 season ranked as the 17th team in the country. Coach Babineau and her staff had one of the best seasons in school history in 2015. The Black Bears set a school record for most wins in a season with 19. They also reached the America East conference championship for the first time since 2005. Coach Babineau and her staff also received honors from the America East conferene as coaching staff of the year. Other accolades that Babineau received, the 2015 4U Field Hockey / NFHCA Division I Northeast Region Coach of the Year In 2015, Coach Babineau also reached a career milestone surpassing 100 career wins, all with the University of Maine. 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 19982000, 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 199093. 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.

Veinotte assists in all aspects of coaching a Division I program with a focus on recruiting, travel and practice drills. Veinotte recently received her master's in Kinesiology & Exercise Science in 2014. After a stellar four-year career as a student-athlete with the Black Bear field hockey team, Veinotte returned as an assistant coach in the fall of 2011. Veinotte, who graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Psycohology in the spring of 2011, was a leader on the field for Maine all throughout her four years as she appered in 70 total games with 62 starts as a member of the Black Bears. Veinotte tallied 16 goals and eight assists for a total of 40 points over her 70 games and proved to be a very versatile player as she played solid defense throughout her senior season after playing midfield for the majority of her career. Veinotte was named to the America East All-Tournament team her junior season as she tallied a goal in Maine's semifinal contest against Boston Univeristy. Veinotte wasted no time making an impact for the Black Bears as she had a terrific freshman campaign, tallying three goals and one assist for seven points. For her efforts, Veinotte was named to the America East All-Rookie squad and was named Ameirca East Rookie of the Week on September 10 after notching a goal and an assist against Northwestern. Veinotte was also named to the America East Commissioner's Honor Roll, the America East Honor Roll and the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division I National Academic Squad. Before her time at Maine, Veinotte led Skowhegan to four-straight Maine Class A State Championships in field hockey. Veinotte tallied 54 points in her senior season and was named a nominee for Miss Maine Field Hockey. Veinotte was a two-time KVAC First Team All-State Selection, a two-time Portland Press Herald and Morning Sentinel First Team selection as well as an All-State selection. Veinotte was also named to the Northeast Regional All-America team. While in high school, Veinotte participated in the National Futures, National Futures Elite and played for the Cape Ann Coalition National Festival team.