The Carleton Ravens elevated assistant coach Pat Thompson into the head coach position for their women’s rugby team, the school announced in early March.
“It is a really great opportunity to work in a high-performance environment where the coaches get to see the players on a day-to-day basis,” Thompson, a long-time local high school coach, said in a Ravens media release. “I really want to create a culture of excellence where we are pushing our players to be the best student-athletes they can be.”
The appointment puts Thompson back on a crosstown collision course with Jen Boyd, now the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees coach. For years, Boyd’s Ashbury Colts were a thorn in the side of Thompson’s St. Peter Knights until the Knights finally broke through in recent years and earned a provincial silver medal last season – a trend he’ll now hope to replicate with the Ravens.