Lauren Gosselin Named Head Coach of Princeton Women's Basketball
4/8/2026
Lauren Gosselin has been named the 11th head coach of Princeton Women’s Basketball, Ford Family Director of Athletics John Mack ’00 has announced.
Gosselin has spent the last seven years on the Princeton coaching staff under previous head coach Carla Berube, most recently as associate head coach.
“I am very excited about this next chapter for our women’s basketball program,” said Mack. “Lauren has quickly established herself as a rising star in the coaching ranks and we are thrilled that she and her family have chosen Princeton as the place they want to be. Lauren is a tremendous recruiter, and a first-class developer of talent who has been instrumental in the growth of our student-athletes over her time at Princeton. She is also extremely connected around the country having put together our team’s top-tier schedule that has continuously been the toughest in the Ivy League and allowed our program to show its strength against the country’s top teams. I have been fortunate to watch Lauren grow and excel as a leader and colleague over my time at Princeton and I am supremely confident in her as we embark on this next step as a basketball program.”
In six seasons played with Gosselin on staff, Princeton has won five Ivy League championships, going 147-29 overall (.835) along with a 77-7 mark (.916) in Ivy play during the regular season.
During her time with the Tigers, Gosselin has coached three Ivy League Player of the Year selections, three-time Ivy Defensive Player of the Year Ellie Mitchell, three WNBA Draft selections and 21 All-Ivy selections.
Princeton has maintained its consistent presence in the postseason with Gosselin on the sidelines as she helped the program win four Ivy Tournament championships, earn five NCAA Tournament bids – with a sixth likely to have come in the COVID-shortened 2020 season and win two NCAA Tournament games against No. 6 seed Kentucky in 2022 and No. 7 seed NC State in 2023.
“It is an incredible honor to be named the next head coach of Princeton Women’s Basketball,” said Gosselin. “I would like to thank John Mack, Greg Busch and the entire search committee for their trust and belief in me as I step into this new role. I also want to thank Carla Berube for being a leader, a mentor, and a friend who has empowered me over the last eight years and prepared me for this moment. From the moment I stepped on campus seven years ago, I fell in love with everything this university stands for – especially our mission of ‘Education Through Athletics’. My time here has proven that it is the people who make this place truly special. Our student-athletes, alumni, staff, and campus community represent the very best, and I cannot wait to lead, learn and continue to grow alongside them. This is a special opportunity, and I am eager to carry the torch with pride and lead this storied program into its next chapter. There is no better place to develop champions – on the court, in the classroom, and in life.”
This season was another banner campaign for the Tigers as they went 26-4, winning an outright Ivy League regular season championship, claiming the Ivy League Tournament title with a win over Harvard, and making its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. The Tigers finished No. 25 in the final WBCA Poll and had five All-Ivy selections. Gosselin was part of the staff that was named Ivy League Coaching Staff of the Year.
Princeton collected 21 wins in 2024-25 with a NET ranking of 46, putting together a body of work that resulted in the Tigers earning just the second at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament in Ivy League history.
The 2023-24 season saw the Tigers win their fifth consecutive Ivy League Tournament title, nabbing a No. 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Princeton finished with a NET ranking of No. 35. The Tigers’ victory over No. 20 Oklahoma was the fourth Top-25 win in program history.
The 2022-23 season saw the Tigers go 24-6 and advance to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year becoming the first Ivy basketball team to do that since Harvard men's team in 2013 and 2014. The Tigers won their final 12 Ivy League regular season games and then added two wins on their home court to claim the Ivy League Tournament title to secure another trip to NCAAs.
Princeton finished with a 25-5 record in 2021-22, advancing to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in program history. After a second consecutive undefeated regular season championship in the Ivy League, the Tigers won both games of the Ivy League Tournament to earn an automatic bid to NCAAs.
Seeded No. 11, the Tigers knocked off No. 6 Kentucky -- the SEC Tournament champion -- in the First Round, 69-62. Princeton would then take No. 3 Indiana to the limit in the Second Round, falling to the hosts at Assembly Hall, 56-55.
The Tigers went 26-1 overall in 2019-20 and finished with a 22-game winning streak. The Tigers’ streak was the second longest in the country behind No. 1 South Carolina. The unit wrapped up the campaign with a RPI of No. 9, the best mark in Ivy history and went undefeated in conference play before the postseason was cancelled due to COVID-19.
Gosselin came to Princeton from Tufts University, where she served as an assistant coach under Berube during the 2018-19 season. During that season, the Jumbos went 28-3 and won their 3rd NESCAC Championship, beating undefeated and top-ranked Bowdoin in the final. Tufts also advanced to the NCAA Division III Elite Eight.
Prior to her time at Tufts, Gosselin was a graduate assistant at Boston College while securing her master’s degree in Leadership and Administration. Before BC, Gosselin was at the NCAA office in a postgraduate internship program, helping the women’s basketball staff with the NCAA Tournament and Final Four.
Gosselin graduated from Bentley University in 2014. She was a four-year starter, three-time All-American, and two-year team captain for the nationally ranked Falcons. Her senior year was spectacular as she led the team to the Division II national title with an undefeated 35-0 season. She earned national recognition as the WBCA Division II National Player of the Year, the Capital One Academic All-American of the Year, CWSA/Honda Division II Athlete of the Year, and an NCAA Today’s Top 10 Award honoree. She graduated as the all-time leading scorer in Bentley history, scoring over 2,100 points. Gosselin graduated summa cum laude with a degree in marketing and minor in finance.
