Lauren Gosselin - Women's Basketball Coach - Princeton University Athletics

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Lauren Gosselin

Title:
Head Coach
Email:
lbattista@princeton.edu
Phone:
609-258-4968

Gosselin At Princeton
NCAA Tournaments (5): 2022, 2023 (Second Round), 2024, 2025, 2026
Ivy League Championships (5): 2019-20, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2025-26
Ivy League Tournament Championships (4): 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026
All-Americans (2): Abby Meyers (2022), Kaitlyn Chen (2024)
Ivy League Players Of The Year (3): Bella Alarie (2020), Abby Meyers (2022), Kaitlyn Chen (2023)
Ivy League Defensive Players Of The Year (3): Ellie Mitchell (2022, 2023, 2024)
Ivy League Rookie of the Year (1): Madison St. Rose (2023)

Lauren (Battista) Gosselin was named head coach of Princeton Women's Basketball on April 8th, 2026. She will begin her eight year with Princeton in 2026-27.

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.

2025-26 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 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.

Princeton went 21-8 in 2024-25 and collected a Net Ranking of 46, adding four combined quad 1/2 victories. The Tigers placed second in the Ivy League and received an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament. Princeton had four earn All-Ivy selections highlighted by Ashley Chea’s unanimous First-Team honor.

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 35 overall and had one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country, taking on No. 3 UCLA on the road in addition to No. 20 Oklahoma and No. 19 Indiana on a neutral floor. The Tigers’ victory over Oklahoma was the fourth top-25 win in program history.

The 2022-23 season had Women’s Basketball go 24-6, advancing to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year becoming the first Ivy team to do that since Harvard men's team in 2013 and 2014. After starting the Ivy campaign 0-2, the Tigers ripped off 12 straight before sweeping both games at home in the Ivy Tournament for their second straight crown and earning a bid to the NCAAs. With the team’s victory over NC State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, it marked the first time an Ivy League school has had its men's and women's teams both win in the NCAA in the same year.

The 2021-22 season saw Princeton finish with a 25-5 record, 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 swept both games of the Ivy League Tournament to claim the Ivy Tournament title and 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 win over Kentucky was one of two Princeton victories over Top-25 opponents during the 2021-22 season. In addition to the win over the Wildcats, who were ranked No. 15 in AP Poll at the time, Gosselin and the Tigers knocked off No. 22 Florida Gulf Coast on the road, 58-55, for the program's first win over a Top-25 opponent in 43 years.

During the 2021-22 season, Gosselin again coached the Ivy League Player of the Year in unanimous selection Abby Meyers who was also named unanimous first-team All-Ivy. Ellie Mitchell was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year, while Julia Cunningham (first team) and Grace Stone (honorable mention) also garnered All-Ivy honors.

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 the Coronavirus. Bella Alarie was one of three players to be named All-Ivy as she was honored with her third straight Ivy Player of the Year award. Carlie Littlefield was first-team All-Ivy for the second consecutive season while Julia Cunningham was honored with honorable mention accolades.

Gosselin came to Princeton from Tufts University, where she served as an assistant coach under Carla 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 4-year starter, 3-time All-American, and 2-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.