Yale Bulldogs

Tamara Durante


Hometown: Lachine, Quebec College: University of Alberta '00	Position: Assistant Coach

E-mail: tamara.durante@yale.edu
Office Phone: (203) 432-1479

Tamara Durante joined the Yale coaching staff in 2005. She works mainly with the goaltenders and forwards. Under her guidance, goalie Charlotte Goins finished third in the NCAA in save percentage (.804) and fifth in saves per game (8.71) in 2007. Before joining head coach Pam Stuper's staff at Yale Durante spent the four previous years as an assistant coach at Ohio University. Prior to her stay at Ohio, Durante worked for Field Hockey Canada from 1999-2001. Her duties included assisting the goalkeeper coach and recording and editing matches. She was the head coach for the Provincial Quebec Under-21 and Under-18 teams from 1993-98. Durante also is involved with the United States Field Hockey Association (USFHA). She has coached in the Futures Program since 2002 and served as the Great Lakes Regional Futures Director from 2003-05. She has selected for various USFHA programs, including the Under-16 national team, Futures Elite, B Camp and A Camp. She also was selected to coach for USA Field Hockey at the 2006 AAU Junior Olympic Games. A native of Lachine, Quebec, Durante is a 2000 graduate of the University of Alberta and was a five-year starter for the field hockey team there. She helped the Pandas to a silver medal in the CIAU Championship in 1997 and bronze medals in 1996 and 1999.