CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Landry Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Ice Hockey, Laura Bellamy, announced the first addition to her staff today in Meredith Roth. Roth will join the Crimson as the Associate Head Coach for the 2023-24 season after previously serving in the same role at the College of the Holy Cross.
 
Coach Bellamy is thrilled to bring Roth on to her staff and is excited to see the positive development the Crimson will experience with Roth aboard.
 
"We are thrilled to add Meredith to our staff and feel she is the perfect fit for our program," said Bellamy. "Her relationship-centered approach will play a key role in developing our student-athletes as hockey players and guiding them as members of the Harvard community. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from the highest levels of hockey, which will help us as we strive for a return to national prominence in college women's ice hockey."
 
Roth joins the Crimson staff after a four-year tenure as the Associate Head Coach at the College of the Holy Cross. Prior to her time in Worcester, Roth was the head coach at St. Norbert College, a DIII program in Wisconsin. With her at the helm, the Green Knights enjoyed great success, playing their way into the NCHA Championship game in 2016.
 
Previously, Roth coached at Providence College in two stints from 2006-10 and 2012-15. In between her time with the Friars, Roth was on staff at Cornell University, and helped the Big Red reach the Frozen Four twice from 2010-2012. Roth's first head coaching job came in 2004 when she was appointed the leader of the Shattuck St. Mary's School U-16 team.
 
In addition to her collegiate coaching experience, Roth has been heavily involved in USA Hockey, in particular its U-18 program. She was recently named as an Assistant Coach for the United States U-18 Women's National Team for its 2023-24 season and will coach the group at the 2024 IIHF World Championships in Switzerland. Roth was also with the group during its Gold medal run in the 2020 IIHF World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. She has been integral in the success of the U-18 program since coaching at her first camp in 2006.
 
A talented skater herself, Roth was a four-year member of the Providence Friars women's ice hockey team and was a two-time captain. In her four years, the Friars captured three conference championships, one in the ECAC (2002) and two in the Hockey East (2003, 04).
 
Roth graduated from Providence in 2004 with a degree in social science before going back to school at the State University of New York – Cortland, where she earned a master's degree in sports management.
 
In addition to her formal education, Roth was also recently selected to attend a Diversity and Inclusion Scouting Mentorship Program, hosted by the Boston Bruins, during the 2021-22 season. During the nine-month program, she worked on developing skills in management, scouting, talent identification and decision-making at the National Hockey League (NHL) level. Throughout the course of the program, she worked closely with contacts from the Bruins front office and regularly attended American Hockey League (AHL) and NHL games as a scout.
 
"I'm extremely excited and grateful for the opportunity to join Coach Bellamy and the Harvard Women's Hockey program," said Roth. "I look forward to working with talented and bright student-athletes on a daily basis, serving them in pursuing their passions academically and athletically."
 
Roth, Bellamy and the Crimson have already begun preparations for the 2023-24 season that is set to begin on October 13 at Dartmouth.