Cate Brams became The Paul J. Finnegan Family Head Coach for Harvard Nordic Skiing in July 2024 and enters their second season as the head coach of the Crimson in 2025-26.
In their first season at Harvard in 2024-25, Brams coached Quincy Donley ’25 to an appearance at the NCAA Championships and Elias Soulé ’28 to an appearance at the Biathlon Junior World Championships.
Prior to Harvard, Brams served as an assistant coach for the University of Denver’s Nordic Ski program, where they provided extensive coaching experience at various levels of competition.
Over the course of the 2023-24 season, Brams established themself as a stellar coaching talent as a member of the Pioneers coaching staff. Over the course of the year, Brams aided Denver to a third-place team finish at the 2024 NCAA Championships, as five Pioneers earned All-America status under Brams’ guidance. Student-athletes also saw international success with Brams, as two athletes qualified for the World Cup, along with one U23 World Championships qualifier.
Prior to their arrival in Denver, Brams spent four years with Eastern Mass Cross Country (EMXC) in Lincoln, holding the mantles as head coach and program director from May 2021 to August 2023. Brams designed and directed the training regimens for over 50 athletes ranging from the ages of 14 to 18 and oversaw assistant and volunteer assistant coaches.
Brams mentored the athletes at EMXC to incredible heights, as the 2023 season saw seven student-athletes qualify for the 2023 Junior National Championships and earn nine junior All-American results. At the 2023 Junior National Championships, one member of EMXC won an individual junior national championship, to go along with four podium finishes. The 2023 season also saw EMXC win the 2023 U.S. Ski and Snowboard Junior Female Club Championship.
In 2022, Brams won the New England Nordic Ski Association Coach of the Year Award after guiding five student-athletes to junior All-American recognition.
As a student-athlete, Brams excelled during their career on Middlebury’s ski team. A four-year letterwinner, Brams was team captain during the 2018 season, as they qualified for the 2018 NCAA Championships and earned 2018 Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association All-East First Team honors. Following their graduation from Middlebury, Brams traveled west to ski with the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation Gold Team in Ketchum, Idaho.
A native of Belmont, Brams graduated from Middlebury with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and a minor in political science.
