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Boucher closing in on his 300th career win
KEENE, N.H. 1/15/10 - Keene State College women's basket coach Keith Boucher will reach the 300th career win milestone if his team can defeat UMass-Dartmouth on Saturday.
No one has served longer on the Keene State bench than Boucher. He has led the Owls to five post-season appearances during his 21 year tenure; including an NCAA Division II berth his first season in 1989-90 and a Division III tournament trip in 2006-07. Boucher enters tomorrow's game against the Corsairs with an overall record of 299-250.
"I've had a great experience with a lot of great people," said Boucher. "It's not about coaches, it's about players. I've had the great fortune since I've been here to be involved with a lot of great student athletes. They've given me a wealth of great memories."
""Coach Boucher knows so much about the game and he cares a lot about his players," said senior captain Kristin Degou of Newburyport, Mass. "We love him because he demands so much out of us and that's how he's built a great program."
"My dad used to tell me no one gets there alone and I've also had some great assistant coaches that I worked with over the years," said Boucher. "The other Keene State coaches have also been very helpful. We're a very supportive group. Rob (Colbert) and I commiserate about our teams all the time and John (Ratliff) is very sportive as an athletic director."
Colbert is also coming up on a milestone. He's two wins shy of his 200th career victory.
A graduate of rival Plymouth State College, where he played football and baseball, Boucher went on to receive his master's degree in physical education from Norwich University. The Lebanon, N.H., native began his coaching career as the boys' basketball coach at Timberlane High School and softball coach at Hanover High School, before returning to Norwich as assistant men's basketball coach. After serving in a trial basis for a year, he was officially named the Owls eighth coach in the fall of 1990.
