Staff Directory
Berube, Carla
Carla Berube
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Phone:
- 609-258-2721
Berube At Princeton
NCAA Tournaments (2): 2022, 2023 (Second Round)
Ivy League Championships (3): 2019-20, 2021-22, 2022-23
Ivy League Tournament Championships (2): 2022, 2023
All-Americans (1): Abby Meyers (2022)
Ivy League Players Of The Year (3): Bella Alarie (2020), Abby Meyers (2022), Kaitlyn Chen (2023)
Ivy League Defensive Players Of The Year (2): Ellie Mitchell (2022, 2023)
Ivy League Rookie of the Year (1): Madison St. Rose (2023)
Berube will begin her fifth year with Princeton in 2023-24.
In the three seasons played under Berube, the Tigers have won three Ivy League championships, posting a 40-2 record against Ivy opponents during the regular season. Overall, the Tigers are 75-12 (.862) during Berube's tenure as head coach at Princeton.
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 Berube's first 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.
Berube was named Ivy League Coach of the Year for the second season in a row, and 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. Berube was named the Ivy League Coach of the Year. 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.
Berube was named the head coach of women's basketball at Princeton University in May of 2019 after spending the previous 17 years at Tufts University. Berube has also coached internationally with USA Basketball, leading the U.S. Under-16 national team to a gold medal at the FIBA Americas and the Under-17 national team to a gold medal at the World Championships.
Berube brings a long history of success as both a player and coach to Princeton. She won exactly 80 percent of her games with the Jumbos, going 384-96 in 17 seasons while reaching the NCAA Division III final twice, the Final Four four times and the Sweet 16 nine times, including each of the last eight. In her last seven seasons at Tufts, her record was 197-24, with a winning percentage of .891 during those years.
Berube was the 2015 Pat Summitt Trophy winner as the Division III National Coach of the Year and a three-time regional coach of the year.
Berube is a 1997 UConn grad with a degree in sociology. She scored 1,381 points during her career, and the Huskies were an astonishing 132-8 in her four years, for a winning percentage of .942.
The highlight of her career was the 1995 NCAA championship, which capped a perfect 35-0 season. She played in two Final Fours and also was part of four Big East championships.
After playing professionally in the American Basketball League, Berube began her coaching career as an assistant coach at Providence College before becoming the head coach at Tufts in 2002. During her time there, she coached three NESCAC Players of the Year, three Rookies of the Year, six Defensive Players of the Year and three CoSIDA Academic All-Americas.
She also has coached six All-Americas in the last seven years.
Under Berube's leadership, Tufts reached the Division III championship game in 2016 and 2017. Her final Tufts team went 28-3, won the NESCAC championship and reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament in 2019.
She is a member of the Connecticut Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. In addition to the 2015 national Coach of the Year honor, Berube is also a three-time regional Coach of the Year, a four-time NESCAC Coach of the Year and a two-time USA Basketball Development Coach of the Year.
Her players have also been active in the community. The Tufts women's basketball team recently adopted two Team IMPACT teammates – a 12-year-old with leukemia and a 15-year-old with sickle cell anemia – partnering with the non-profit organization that works to improve kids' quality of life and help them experience the camaraderie of collegiate sports. Many of her players have also been Big Sisters to local children.
Carla and her wife, Meghan, are the parents of two sons, Parker and Caden, along with a daughter, Brogan.
NCAA Tournaments (2): 2022, 2023 (Second Round)
Ivy League Championships (3): 2019-20, 2021-22, 2022-23
Ivy League Tournament Championships (2): 2022, 2023
All-Americans (1): Abby Meyers (2022)
Ivy League Players Of The Year (3): Bella Alarie (2020), Abby Meyers (2022), Kaitlyn Chen (2023)
Ivy League Defensive Players Of The Year (2): Ellie Mitchell (2022, 2023)
Ivy League Rookie of the Year (1): Madison St. Rose (2023)
Berube will begin her fifth year with Princeton in 2023-24.
In the three seasons played under Berube, the Tigers have won three Ivy League championships, posting a 40-2 record against Ivy opponents during the regular season. Overall, the Tigers are 75-12 (.862) during Berube's tenure as head coach at Princeton.
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 Berube's first 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.
Berube was named Ivy League Coach of the Year for the second season in a row, and 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. Berube was named the Ivy League Coach of the Year. 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.
Berube was named the head coach of women's basketball at Princeton University in May of 2019 after spending the previous 17 years at Tufts University. Berube has also coached internationally with USA Basketball, leading the U.S. Under-16 national team to a gold medal at the FIBA Americas and the Under-17 national team to a gold medal at the World Championships.
Berube brings a long history of success as both a player and coach to Princeton. She won exactly 80 percent of her games with the Jumbos, going 384-96 in 17 seasons while reaching the NCAA Division III final twice, the Final Four four times and the Sweet 16 nine times, including each of the last eight. In her last seven seasons at Tufts, her record was 197-24, with a winning percentage of .891 during those years.
Berube was the 2015 Pat Summitt Trophy winner as the Division III National Coach of the Year and a three-time regional coach of the year.
Berube is a 1997 UConn grad with a degree in sociology. She scored 1,381 points during her career, and the Huskies were an astonishing 132-8 in her four years, for a winning percentage of .942.
The highlight of her career was the 1995 NCAA championship, which capped a perfect 35-0 season. She played in two Final Fours and also was part of four Big East championships.
After playing professionally in the American Basketball League, Berube began her coaching career as an assistant coach at Providence College before becoming the head coach at Tufts in 2002. During her time there, she coached three NESCAC Players of the Year, three Rookies of the Year, six Defensive Players of the Year and three CoSIDA Academic All-Americas.
She also has coached six All-Americas in the last seven years.
Under Berube's leadership, Tufts reached the Division III championship game in 2016 and 2017. Her final Tufts team went 28-3, won the NESCAC championship and reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament in 2019.
She is a member of the Connecticut Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. In addition to the 2015 national Coach of the Year honor, Berube is also a three-time regional Coach of the Year, a four-time NESCAC Coach of the Year and a two-time USA Basketball Development Coach of the Year.
Her players have also been active in the community. The Tufts women's basketball team recently adopted two Team IMPACT teammates – a 12-year-old with leukemia and a 15-year-old with sickle cell anemia – partnering with the non-profit organization that works to improve kids' quality of life and help them experience the camaraderie of collegiate sports. Many of her players have also been Big Sisters to local children.
Carla and her wife, Meghan, are the parents of two sons, Parker and Caden, along with a daughter, Brogan.