Head Coach Jackie Barto
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Barto has led Ohio State to a program record of 139-160-31 (.468) and has an overall career record of 209-213-41 (.496) in 14 years as a head coach, serving as head coach at Providence five seasons before coming to Ohio State. She recorded her 200th career win Nov. 24, 2007 with a 4-1 victory against St. Cloud State at the OSU Ice Rink. Barto ranks seventh in career victories amongst active head coaches in NCAA Division I women's hockey.
Under the guidance of Barto, Ohio State has collected numerous honors both on and off the ice. Over her nine years, the Buckeyes have collected four AHCA All-America honors, including first-team selection Tessa Bonhomme in 2008. Bonhomme also became Ohio State's first two-time Top 10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given to the top Division I women's hockey student-athlete in the nation. A Buckeye has been a finalist for the prestigious award a total of five times under Barto.
Last season, Bonhomme also made Ohio State history when she was named both WCHA Player of the Year and WCHA Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first Buckeye to receive either award. Over the last three seasons, 10 Buckeyes have been named to All-WCHA teams including Bonhomme, who became the first two-time First Team All-WCHA selection in program history. During its nine years of women's hockey, Ohio State has received a total of 14 All-WCHA honors, as well as WCHA Student-Athlete of the Year (Emma Laaksonen, 2004) and WCHA Rookie of the Year (Jeni Creary, 2002).
The awards for Ohio State in the classroom have been even more impressive during Barto's tenure, including 17 AWHCA Scholar All-Americans, 11 WCHA Scholar-Athletes, 52 WCHA All-Academic Team members, 50 Academic All-Big Ten at-large selections and 87 OSU Scholar-Athletes. Jody Heywood also was a two-time finalist for the Hockey Humanitarian Award, the first Buckeye either men's or women's to be a finalist for the award.
On the international level, Barto led the U.S. Women's National Team to the gold medal at the 2008 IIHF World Women's Championship in Harbin, China. As head coach of Team USA, she led the squad to two victories over archrival Team Canada en route to just the second U.S. gold medal win at the event. Barto also guided the U.S. Women's Select Team to a silver medal at the Four Nations Cup in November 2007. She was named head coach of the U.S. Women's Under-22 Team for 2008-09, after serving as head coach of the U.S. Women's National and Select teams in 2007-08.
Barto's success in athletics began as a student-athlete at Providence, where she became one of greatest to ever don the Friar uniform. Barto (formerly Gladu) totaled 113 career goals and remains third on the all-time Friar goal list trailing only former U.S. Olympian Cammi Granato (1989-93; 139 goals) and Stephanie O'Sullivan (1991-95; 126 goals), both of whom Barto coached while at PC. She also stands fifth on Providence's all-time scoring list with 200 career points and 11th in career assists with 87. During her playing and coaching days as a Friar, Barto was associated with three of Providence's six ECAC championships, winning one as a head coach (1995), one as an assistant (1994) and one as a player (1984).
In addition to her success as an ice hockey player, she also excelled in field hockey and softball. She was captain of all three sports her senior year and set a number of school records in each, including third on the all-time Providence field hockey scoring list with 149 career points, tied for second with 64 goals and 12th in assists with 21. Barto served on the NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championship Committee 2000-06 and also is a member of the American Women's Hockey Coaches Association. From 2000-03, she served on the board of governors for the American Hockey Coaches Association and was the president of the American Women's Hockey Coaches Association from 2000-02.
A native of Newton, Mass., Barto graduated from Providence in 1984 with a degree in business management. She and her husband, Kurt, reside in Lewis Center, Ohio.
