St. Lawrence University Athletics

Awards & Honors

• AHCA National Women's Assistant Coach Award (2020)
• ECAC Hockey Coaching Staff of the Year (2012)

"Throughout my journey at St. Lawrence, Mare had an incredible impact on me. Not only as a hockey player and student but most importantly as a person. She is a positive role model and someone I look up to. Mare helped me develop and grow into the woman I am today! I will be forever grateful to have this amazing human in my life." — Kelly Sabatine '13

Mare MacDougall Bari joined the Saints' coaching staff prior to the 2007-08 season and in October of 2022 was promoted to Associate Head Women's Hockey Coach. The Saints' strength and conditioning and video coordinator, MacDougall Bari also assists with the recruitment of student-athletes works closely with the team's defensemen and penalty killing unit. In 13 seasons at St. Lawrence, Mare has helped lead the Saints to four NCAA Tournament appearances, seven ECAC championship weekend appearances including the 2012 ECAC Hockey Tournament Championship, and a 239-171-58 record. Along with head coach Chris Wells '92 and associate head coach Ted Wisner, MacDougall Bari has coached three Patty Kazmaier Award finalists, three All Americans and 16 members of the Paul Flanagan '80, P'13 Century Club since coming to Appleton Arena. Additionally, in 2012, she was honored as part of the ECAC Hockey Coaching Staff of the Year.  

In addition to her duties with the hockey program, Mare has immersed herself in the St. Lawrence campus community as a professor within the Sports Studies and Exercise Science minor, an academic advisor, and as a member of several campus-wide committees, including working on the 2018 Middle States Commission on Higher Education accreditation review.  

MacDougall Bari is currently pursuing her Master of Arts degree in Leadership at St. Lawrence and says this of her time here thus far: "St. Lawrence University is a very special place and I am so proud to be a part of the opportunities the Laurentian community provides to our student-athletes to develop as students, elite athletes and promising young women."

Prior to coming to St. Lawrence, MacDougall Bari served as an assistant coach for four seasons at Wayne State University. The Lumsden, Saskatchewan native graduated cum laude from Mercyhurst College in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History. As a defenseman, she helped the Lakers capture back-to-back league championships in her two seasons at Mercyhurst, and earned CHA All-Academic honors her both her junior and senior year. She was very involved in the Erie community, as she worked as a volunteer at an after-school program for at-risk children.

MacDougall Bari lives in Canton with her husband, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Franco Bari ’98, M’10 and their dog, Gordie Howe.