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Liz Keady Norton makes a compelling recruiting pitch for her alma mater, Milton Academy.
“Honestly, I felt like it was a place that really challenged me, but (at the same time) I was supported by people who believed in me, probably more than I believed in myself at the time,” she said, thinking back to her days at the school. “Milton was a place that taught me to chase my dreams and bet on myself. I feel like I left there confident and capable of taking on the world.”
Keady Norton’s hockey journey, post-high school, has included a four-year playing career at Princeton University, a stint in the pro game (with the defunct Boston Blades of the old Canadian Women’s Hockey League), a few seasons with the U.S. National Team, and a long coaching career that culminated with a three-year run in charge of Dartmouth College’s Division 1 women’s program.
Now the Braintree native is coming home.
Keady Norton recently stepped down as Dartmouth’s coach to take over her old girls hockey team at Milton Academy.
“Milton has always been a place that’s incredibly special to me,” Keady Norton, 36, said. “I’d say it’s a place that changed my life and opened up every opportunity under the sun for me. So for me to get back there is really exciting. I jumped at the opportunity.”
Keady Norton, a 2003 Milton Academy grad, will guide the Mustangs for the 2024-25 season as current coach Ryan Stone takes a one-year sabbatical. After that?
“Once he comes back we’ll work together and keep the program going,” Keady Norton said. “We haven’t really sorted through exactly how that will work. I know Ryan pretty well and he knows me pretty well. So we’re just confident that however it works, it will work.”
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Leaving a Div. 1 college job to coach prep school might not be a traditional career arc, but it’s one that Keady Norton feels is right for her. She and her husband, Walter Norton Jr., their three kids and two dogs will move onto campus in August. Keady Norton will join the Milton Academy faculty and will help coach other sports in the fall (soccer) and spring (still to be decided).
“It was (a tough decision),” she said of leaving Dartmouth, “but the way I look at it is that coaching is about…
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