RIT alumna and former Tigers captain Celeste Brown has served as the Bruce B. Bates Women's Hockey Coach since July 2020.

[7][8] After a successful first season at the Division I level in which the team went 16–16–5, even after losing their first DI game 6–2 to the Mercyhurst Lakers, the Tigers advanced to the CHA semifinals where they fell to the Syracuse Orange, 2–1 in overtime.

The trophy this year came with the CHA's first-ever automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, where the Tigers fell 2–6 to the eventual champions, #2 Minnesota.

In 2015, Bruce Bates, an MIT trustee emeritus and women's ice hockey season ticket holder, donated RIT's first athletic endowment to the women's ice hockey team, to support the head coach position.

He left as the all-time victory leader for the women's team, compiling a 205-154-29 record in 12 seasons.

[10] Chad Davis was announced as his replacement on August 22, 2018[11] with former Buffalo Beauts player Hannah McGowan being hired as assistant coach.

[13] On July 17, 2020, former RIT hockey player and captain Celeste Brown was named the next head coach of the program.

Sarah Dagg was recognized as the 2011 ECAC West Player of the Year after contributing to the Tigers program-record 26 wins.