Coleen Dufresne

{{short description|Canadian basketball player}}

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| sport = Basketball

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|2|15}}

| birth_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Coleen Dufresne (born February 15, 1953) is a former Canadian basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=Coleen Dufresne |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/coleen-dufresne/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |access-date=22 January 2025 |date=18 September 2011}}{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/du/coleen-dufresne-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418101255/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/du/coleen-dufresne-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Coleen Dufresne Olympic Results |accessdate=13 July 2018}}

A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, who was raised in Dorion, Quebec, Dufresne played basketball at the University of Ottawa,{{cite web |title=Ottawa Gee-Gees |url=https://teams.geegees.ca/tradition/HOF/wbkb_bios/coleen_dufresne |website=Ottawa Gee-Gees |access-date=22 January 2025 |language=en}} and later studied at McGill University, and then the University of New Brunswick.{{cite web |title=Coleen Dufresne (WBB {{!}} Coach) |url=https://www.canadawesthalloffame.org/post/coleen-dufresne-wbb-coach |website=Canada West HOF |access-date=22 January 2025 |language=en |date=31 October 2019}}

Dufresne became head coach of the UNB Reds women’s basketball in 1980. She was named AUS Coach of the Year in 1983 and 1984 and was named CIAU Coach of the Year three times.

Dufresne was active from 1984 to 2001 as a coach and from 2001 to 2016 as an administrator for the Manitoba Bison. She had nine appearances in the CIAU championships, winning three gold medals (1988, 1996, 1997), two silver medals (1995, 1998), and two bronze medals (1987, 1994). As Bisons coach, she was twice named CIAU Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year (1988, 1998).

Dufresne was Canada West President from 2005 to 2007.