After serving as an assistant coach at Quinnipiac University for the past five seasons, Doherty took over as head coach at LIU in January 2019.
In LIU's spring 2019 sevens season she helped guide the Pioneers to two victories out of three matches against Molloy College along with wins over the Brown B team and Colby Sawyer College.
During her five year stint as a member of Quinnipiac's coaching staff, the Bobcats won three National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) national titles in 2015, 2016 and 2017. She worked closely with the attack and defensive structure of the back line, who produced four NIRA All-Americans in 2017-18.
Doherty's experience extends beyond the college ranks; she serves on the board of the New Haven Rugby Football Club along with being the women's sevens head coach and women's 15's associate head coach. She guided the New Haven women's sevens to an Empire Sevens Series Championship in 2018, its first year at the competitive level.
She is a pioneer in the inaugural NCAA Women's Coaches Mentor Program, a member of the Alliance of Women Coaches and a graduate of the NCAA Women Coaches Academy Class 41.
Along with her coaching experience, Doherty also had a storied playing career with the Bobcats. In 2011 she was a member of the inaugural rugby team in the spring and became a four-year starter and captain. She was named Most Valuable Player in 2012-13, leading the team and assists along recording thirty tackles and scoring four tries. During that season she helped Quinnipiac earn a bid to the national tournament in Stanford, California, and win the Tri-State Conference Championship. At the national tournament she helped lead the Bobcats to third-place finish against the University of Buffalo, with their only loss of the season coming against Winona State in the semi-finals. Each year she was on the team she was a recipient of the Bobcat Award for the passion and pride she showed for rugby.