University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Women's Basketball
Katz, Katherine
Katherine Katz
- Title:
- Assistant Women's Basketball Coach
- Email:
- ktk2691@louisiana.edu
- Phone:
- (337) 482-1355
Katherine Katz enters her second season at Louisiana, and her first as an associate head coach.
During the 2015-16 season, Katz helped coach the Cajuns to win 25 games and claim a second-straight Women’s Basketball Invitational (WBI) Tournament Championship.
Katz joins the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball coaching staff after serving as an assistant coach at Appalachian State, Samford and LSU . A native of New Orleans, Katz will serve as the Ragin' Cajuns recruiting coordinator while working with the hybrids.
Katz, a high school graduate of New Orleans' Isidore Newman School, spent the 2013-14 season as assistant coach at Appalachian State, where the Mountaineers were playing in their final season as a member of the Southern Conference before moving to the Sun Belt for the 2014-15 campaign.
Before her tenure in Boone, Katz spent five seasons as an assistant at Samford, where she helped guide the Bulldogs to two SoCon Tournament titles and three postseason tournament appearances, including back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament.
During her time at Samford, Katz assisted head coach Mike Morris in coaching a team that won at least 20 games in four-straight seasons, including a school-record 25 wins in 2010-11 to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history, along with a second NCAA Tournament berth in 2012.Â
In her first season with Samford, Katz Âhandled team travel operations, including arranging accommodations and meals and coordinated practice times. She was promoted in 2009, becoming involved in all aspects of the women's basketball Âprogram, including recruiting, practices, and in-game coaching.
Prior to her stint at Samford, Katz served on staff at LSU, beginning as a graduate assistant for the Tigers in August 2006.
While at LSU, Katz assisted with day-to-day operations, Âdirected film exchange and assisted with special player breakdown and recruiting compilations. In addition to working with community promotions and the Junior Fast Break Club for community youth, Katz also served as an assistant to the head women’s basketball coach. She earned her master's in kinesiology from LSU in 2008.
Before joining the Tigers, Katz served as a volunteer student assistant at her alma mater, Birmingham-Southern College. She organized monthly schedules for the coaching staff, compiled recruiting schedules, and oversaw film exchange.
A 2006 graduate of Birmingham-Southern, Katz earned her bachelor’s degree in English while a four-year member of the softball team. In addition, she was a three-year member of the Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll. She also served as the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Âcommunity service chair, was a Fellowship of Christian Athletes representative and a member of the Sigma Tau Delta National English Honor Society.
During the 2015-16 season, Katz helped coach the Cajuns to win 25 games and claim a second-straight Women’s Basketball Invitational (WBI) Tournament Championship.
Katz joins the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball coaching staff after serving as an assistant coach at Appalachian State, Samford and LSU . A native of New Orleans, Katz will serve as the Ragin' Cajuns recruiting coordinator while working with the hybrids.
Katz, a high school graduate of New Orleans' Isidore Newman School, spent the 2013-14 season as assistant coach at Appalachian State, where the Mountaineers were playing in their final season as a member of the Southern Conference before moving to the Sun Belt for the 2014-15 campaign.
Before her tenure in Boone, Katz spent five seasons as an assistant at Samford, where she helped guide the Bulldogs to two SoCon Tournament titles and three postseason tournament appearances, including back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament.
During her time at Samford, Katz assisted head coach Mike Morris in coaching a team that won at least 20 games in four-straight seasons, including a school-record 25 wins in 2010-11 to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history, along with a second NCAA Tournament berth in 2012.Â
In her first season with Samford, Katz Âhandled team travel operations, including arranging accommodations and meals and coordinated practice times. She was promoted in 2009, becoming involved in all aspects of the women's basketball Âprogram, including recruiting, practices, and in-game coaching.
Prior to her stint at Samford, Katz served on staff at LSU, beginning as a graduate assistant for the Tigers in August 2006.
While at LSU, Katz assisted with day-to-day operations, Âdirected film exchange and assisted with special player breakdown and recruiting compilations. In addition to working with community promotions and the Junior Fast Break Club for community youth, Katz also served as an assistant to the head women’s basketball coach. She earned her master's in kinesiology from LSU in 2008.
Before joining the Tigers, Katz served as a volunteer student assistant at her alma mater, Birmingham-Southern College. She organized monthly schedules for the coaching staff, compiled recruiting schedules, and oversaw film exchange.
A 2006 graduate of Birmingham-Southern, Katz earned her bachelor’s degree in English while a four-year member of the softball team. In addition, she was a three-year member of the Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll. She also served as the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Âcommunity service chair, was a Fellowship of Christian Athletes representative and a member of the Sigma Tau Delta National English Honor Society.
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