Olivier in 2017 during a game at San Jose State.
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Sport(s) | Women's basketball |
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Current position | |
Title | Head coach |
Team | UNLV |
Conference | MW |
Biographical details | |
Born |
Los Angeles County, California |
November 6, 1959
Playing career | |
1977–1979 | Cal State Fullerton |
1979–1981 | UNLV |
Position(s) | Forward |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1981–1982 | UNLV (GA) |
1982–1983 | UC Irvine (asst.) |
1983–1986 | USC (asst.) |
1986–1993 | UCLA (asst.) |
1993–2008 | UCLA |
2008–present | UNLV |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 370–354 (.511) |
Tournaments | 4–4 (NCAA) 0–2 (WNIT) |
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Championships | |
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Katherine Ann Olivier (née Ricks; born November 6, 1959) is an American college basketball coach who is currently women's basketball head coach at UNLV.
Born Katherine Ann Ricks in Los Angeles County, Olivier graduated from Valencia High School in Placentia, California in 1977. As Kathy Ricks, Olivier played college basketball at Cal State Fullerton from 1977 to 1979 and UNLV from 1979 to 1981. She was the leading scorer in both her seasons at Cal State Fullerton, averaging 15.6 points and 9.2 rebounds as a freshman and 19.3 points and 7.7 rebounds as a sophomore. At UNLV, Olivier earned honorable mention All-America honors in 1980 after a junior season averaging 16.3 points and 5.7 rebounds. In her fourth consecutive year as her team's leading scorer, Olivier averaged 20.2 points and 9.2 rebounds as a senior in 1980–81. Olivier graduated from UNLV in 1981 with a degree in physical education.
Olivier began her coaching career in 1981 as a graduate assistant at UNLV, followed by a season as an assistant coach at UC Irvine in 1982–83.
From 1983 to 1986, Olivier was an assistant coach at USC under Linda Sharp, including USC's 1984 national championship team.
Olivier moved to rival UCLA as an assistant coach under Billie Moore in 1986. In seven seasons with Olivier on the staff, UCLA had five winning seasons and two NCAA Tournament appearances, including a run to the Sweet 16 in 1992.