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Katie Meier

Katie Meier
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Meier in 2008
Sport(s) Women's college basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Miami (Florida)
Conference ACC
Record 231–151 (.605)
Biographical details
Born (1967-12-19) December 19, 1967 (age 49)
Wheaton, Illinois
Playing career
1985–1990 Duke
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1994 UNC Asheville (assistant)
1994–2001 Tulane (assistant/associate)
2001–2005 Charlotte
2005–present Miami (Florida)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards

Katie Meier (born December 19, 1967) is the women's basketball head coach for the University of Miami. She is a 1990 graduate of Duke University, where she played college basketball.

Meier is in her twelth season as the head women's basketball coach for the Miami Hurricanes. She led her 2010–2011 team to a 26–3 (12–2) record and claimed a share of the ACC regular season title. She was named ACC Coach of the Year for the 2010–2011 campaign, as well as the AP College Basketball Coach of the Year

During her four-year tenure at Charlotte, Meier led the 49ers to three postseason berths - one NCAA Tournament appearance (2003) and two WNIT appearances (2004, 2005) - and a combined overall record of 76–45 (.628). Prior to her appointment as head coach at Charlotte in 2001, the 49ers had only one previous postseason appearance - a WNIT berth in 1990.Meier was named both the WBCA Region IV Division I Coach of the Year and the Conference USA Coach of the Year in 2003.

In her inaugural campaign at Charlotte, Meier led the 49ers to a 16–13 finish to record their first winning season in eight years. The following season, she guided the 49ers to a 21–9 finish marking the most wins (21) in over a decade at Charlotte. With a 12–2 record in Conference USA play, Meier and the 49ers also earned the school's first-ever C-USA regular-season championship and earned the school's first-ever appearance at the NCAA Tournament.Meier was named both the WBCA Region IV Division I Coach of the Year and the Conference USA Coach of the Year in 2003.

Meier was named both the WBCA Region IV Division I Coach of the Year and the Conference USA Coach of the Year in 2003.

Prior to Charlotte, Meier spent seven seasons at Tulane University, serving as an associate head coach from 1999–01 and an assistant coach on the Green Wave staff from 1994–99. As a member of the Tulane coaching staff, Meier helped the Green Wave to an overall record of 164–52 (.759) in seven seasons, including the highest ranking in school history (13th by the Associated Press) in 2000 and a school-record 27 wins the same season.

During her time at Tulane, Meier and the Green Wave also saw an impressive seven-year run at the NCAA Tournament.

Meier began her collegiate coaching career at the University of North Carolina at Asheville where she served as an assistant coach during the 1993–94 season.


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