Katrina Merriweather

Katrina Merriweather (born August 14, 1979)[1] is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at the University of Cincinnati. Prior to that, she was head coach at Wright State University and the University of Memphis.

Katrina Merriweather
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamCincinnati
ConferenceBig 12
Record0–0 (–)
Biographical details
Born (1979-08-14) August 14, 1979
Indianapolis, Indiana
Playing career
1997–2001Cincinnati
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2002Cincinnati (GA)
2002–2003UIC (assistant)
2003–2006Purdue (assistant/RC)
2010–2012Wright State (assistant)
2012–2016Wright State (assistant/RC)
2016–2021Wright State
2021–2023Memphis
2023–presentCincinnati
Head coaching record
Overall151–70 (.683)
Tournaments
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  • 3× Horizon League Coach of the Year (2017, 2019, 2021)

Coaching career

Merriweather began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at her alma mater Cincinnati in 2001. After spending one season with the Bearcats, she spent a season at UIC as an assistant before joining Purdue as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. Merriweather was suspended indefinitely during the 2005–06 season after she admitted to typing, correcting, and revising a paper for a point guard on the basketball team during the season, as well as making 105 impermissible phone calls to recruits. As a result, Purdue was placed on probation for the next two seasons and Merriweather did not return to Purdue after the 2005–06 season.[2]

Wright State

After four seasons away from college basketball, Merriweather was hired as an assistant coach at Wright State in 2010.[3] She added recruiting coordinator duties in 2012.

Merriweather was promoted to head coach in 2016 after Mike Bradbury departed to accept the head coaching position at New Mexico.[4] At Wright State, she led the program to their first ever NCAA tournament win while also winning three Horizon League regular season titles and three Horizon League coach of the year awards.

Memphis

Merriweather was named the head coach at Memphis on March 29, 2021, the 12th head coach in program history.[5]

Cincinnati

On March 25, 2023, Merriweather returned to Cincinnati to become to 10th head coach in the program's history.[6]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Wright State Raiders (Horizon League) (2016–2021)
2016–17 Wright State 25–915–3T–1stWNIT Second Round
2017–18 Wright State 23–1112–63rdWNIT First Round
2018–19 Wright State 27–716–21stNCAA Division I Round of 64
2019–20 Wright State 19–1213–5T–2nd
2020–21 Wright State 19–815–5T–1stNCAA Division I Round of 32
Wright State: 113–47 (.706)71–21 (.772)
Memphis Tigers (American Athletic Conference) (2021–2023)
2021–22 Memphis 16–126–97th
2022–23 Memphis 22–1111–42ndWNIT Super 16
Memphis: 38–23 (.623)17–13 (.567)
Cincinnati Bearcats (Big 12 Conference) (2023–present)
2023–24 Cincinnati ––
Cincinnati: – (–)– (–)
Total:151–70 (.683)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. Wright State Women's Basketball [@WSUWBasketball] (August 14, 2020). "Sending a bday shoutout to our leader, @CoachTrina_WSU !! Happy Birthday, Coach! We hope you enjoy your special day!!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. "Purdue on 2 years probation, loses 2 scholarships for violations". ESPN. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. "Merriweather Named Women's Basketball Assistant Coach". Wright State University Athletics. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  4. "Merriweather Named Head Women's Basketball Coach". Wright State University Athletics. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. "Katrina Merriweather named Memphis Women's Basketball Head Coach". University of Memphis Athletics. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  6. Jarrett, Nate (March 25, 2023). "Welcome Home: Cincinnati Hires Katrina Merriweather as Next Women's Basketball Head Coach" (Press release). Cincinnati Bearcats. Retrieved March 25, 2023.



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