Kathi Bennett

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Kathi Bennett
Current position
TitleAssistant coach
Team Edgewood
Conference NACC
Biographical details
Born Clintonville, Wisconsin
Alma mater Green Bay
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1989Marycrest
1989–1996 Wisconsin–Oshkosh
1996–2000 Evansville
2000–2005 Indiana
2008–2010 Wisconsin (assistant)
2010–2015 Northern Illinois
2018–presentEdgewood (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall353–270 (.567)

Kathi Bennett (born January 31, 1963) is an American women's basketball coach. She is the former head coach of the Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team, a position she held from 2010 to 2015. [1]

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Kathi Bennett
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Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 Santo Domingo Team Competition

Biography

Bennett is the daughter of former University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Phoenix, Wisconsin Badgers and Washington State Cougars head coach Dick Bennett. Her brother is former NBA player and now Virginia Cavaliers head coach Tony Bennett. [2] She graduated from Stevens Point Area Senior High School in Stevens Point, Wisconsin and attended the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point and the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, where she played on the women's basketball teams at both schools.

Coaching career

Bennett served as a head coach at Marycrest College during the 1988–89 season before taking the same position at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh. During her time there she led the team to the 1996 National Championship and was named Coach of the Year that season. [3] From there she was the head coach with the Evansville Purple Aces and the Indiana Hoosiers. After spending a period of time away from coaching, she became an assistant coach with the Wisconsin Badgers before being hired to the head coaching position with the NIU Huskies.

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References

  1. "Kathi Bennett to lead women's basketball - NIU - Northern Today". Archived from the original on December 18, 2010. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  2. "Meet the Badger Coaches: Kathi Bennett - UWBadgers.com - the Official Web Site of the Wisconsin Badgers Athletics". Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
  3. "Kathi Bennett Selected to Lead Northern Illinois Basketball Program - NORTHERN ILLINOIS OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". www.niuhuskies.com. Archived from the original on May 21, 2010.