Katie Meier

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Katie Meier
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Meier in 2019
Biographical details
Born (1967-12-19) December 19, 1967 (age 56)
Wheaton, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
1985–1990 Duke
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1994 UNC Asheville (assistant)
1994–2001 Tulane (assistant/associate)
2001–2005 Charlotte
2005–2024 Miami (FL)
Head coaching record
Overall441–281 (.611)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Medal record
Women’s basketball
FIBA Americas Under–18 Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Gurabo, Puerto Rico Team Competition
FIBA U19
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Lithuania Team Competition

Katie Meier (born December 19, 1967) [1] is a former college basketball coach who last coached the women's basketball team at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. [2] She is a 1990 graduate of Duke University, where she played college basketball. [2] [3]

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Upon her retirement from coaching in 2024, Meier had the most wins (362) of any coach of the University of Miami women's basketball team in the program's 50-year history.

Playing career

Meier's success as a coach is a direct reflection on her playing career as a stand-out at Duke University. A four-year letter winner for the Blue Devils under head coach Debbie Leonard from 1986–90, Meier's name is scattered throughout the Duke record books. In 1990, Meier was named to the team representing the United States at the William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan. The USA team was primarily made up of players from North Carolina State, while Meier was one of three players from other schools. The team had a record of 3–4 in the competition. Meier averaged 5.9 points per game. [4]

She currently ranks third all-time in scoring average (16.2 points per game), steals (232), free throws made (447) and free throws attempted (624). She also ranks fourth all-time in points (1,761), and fifth all-time in field goals made (653), field goals attempted (1,283) and assists (409) and ninth all-time at Duke in rebounding average (6.1 rebounds per game).

At Duke, in 1986, she earned ACC Rookie of the Year and Basketball Yearbook Freshman All-America honors. Meier injured her knee during her in 1988 during her junior season and ultimately missed the entire 1989 campaign while recovering.

Following graduation, Meier headed overseas to play professional basketball, spending three seasons with BBC Mini-Flat team in Waregam, Belgium from 1990 until 1993. [5]

Duke statistics

Source [6]

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
TeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1985–86Duke3043849.6%0.0%73.9%4.92.81.90.414.6
1986–87Duke2949048.0%0.0%65.3%5.24.42.30.416.9
1987–88Duke2230446.4%23.5%74.8%5.63.82.50.713.8
1989–90Duke2852945.9%26.7%72.9%8.94.01.90.618.9
Career109176147.5%25.0%71.6%6.13.82.10.516.2

Coaching career

Miami (FL)

Meier is in her sixteenth 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. [7] [8] In her 15 seasons leading the Canes, Meier has amassed nine 20-win seasons and coached the team to 11 postseason appearances, including 10 straight from 2009–2019. [9] On November 9, 2021, she became the all time winningest coach in Miami basketball history. On March 20, 2023, her team upset 1-seeded Indiana in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (Indiana's home arena) by a score of 70–68 as a #9 seed. Just a day earlier, 1-seeded Stanford lost to 8-seeded Ole Miss 54–49, and as a result, South Carolina and Virginia Tech were the only 1-seeds to make it past the Second Round. Miami made it all the way to the Elite Eight (a first for the program), where they lost to 3-seeded LSU 54-42.

On March 21, 2024 Meier announced she would be retiring as the head coach. [10]

Charlotte

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. [11]

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. [11]

Meier was named both the WBCA Region IV Division I Coach of the Year and the Conference USA Coach of the Year in 2003. [11]

Tulane University

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. [12]

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

UNC Asheville

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. [13]

USA basketball

Meier served as the head coach of the USA Women's USA U18 team, representing the US in the FIBA Americas Championship in Gurabo, Puerto Rico where the team won all five games, resulting in the gold medal for the competition. [14] She then continued as the head coach of the USA U19 team, which represented the US in the FIBA U19 World Championship held in Panevezys and Klaipeda, Lithuania in 2013. The helped guide the team to a 9–0 record, which resulted in the gold medal for the competition. She was named (along with Billy Donovan), co-recipient of the 2013 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year award. [15]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Charlotte (Conference USA)(2001–2005)
2001–02Charlotte 16–137–78th
2002–03Charlotte 21–912–21st NCAA First Round
2003–04Charlotte 17–148–67th WNIT Second Round
2004–05Charlotte 22–99–55th WNIT First Round
Charlotte:76–45 (.628)36–20 (.643)
Miami (Atlantic Coast Conference)(2005–2024)
2005–06Miami 17–136–8T-6th WNIT Second Round
2006–07Miami 11–192–1211th
2007–08Miami 9–212–12T-12th
2008–09Miami 13–172–12T-12th
2009–10 Miami 22–144–10T-10th WNIT Runner Up
2010–11Miami 28–512–2T-1st NCAA Second Round
2011–12Miami 26–614–22nd NCAA Second Round
2012–13 Miami 21–1111–7T-4th NCAA First Round
2013–14 Miami 16–158–88th WNIT First Round
2014–15 Miami 20–138–8T-7th NCAA Second Round
2015–16 Miami 24–910–65th NCAA First Round
2016–17 Miami 24–910–67th NCAA Second Round
2017–18 Miami 21–1110–6T-6th NCAA First Round
2018–19 Miami 25–912–4T-3rd NCAA Second Round
2019–20 Miami 15–157–11T-11th
2020–21 Miami 11–118–10T–9th
2021–22 Miami 21–1310–8T-7th NCAA Second Round
2022–23 Miami 22–1311–7T-6th NCAA Elite Eight
2023–24 Miami 19–128–109th
Miami:365–236 (.607)155–149 (.510)
Total:441–281 (.611)

      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

Awards and honors

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  2. 1 2 "Katie Meier". Miami Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  3. ↑ "Meier Retires as University of Miami Head Women's Basketball Coach". University of Miami Athletics. 2024-03-21. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
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