UM women’s basketball coach Katie Meier signs contract extension through 2026-27
University of Miami women’s basketball coach Katie Meier, the winningest basketball coach in school history (men’s and women’s), on Monday signed a two-year contract extension that will take her through the 2026-27 season.
During her 17-year tenure Meier has had 10 20-win seasons and nine NCAA appearances. This season the Hurricanes reached their first ACC tournament championship game in school history and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to eventual national champion South Carolina.
Meier has 324 career victories at Miami. Through the 2021-22 season, Meier has a career record of 400-256 and is 324-210 with the Hurricanes.
“Obviously, Miami is home. It has become quite rare that a coach in any sport is able to plant such deep roots in a community,” Meier said in a press release. “Every day, I am grateful to represent this amazing university and to coach 17 years’ worth of outstanding student athletes. This is an exciting time at The U and I am thankful to be a part of all the success.”
Meier has been recognized for her coaching success numerous times throughout her career. She was co-recipient of the 2013 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year award following a 9-0 record and gold medal at the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship and was inducted into the UM Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.
One of the top honors she received was in 2010-11, when she was named the Associated Press National Coach of the Year – sharing the award with Connecticut’s Geno Auriemma and Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer.
“Katie is a terrific coach, teacher and mentor for our student-athletes and an outstanding representative for Miami Athletics on and off the court,” UM Vice President/Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich said in a press release. “We are excited to have her continue to lead our women’s basketball program for many more seasons to come.”
This story was originally published April 18, 2022 at 2:50 PM.