| Katrina Merriweather | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Cincinnati |
| Current Conference: | Big 12 |
| Birth Date: | August 14, 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Player Years1: | 1997–2001 |
| Player Team1: | Cincinnati |
| Coach Years1: | 2001–2002 |
| Coach Team1: | Cincinnati (GA) |
| Coach Years2: | 2002–2003 |
| Coach Team2: | UIC (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 2003–2006 |
| Coach Team3: | Purdue (assistant/RC) |
| Coach Years4: | 2010–2012 |
| Coach Team4: | Wright State (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 2012–2016 |
| Coach Team5: | Wright State (assistant/RC) |
| Coach Years6: | 2016–2021 |
| Coach Team6: | Wright State |
| Coach Years7: | 2021–2023 |
| Coach Team7: | Memphis |
| Coach Years8: | 2023–present |
| Coach Team8: | Cincinnati |
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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.
Merriweather played for Cincinnati from 1997 to 2001.
Sources[2]
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | Cincinnati | 29 | 50 | 40.9% | 0.0% | 82.4% | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.7 | |
| 1998–99 | Cincinnati | 25 | 59 | 31.3% | 0.1% | 69.2% | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.4 | |
| 1999–00 | Cincinnati | 33 | 45 | 41.0% | - | 68.4% | 1.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 2.1 | |
| 2000–01 | Cincinnati | 32 | 174 | 41.0% | 18.8% | 81.4% | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.3 | - | 5.4 | |
| Career | 107 | 328 | 38.8% | 14.3% | 77.3% | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
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.[3]
After four seasons away from college basketball, Merriweather was hired as an assistant coach at Wright State in 2010.[4] 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.[5] 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.
Merriweather was named the head coach at Memphis on March 29, 2021, the 12th head coach in program history.[6]
On March 25, 2023, Merriweather returned to Cincinnati to become the 10th head coach in the program's history.[7]