K-State women’s basketball head coach Jeff Mittie has promoted three staff members among his coaching staff for the 2021-22 season.
Ebony Gilliam has been promoted from her role as Coordinator of Recruiting Operations to Assistant Coach. Sadie Thramer has been elevated from Director of Student-Athlete Development to Coordinator of Recruiting Operations. Staci Gregorio has been promoted to Director of Student-Athlete Development/Video Coordinator.
Gilliam enters her eighth season on Mittie’s staff at K-State and her second stint as an assistant coach. In her first three seasons at K-State, Gilliam served as an assistant coach on Mittie’s staff from 2014-15 to the 2016-17 season. She then transitioned to the Director of Recruiting Operations for the next four seasons.
Prior to her time at K-State, Gilliam served as an assistant coach at TCU on Mittie’s staff from 2012-14.
“Ebony has always brought toughness to our team and our individual players,” said Mittie. “It will be great to get her back on the floor in this capacity.”
Gilliam’s responsibilities will include: working with K-State’s wings and guards, recruiting evaluation, game plan preparation and player development.
Thramer is in her fourth season on head coach Jeff Mittie‘s staff and her first season as the Coordinator of Recruiting Operations.
“Sadie has been given many projects and roles within our staff and has excelled in every area during her time in Manhattan,” stated Mittie. “With today’s ever-changing recruiting landscape, she is an excellent person to be promoted into this role.”
In her first season at K-State in the 2018-19 season, Thramer was the program’s Director of Basketball Administration. She transitioned to the program’s Director of Student-Athlete Development for two seasons in 2019-20 and 2020-21.
Prior to her arrival in Manhattan, Thramer spent the 2017-18 season as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Omaha. While with the Mavericks, Thramer was responsible for organizing and facilitating all the recruiting activities for the program including managing the recruiting budget and handling the logistics of on- and off-campus visits.
Gregorio is in her third season on Mittie’s staff. In her first two seasons, Gregorio was the Director of Video Operations.
“I am excited to promote Staci into a more expanded role with our staff for the upcoming season,” said Mittie. “She has continued to grow in the profession and deserves this promotion within our staff.”
Gregorio’s responsibilities will include: community outreach for the student-athletes and women’s basketball program, coordination of student-athlete academics with K-State’s Academics & Student-Athlete Services department, film exchange with opponents, editing film clips for the coaching staff and players, assisting the coaching staff in collecting and editing film of recruits. She also handles the K-State women’s basketball equipment needs.
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