Tusculum hires head coach

Katrina Williams has been named the women’s basketball coach at Tusculum College.

Williams replaces former Pioneer head coach Adell Harris, who took a similar position at NCAA Division I UNC Wilmington last month, following her three seasons at Tusculum.

Williams brings seven years collegiate coaching experience with her, including three seasons as a head coach.

Williams spent the last two years at Radford University, including last season where she served as an assistant coach for the Highlanders. RU posted a 16-15 record, finished fifth in the Big South Conference and made a late postseason run to the Big South Tournament semifinal. In her first year at the Radford, Va. School, Williams served in the position of Director of Basketball Operations.

Prior to Radford, she served three seasons as the head coach at Averett University, where she elevated the Cougar program to new heights, including a school-record 17-9 overall mark in 2009-10, which topped the previous school standard set the year before. In addition to their overall record, the Cougars set a new program record for conference wins in each of Williams’ three years at the helm.

Before accepting the position at Averett, Williams was an assistant coach at Ferrum College. While on the Panthers’ staff, she helped head coach Bryan Harvey lead the team to a school-best 21-7 record in 2006-07. Additionally, she played a major role in the recruiting process that landed 11 freshmen on the Ferrum campus, including the 2007 USA South Conference Rookie of the Year.

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