Karen Aston

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Karen Aston
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Team	Texas
Biographical details
Born	(1964-07-26) July 26, 1964 Benton, Arkansas
Playing career
1985-1987	UALR
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994-1996 1996-1998 1998-2006 2006-2007 2007-2011 2011-2012 2012-present	Baylor (asst.) North Texas (asst.) Texas (asst.) Baylor (assoc. head coach) Charlotte North Texas Texas

Karen Sue Aston (born July 26, 1964 in Benton, Arkansas) is an American basketball player and coach. Since April 2012 she has served as the head women's basketball coach at the University of Texas at Austin. Her most recent prior position was head coach of University of North Texas^[1]

Background

In her career as a college assistant coach, Aston has served under three coaches in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. As associate head coach at Baylor, she worked for Kim Mulkey; in an earlier stint at Baylor she served under Sonja Hogg. Prior to becoming Baylor's associate head coach, she served eight seasons in the same capacity at the University of Texas at Austin under Jody Conradt.

Charlotte

Aston was introduced as the 49ers' new head coach on April 27, 2007. She replaces Amanda Butler, who left Charlotte after six seasons (two as head coach) to coach her alma mater, the University of Florida. Aston inherited a 49ers team that has made five consecutive postseason appearances including a WNIT berth in 2007. After a WNIT appearance in 2008, she led the 49ers to the 2009 Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Title, and an 11th seed in the 2009 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. After a run to the final four of the WNIT in 2011, Aston abruptly resigned on April 6, 2011 and soon thereafter accepted the head coaching position at North Texas in order to be closer to her family in Arkansas.

North Texas

On April 11, 2011, Karen Aston was named the sixth head coach of the University of North Texas women's basketball program. She returned to the university where she had coached as an assistant from 1996-98 under longtime UNT head coach Tina Slinker. Aston took over a program that had gone 5-25 the previous year, and tripled that win total her first year with a 15-16 overall record. On February 18, 2012, Aston earned her 100th victory as a head coach.^[2]

References

External links

Karen Aston Official Bio from texassports.com

v t e Charlotte 49ers women's basketball head coaches

Judy Rose (1975–1982) Ann Payne (1982–1984) Cindy Connelley (1984–1988) Ed Baldwin (1988–2001) Katie Meier (2001–2005) Amanda Butler (2005–2007) Karen Aston (2007–2011) Cara Consuegra (2011– )

v t e Texas Longhorn women's basketball head coaches

Rod Page (1974–1976) Jody Conradt (1976–2007) Gail Goestenkors (2007–2012) Karen Aston (2012– )

v t e Current women's basketball head coaches of the Big 12 Conference

Kim Mulkey (Baylor) Bill Fennelly (Iowa State) Bonnie Henrickson (Kansas) Deb Patterson (Kansas State) Sherri Coale (Oklahoma) Jim Littell (Oklahoma State) Jeff Mittie (TCU) Karen Aston (Texas) Candace Whitaker (Texas Tech) Mike Carey (West Virginia)

Persondata
Name	Aston, Karen
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	July 26, 1964
Place of birth	Benton, Arkansas
Date of death
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