Kathi Bennett

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Kathi Bennett is an American women's basketball coach. She is the current head coach of the Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team, a position she has held since 2010.^[1]

Kathi Bennett
Medal record

Women’s Basketball
Assistant Coach for United States
Pan American Games
Silver	2003 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Team Competition

Biography

Bennett is the daughter of former University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Phoenix, Wisconsin Badgers and Washington State Cougars head coach Dick Bennett. Her brother is former NBA player and now Virginia Cavaliers head coach Tony Bennett.^[2] She graduated from Stevens Point Area Senior High School in Stevens Point, Wisconsin and attended the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point and the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, where she played on the women's basketball teams at both schools.

Coaching career

Bennett served as a head coach at Marycrest College during the 1988–89 season before taking the same position at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh. During her time there she led the team to the 1996 National Championship and was named Coach of the Year that season.^[3] From there she was assigned the head coaching position with the Evansville Purple Aces and the Indiana Hoosiers. After spending a period of time away from coaching, she became an assistant coach with the Wisconsin Badgers before being hired to the head coaching position with the NIU Huskies.

References

v t e Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball head coaches

Lois Patton (1969–1976) Becky Weinenger (1976–1979) Linda Crick (1979–1984) Bill Barnett (1984–1993) Faith Mimnaugh (1993–1996) Bo Browder # (1996) Kathi Bennett (1996–2000) Tricia Cullop (2000–2008) Misty Murphy (2008–2011) Oties Epps (2011– ) Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

v t e Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball head coaches

Bea Gorton (1971–1976) Joy Malchodi (1976–1980) Maryalyce Jeremiah (1980–1985) Jorja Hoehn (1985–1988) Jim Izard (1988–2000) Kathi Bennett (2000–2005) Sharon Versyp (2005–2006) Felisha Legette-Jack (2006–2012) Curt Miller (2012– )

v t e Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball head coaches

Mary Bell (1957–1977) Alice Textor (1977–1981) Rita Horky (1981–1983) Cherri Block (1983–1984) Jane Albright (1984–1994) Liz Galloway-McQuitter (1994–1998) Carol Hammerle (1998–2005) Carol Owens (2005–2010) Kathi Bennett (2010– )

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