Katherine Bixby

Biography

Katherine Bixby enters her third season on the UNC women’s basketball staff as an assistant coach heading into the 2026-27 campaign, boasting years of experience throughout the collegiate ranks. “Throughout an extensive search process, Katherine’s breadth of experience proved invaluable in an ever-changing landscape in college athletics,” Banghart said. “A former head coach, Katherine brings value to so many key areas. She has served as a lead recruiter, she has developed players from all positional groups, and she’s been a strategist on both sides of the ball. She is eager to be a teammate and to help further elevate this program and we are grateful to have her aboard.” Bixby, who brings more than 15 years of coaching experience to Chapel Hill, spent one season at Loyola of Maryland, where she helped engineer a program turnaround, with the Greyhounds going from 10-21 in 2022-23 to 16-15 last season. There she was part of the 2024 Patriot League Staff of the Year as Loyola registered its first winning season since 2010-11. Prior to that, she spent six seasons as the head coach at Johns Hopkins, leading the Blue Jays to five-straight seasons of 17 or more wins, including back-to-back 20-win campaigns. Johns Hopkins won the regular-season conference title in 2023, and Bixby was the Centennial Conference Coach of the Year in 2019. Throughout her time at JHU she maintained a standard of academic excellence, with her teams ranking in the WBCA National Academic Honor Roll four time