Katy Steding

Kathryn Suzanne "Katy" Steding[1] (born December 11, 1967) is a former collegiate and professional basketball player and the former head basketball coach at Boston University.

Katy Steding
Steding coaching at Madison Square Garden in 2013
Biographical details
BornDecember 11, 1967 (1967-12-11) (age 52)
Portland, Oregon
Playing career
1986–1990Stanford Cardinal
1996–1998Portland Power
2000Sacramento Monarchs
2001Seattle Storm
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2008Warner Pacific University
2008–2009Atlanta Dream (assistant)
2009–2010Columbia (assistant)
2010–2012San Francisco (assistant)
2012–2014California (assistant)
2014–2018Boston University
2018–presentSan Francisco (assistant)
Medal record
Women's basketball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Team competition
Universiade
1991 Sheffield Team competition

College career

Steding was born in Portland, Oregon, and recruited to Stanford University from Lake Oswego High School near Portland. At Stanford, Steding, a power forward, helped lead Stanford to its first NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship in 1990. Steding recorded ten steals in a game against Northwestern in 1988. The ten steals represents the school record for steals in a single game.[2] When she was a freshman, she averaged 8.7 rebounds per game, which still stands (as of 2014) as a school record.[2]

USA Basketball

Steding was named to the team representing the USA at the World University Games held during July 1991 in Sheffield, England. While the USA team had won gold in 1983, they finished with the silver in 1985, in fifth place in 1987, and did not field a team in 1989. The team was coached by Tara VanDerveer of Stanford. After winning opening games easily, the USA faced China in the medal round. The USA shot only 36% from the field, but limited the team from China to 35%, and won 79–76 to advance to the gold medal game. There they faced 7–0 Spain, but won 88–62 to claim the gold medal. Steding averaged 10.3 points per game.[3]

Steding was selected to represent the USA at the 1995 USA Women's Pan American Games, however, only four teams committed to participate, so the event was cancelled.[4]

After Stanford, Steding played basketball in Japan and Spain (Banco Exterior 1993–1994) in the early 1990s before earning a spot on the U.S. national team, where she earned a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Professional career

With the formation of the American Basketball League in 1996, Steding returned to Oregon and became the founding player for the Portland Power. When the league folded in 1998, Steding joined the WNBA and played the 2000 season with the Sacramento Monarchs and the 2001 season with the Seattle Storm before retiring from professional basketball. She was drafted by the Monarchs with the 14th overall pick of the 2000 draft.[2]

Coaching career
Stanford Cardinal team with National Championship Trophy; Steding is #23, back row, third from left

In 2001, Steding was named head women's basketball coach at Warner Pacific College. Under her leadership, Warner Pacific went to the NAIA basketball tournament for the first time in school history in 2004. In 2006, Steding's team won its first Cascade Conference championship and returned to the NAIA tournament. Steding was selected as Cascade Conference Coach of the Year. Also in 2006, she took a position as Director of Marketing and College Relations for Warner Pacific.[5]

In 2008, Steding was named an assistant coach of the WNBA expansion team Atlanta Dream.[6] After one year with the Dream, she was hired as an assistant coach for Columbia Lions women's basketball.[7] In 2010, Steding was hired as an assistant coach for the San Francisco Dons women's basketball team, working with head coach and former Stanford teammate Jennifer Azzi.[8]

In May 2012, Steding was named an assistant coach of the California Golden Bears women's basketball team.[9]

In June 2014, she was named as the new head coach of Boston University Terriers women's basketball where she remained until 2018.[10][11]

Personal

Steding was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2004, and is also a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Katy Steding". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  2. "Stanford Media Guide 2013–14" (PDF). Stanford University. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  3. "Fifteenth World University Games -- 1993". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  4. "Twelvth [sic] Pan American Games -- 1995". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  5. Warner Pacific College
  6. "Atlanta Dream Names Katy Steding Assistant Coach" (Press release). WNBA. March 28, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
  7. "Women's Basketball Adds Olympic Gold Medalist Katy Steding to Coaching Staff" (Press release). Columbia University Athletics. June 1, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  8. "Coach Azzi Welcomes Katy Steding And Blair Hardiek To USF WBB Coaching Staff" (Press release). University of San Francisco. May 5, 2010. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  9. "Katy Steding Profile". University of California Athletics. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  10. "Steding Named Head Women's Basketball Coach". Boston University. June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  11. "Boston University to Make Women's Basketball Coaching Change - Boston University". Boston University. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
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