UIC head women’s basketball coach Tasha Pointer announced the addition of assistant coach Katie Sullivan to her UIC staff on May 7, 2018.
Sullivan joins the Flames after working at Northwestern University for two seasons. As the Assistant Director of Basketball Operations, she played a critical role assisting the coaching staff in film study and developing promotional content, while also serving as the staff liaison to the marketing, community relations and athletic communications staffs at NU.
Before working in Evanston, Sullivan was an assistant coach at Colorado College from 2012-16. Her primary responsibilities included practice planning, production of game film analysis and scouting reports, skill development, recruiting and more. In each of her four seasons in Colorado Springs, Colo., Sullivan assisted in the development of at least one Tiger per season named to the All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Team.
Sullivan also has extensive experience as a national team coordinator with USA Basketball. She assisted with trials, training camps and scrimmages for the men’s and women’s U16, U19 and World University Games national teams. She was a team manager and video coordinator for three gold-medal winning squads including the winners of the 2015 World University Games (Gwangju, South Korea), 2012 U18 FIBA Americas Championship (San Juan, Puerto Rico) and 2010 U18 FIBA Americas Championship (Colorado Springs, Colo.) teams.
The South Bend, Ind., native is the co-founder of JJ5K Inc., a non-profit company that promotes community involvement, health and fitness by highlighting different outreach organizations as beneficiaries of the JJ5k Memorial Fun Run each year in Sullivan’s hometown. She has been actively involved in the organization since 2011.
Sullivan attended Saint Mary’s College, where she was a four-year starter on the basketball team. She was also a two-time MIAA Academic Honor Roll recipient. Sullivan received a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 2012.
