Katie Gearlds
{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1984)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Katie Gearlds
| image = Katie Gearlds.png
| caption = Gearlds in 2022
| team = Purdue Boilermakers
| league = Big Ten Conference
| position = Head coach
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lbs = 184
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|10|26}}
| birth_place = Beech Grove, Indiana, U.S.
| high_school = Beech Grove
(Beech Grove, Indiana)
| college = Purdue (2003–2007)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 2007
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 7
| draft_team = Seattle Storm
| career_start = 2007
| career_end = 2013
| career_number = 4
| career_position = Forward
| coach_start = 2013
| years1 = 2007–2009
| team1 = Seattle Storm
| cyears1 = 2013–2021
| cteam1 = Marian (Indiana)
| cyears2 = 2021–present
| cteam2 = Purdue
| highlights =
As player:
- Third-team All-American – AP (2007)
- Big Ten tournament MOP (2007)
- 2× First-team All-Big Ten (2006, 2007)
- Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2004)
- Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2004)
- Indiana Miss Basketball (2003)
- McDonald's All-American Game MVP (2003)
As coach:
- 2× NAIA D2 National Champions (2016, 2017)
| wnba_profile = katie_gearlds
|}}
Kathryn Ann Gearlds (born October 26, 1984) is an American women's basketball coach and former forward, who is the current head coach of the Purdue Boilermakers. She is also the former women's basketball head coach of the Marian Knights. She played college basketball at Purdue for coaches Kristy Curry and Sharon Versyp from 2003 to 2007 and played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for three seasons from 2007 to 2009.
High school
Gearlds was born in Beech Grove, Indiana and attended Beech Grove High School. In her four years, she compiled 2,521 career points, which ranked her fourth in Indiana history. She won numerous awards in her high school career, including being named Miss Basketball in 2003, after leading the Hornets to the 3A State Championship. Gearlds was also named a WBCA All-American, and participated in the 2003 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored ten points. She was the MVP of the 2003 McDonald's All-American Game.
College
Gearlds went on to star at Purdue University. She was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2004. In her four years as a Boilermaker, she compiled 14.8 points per game, 3.8 rebounds per game, and 3.0 assists per game. The team had a 103–30 record during her tenure. She earned the Big Ten tournament Most Outstanding Player honors in 2007 after Purdue defeated Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game. She also won both the women's and overall State Farm College Three Point Championships on March 29, 2007, defeating male competitor and future NBA starter Aaron Brooks 17 to 16.
She graduated from Purdue in 2007 with a bachelor of science degree in sociology with a minor in psychology and communications.
Career statistics
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
=WNBA career statistics=
==Regular season==
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | 2007
| align="left" | Seattle
|33||0||13.2||38.6||34.4||88.0||1.6||0.7||0.4||0.2||0.6||4.0
|-
| align="left" | 2008
| align="left" | Seattle
|34||3||13.8||37.3||39.1||73.9||1.3||0.6||0.3||0.1||0.4||5.0
|-
| align="left" | 2009
| align="left" | Seattle
|20||0||12.2||39.2||40.4||75.0||1.3||0.6||0.3||0.2||0.6||4.1
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 3 years, 1 team
|87||3||13.2||38.2||38.0||80.8||1.4||0.6||0.3||0.1||0.5||4.4
{{S-end}}
==Playoffs==
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | 2007
| align="left" | Seattle
|2||0||11.5||50.0||100.0||0.0||1.5||1.5||0.5||0.0||0.5||1.5
|-
| align="left" | 2008
| align="left" | Seattle
|3||0||7.0||33.3||25.0||50.0||0.3||0.7||1.0||0.0||0.0||2.0
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 2 years, 1 team
|5||0||8.8||37.5||40.0||50.0||0.8||1.0||0.8||0.0||0.2||1.8
{{S-end}}
=College career statistics=
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Team !GP !Points !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |
| 2003–04
|33 |350 |47.6 |45.7 |73.2 |2.7 |2.1 |1.2 |0.5 |10.6 |
| 2004–05
|Purdue |30 |422 |39.6 |31.9 |89.0 |3.8 |3.0 |1.6 |1.0 |14.1 |
| 2005–06
|Purdue |33 |495 |43.6 |37.3 |84.8 |4.1 |3.6 |1.0 |0.8 |15.0 |
| 2006–07
|Purdue |37 |707 |44.2 |38.9 |89.5 |4.9 |3.3 |1.6 |0.4 |19.1 |
| Career
|Purdue |133 |1974 |43.6 |37.9 |86.3 |3.9 |3.0 |1.4 |0.6 |14.8 |
WNBA and overseas career
On April 4, 2007, Gearlds was selected by the Seattle Storm with the seventh overall pick in the 2007 WNBA draft. In her rookie campaign, Gearlds appeared in 33 games for the Storm. She averaged 4.0 points per game, 1.6 rebounds per game, and 1.5 assists per game. She only played two more WNBA seasons (all with Seattle), appearing in 87 total games and averaging 4.4 points per game.
However, Gearlds playing career continued overseas. She spent two seasons (2011–12) in Spain as a professional player, and she also spent three years (2008–10) in Greece where she played and served as an assistant coach. She also spent some of 2007 in Slovakia as a player. In early 2013, she spent the year playing in Portugal and averaged 14.3 points per game for Alges where she was part of the league and cup championship teams.
Coaching career
On July 16, 2013, Gearlds was named the head coach of the women's basketball team at Marian University.
In just her second season, Gearlds led the Knights to a 28–6 record, earning the program's second-ever NAIA Division II National Championship Tournament berth, and first Crossroads League title. In her third season, she led the Knights to a record of 32–6 (.842) and won the 2016 National title, the first in program history. The Knights repeated as National Champions in 2017, winning their final 23 games to finish with a school-record 35 wins.
On March 26, 2021; Purdue announced the 2021–2022 season will be the last year of the "Versyp Era" at Purdue, Gearlds joining the Boilermaker staff and then succeeding Sharon Versyp as the head coach in the spring of 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://purduesports.com/news/2021/3/26/womens-basketball-gearlds-joins-coaching-staff-as-part-of-planned-succession.aspx|title = Gearlds Joins Coaching Staff as Part of Planned Succession}} The Journal & Courier reported on August 18, 2021 that Purdue University was investigating allegations that Versyp created a “toxic and hostile environment,” including verbally attacking players and bullying a member of her coaching staff.{{cite news |last1=Carmin |first1=Mike |title=Purdue women's basketball coach Sharon Versyp accused of creating 'toxic and hostile' environment |url=https://www.jconline.com/story/news/2021/08/18/purdue-womens-basketball-coach-sharon-versyp-accused-creating-toxic-hostile-environment/8178175002/ |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=Journal and Courier}} It was announced on September 16, 2021 that Versyp would be retiring and replaced by Gearlds a year earlier than originally planned.{{cite news |last1=Carmin |first1=Mike |title=Sharon Versyp to retire; Katie Gearlds takes over Purdue women's basketball program |url=https://www.jconline.com/story/sports/college/purdue/womens-basketball/2021/09/16/sharon-versyp-announces-retirement-katie-gearlds-takes-over-purdue-womens-basketball-program/8366817002/ |access-date=16 September 2021 |work=Journal and Courier}}
Head coaching record
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
| type = coach
| conference =
| postseason =
| poll = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Marian Knights
| startyear = 2013
| conference = Crossroads League
| endyear = 2021
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2013–14
| name = Marian
| overall = 16–16
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2014–15
| name = Marian
| overall = 28–6
| conference = 14–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NAIA Division II First Round
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| season = 2015–16
| name = Marian
| overall = 32–6
| conference = 16–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NAIA Division II National Champions
| ranking = 1
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| season = 2016–17
| name = Marian
| overall = 35–3
| conference = 17–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NAIA Division II National Champions
| ranking = 1
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2017–18
| name = Marian
| overall = 32–3
| conference = 17–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NAIA Division II First Round
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2018–19
| name = Marian
| overall = 27–7
| conference = 16–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NAIA Division II First Round
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2019–20
| name = Marian
| overall = 31–3
| conference = 16–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = Postseason canceled due to COVID-19
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2020–21
| name = Marian
| overall = 26–5
| conference = 16–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Marian
| overall = 227–49
| confrecord = 120–22
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Purdue Boilermakers
| startyear = 2021
| conference = Big Ten Conference
| endyear =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2021–22
| name = Purdue
| overall = 17–15
| conference = 7–11
| confstanding = T–9th
| postseason = WNIT Second Round
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2022–23
| name = Purdue
| overall = 19–11
| conference = 9–8
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason = NCAA Division I First Four
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2023–24
| name = Purdue
| overall = 15–19
| conference = 5–13
| confstanding = T–11th
| postseason = WNIT Great 8
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024–25
| name = Purdue
| overall = 10–19
| conference = 3–15
| confstanding = T–15th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Purdue
| overall = {{Winning percentage|61|64|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|24|47|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{Winning percentage|288|113|record=y}}
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150110233119/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/katie_gearlds/index.html WNBA profile]
- [https://purduesports.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/katie-gearlds/2576 Purdue University profile]
- [http://www.muknights.com/article/3226.php Marian University press release]
References
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{{Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball coach navbox}}
{{McDonald's All-American Game Girls MVP}}
{{2007 WNBA draft}}
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