Katy Steding

Kathryn Suzanne Steding (born December 11, 1967) is an American former collegiate and professional basketball player. She is currently an assistant coach for the Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team.

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.

Coaching career

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.

In 2008, Steding was named an assistant coach of the WNBA expansion team Atlanta Dream. After one year with the Dream, she was hired as an assistant coach for Columbia Lions women's basketball. 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.

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

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

In 2020, Steding became an assistant coach for her alma mater, the Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team.