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Katie Vaughn

Katie Vaughn

COACHING EXPERIENCE
  • Begins 14th season at UMSL in 2024-25
  • Picked up her 200th career win with the Tritons win over Davenport on Nov. 11, 2023
  • All-time wins leader in program history with a record of 202-152 (.571)
  • Vaughn, the 11th head coach in program history, came to following three seasons ­at Lincoln (Mo.) University
  • In 14 seasons as a head coach, Vaughn is 231-204 (.531)
  • Directed Lincoln to its most successful season in school history with a 15-13 record – tying season records for most wins in a season and most conference wins during the 2011-12 campaign.
  • Also spent five years at Moberly Area Community College, including three seasons (2006-09) as the program’s head coach, where her teams combined for a 56-37 record.
  • Began coaching career as a graduate assistant at her alma mater, Central Missouri
COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
  • Has guided the Tritons to 10 GLVC Tournaments, including eight appearances in the quarterfinals and the semifinals in 2018, 2021 and 2022.
  • Directed 2013-14 team and 2021-22 team to NCAA Tournament.
  • Her 2021-22 team posted school records for overall wins (23) and conference wins (17), notching a 20-win season for just the fourth time in program history. The Tritons also went 17-3 in GLVC play en route to claiming the GLVC Central Division championship. The team advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in school history.
  • The 2019-20 team just missed a spot in the league's annual postseason affair, but won nine of its last 11 games en route to a 16-13 record.
  • Her 2017-18 team posted a 21-6 record, notching a 20-win season for just the third time in program history, while the 21 wins ties the program's second most. The Tritons also went 14-4 in play, a then program-best, en route to claiming in the Central Division regular season. During the season, put together a 14-game win streak, which tied a program record, while other highlights included a 12-0 record in games played in the Mark Twain Building, senior Johnson recording the program's first-ever triple-double and the Tritons advancing to the Tournament semifinals for just the third time in program history.
  • The 2016-17 squad posted a 16-12 record, in which they won seven of their final eight regular season games to not only secure a Tournament bid, but to lock up a first round home game. Two of those wins were back-to-back home victories over No. 20 Southern Indiana and No. 17 Bellarmine.
  • During the 2013-14 season, Vaughn directed the Tritons the program’s second-ever NCAA Tournament appearance and a record of 21-8, the second most wins in program history. raced out to an 11-1 start, the program’s best since 1988-89, and tallied a 10-game win streak, third longest in program history. The Tritons also started play with a 4-0 mark for the first-time ever and finished with a 13-5 mark, recording the most wins since the 1999-2000 team won 14. finished third in the West Division standings and were fourth overall. Other season highlights included receiving votes in the USA Today Sports Division II Top 25 poll. Vaughn’s team led the in scoring defense, three-point field goal percentage defense and rebounding defense. Nationally in NCAA DII, ranked ninth in rebounding margin, 17th in scoring margin and 20th in scoring defense.
  • Vaughn wasted no time turning around the program in her first season, guiding the Tritons to a 15-12 record, their first winning season since 2005-06. also posted a 10-8 mark. Among the victories, Vaughn led to it’s first-ever win over Drury and had two players named Player of the Week, including junior Washington, who became the first player in program history to earn the award.
ATHLETE HONORS (at UMSL)
  • 25 All-GLVC selections
  • 1 All-America selection (Alex LaPorta in 2020-21, the program's first since 1989)
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
  • Played at Central Missouri from 1998-2002
EDUCATION
  • Earned Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Science in Sports Administration, both from Central Missouri
FAMILY
  • Katie and her husband, Calvin, have two children: Ella (15) and Evan (14).
 
Year-by-Year with Katie Vaughn
Year Institution Overall Conference
2006-09   Moberly Community College (head coach) 56-37
2009-10 Lincoln University (Mo.) 12-15   6-8
2010-11 Lincoln University (Mo.) 2-24     1-21
2011-12 Lincoln University (Mo.) 15-13 8-12
2012-13 Missouri-St. Louis 15-12 10-8
2013-14 Missouri-St. Louis 21-8 13-5
2014-15 Missouri-St. Louis 14-14     9-9
2015-16 Missouri-St. Louis 11-16 6-12
2016-17 Missouri-St. Louis 16-12 10-8
2017-18 Missouri-St. Louis 21-6 14-4
2018-19 Missouri-St. Louis 12-15 6-12
2019-20 Missouri-St. Louis 16-13 11-9
2020-21 Missouri-St. Louis 12-8 11-7
2021-22 Missouri-St. Louis 23-6 17-3
2022-23 Missouri-St. Louis 9-17 7-13
2023-24 Missouri-St. Louis 13-16 11-11
2024-25 Missouri-St. Louis 19-9 13-7
Totals as NCAA Head Coach 231-204 147-137