On the morning of April 6, Tech announced the hiring of head coach Karen Blair, the seventh head coach in Georgia Tech Women’s Basketball’s program history. Blair comes from the University of Maryland where she served as the associate head coach to Brenda Freese since 2020.
Aside from the seven years spent at Maryland, Blair’s resume includes three years at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) as associate head coach, assistant positions at the University of North Texas, University of Texas, Arlington and Colgate University, as well as 10 years as a graduate assistant and assistant coach at SMU. Blair was also a contributing player to SMU basketball teams from the 1990s and made three NCAA Tournament appearances from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).