MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Katrina Merriweather, who led Wright State to the program's first NCAA Tournament win this season and the only three Horizon League Championships in school history, has been named Memphis' 12th women's basketball head coach, director of athletics Laird Veatch announced Monday. She also led the Raiders to the school's only back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2019 and 2021.
Merriweather was named Horizon League Coach of the Year in 2021 for the third time in her five seasons at Wright State while being a part of all three of the Raiders' NCAA Tournament appearances and Horizon League Tournament titles in school history, twice as head coach in 2019 and 2021 and one as an assistant in 2014.