With coaching experience at both the NCAA Division II and III levels, Katie Tetzlaw was announced as an assistant coach at Cal U in July.
Tetzlaw served last season as an assistant coach at Slippery Rock following a two-year tenure as head coach at Keystone (Pa.), a NCAA Division III program. She also has served as an assistant coach at Bethany (W.Va.), Allegheny and Washington & Jefferson.
A native of Pittsburgh, Tetzlaw gained experience in the PSAC and the NCAA Division II level last season as an assistant coach with Slippery Rock. She previously posted a 16-34 overall record as head coach at Keystone. In her second year with the Giants, Tetzlaw guided the program to five-straight victories to close the year and an 11-14 overall record, which nearly equaled the win total from the previous two seasons combined.
Tetzlaw was a four-year player and three-year starter at Bethany under then-head coach Jina DeRubbo. During her career, she helped the Bison capture three Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) titles and earned All-PAC Honorable Mention status as a senior. In the 2001-02 campaign, Tetzlaw started 10 games and helped the program tie the then-school record for wins in a season and record the program’s first victory in the NCAA Tournament. She started a career high 25 games two years later, as the Bison broke the school record with a 23-5 overall record.
Following her playing career, Tetzlaw served one season as a graduate assistant at Bethany before spending two years as an assistant coach at Allegheny. She helped lead the Gators to a combined 37-17 overall record with only eight combined losses in conference play.
Tetzlaw then served three seasons as an assistant coach under DeRubbo at Washington & Jefferson. The Presidents reached the NCAA Tournament in each of her last two seasons after winning the ECAC South Region Championship in 2007-08. During her time at W&J, Tetzlaw worked with back-to-back PAC Player of the Year recipients in Emily Hays (2008-09) and Kennan Killeen (2009-10).
A product of North Catholic, Tetzlaw earned her undergraduate degree physical education from Bethany in 2004 and completed her master’s degree in sport management from Cal U in 2009.
