Katie Faulkner - Women's Basketball Coach - Oregon State University Athletics

Katie Faulkner

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
katie.baker@oregonstate.edu
Phone:
541-737-2800

Katie Faulkner, nee Baker, joined the Oregon State staff in the summer of 2016.

She has completed four seasons with the Beavers. Oregon State won 23 games in 2019-20, despite having the NCAA Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Working largely with the posts, Faulkner helped develop freshman Taylor Jones, who set the Beavers freshman record for blocks in 2019-20, and earned Pac-12 All-Freshman honors. Faulkner also worked with freshman Kennedy Brown, who was having a stellar campaign prior to suffering an ACL injury in February.

Faulkner helped Oregon State to 26 wins in 2018-19, and its sixth-straight NCAA Tournament berth. Faulkner was instrumental in the development of Oregon State’s bigs, including 2018-19 senior Joanna Grymek.

In her second season with the Beavers, OSU went 26-8, finished tied for third in the Pac-12 and earned a spot in the Elite Eight for the second time in program history. Faulkner was instrumental in the development of center Marie Gulich, who proved herself as one of the top post players in the nation. In 2017-18, Gulich was named a Lisa Leslie Award semi-finalist, and earned All-Pac-12 First Team honors for the second-stragiht season. The center was also selected as Pac-12 Media Defensive Player of the Year, and was selected by the Phoenix Mercury in the first round of the WNBA Draft.

One of the most impressive young coaches in college basketball, Faulkner has helped guide Oregon State to a 31-4 record in 2016-17, as well as a Pac-12 regular season title. Working primarily with the posts, Faulkner helped Gulich earn All-Pac-12 honors for the first time.

Faulkner spent the 2015-16 season as a graduate assistant coach at Wisconsin. Her tenure with the Badgers was highlighted by notable wins over Purdue and Penn State. Faulkner helped foster the growth of seniors Nicole Bauman and Michala Johnson. Bauman ended her career as the Wisconsin’s all-time leader in 3-point percentage, while Johnson is the Badgers’ career record holder for field goal percentage.

Prior to joining the Wisconsin staff, Faulkner spent a year as an assistant coach at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. Her year with the Mountain Lions was one of the most successful in program history, as the team went 26-7 on the year, and made a run to the Sweet 16 in the Division II NCAA Tournament.

Faulkner is one of the greatest players in the history of Montana women’s basketball. The Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, native was the Big Sky Conference Player of the Year as a senior during the 2012-13 season. She finished fifth all-time in scoring at Montana, 10th all-time in rebounding, and fifth all-time in blocked shots. Faulkner led Montana in scoring all four years of her career and was given All-Big Sky honors every year.

While at Montana, she appeared in two NCAA tournaments, was awarded four All-Academic Big Sky honors (2009-2013), one All-Region Select Team honor (2012-13), and one WBCA All-American Honorable Mention (2012-13).

Faulkner continued her playing career with a professional season in Europe, heading to Luxembourg for the 2013-14 campaign.

Faulkner graduated from the University of Montana in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science.