Katie Abrahamson-Henderson is Georgiaโs next womenโs basketball head coach, with the Director of Athletics Josh Brooks announcing the news on Saturday.
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Welcome back to Athens, Coach ABE (@COACH_ABE). We can't wait to start this new era of Georgia Basketball! #GoDawgs
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The former Georgia player has been the head coach at UCF for 17 seasons, lifting the school to a 372-157 record. Abrahamson-Henderson finished the 2021 season with an American Athletic Conference championship, leading the Knights to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
โThis is a dream come true. I am thrilled to return to Georgia as the head coach at one of the premier womenโs basketball programs in the country,โ Abrahamson-Henderson said in a statement.
Replacing Joni Talyor, who accepted the head coaching job at Texas A&M, Abrahamson-Henderson is the third head coach in Georgia history.
โWe are thrilled to welcome Katie, Michael and their daughters Savannah and Brooklyn to Athens,โ Brooks said. โThroughout this process, one name kept coming up, and that was Coach โABE.โ Her resume and history of success at every level is impressive. Our goal was to find a proven coach who has had sustained success both in competing for conference titles and in the NCAA tournament. Katie is the entire package, and I canโt wait to see what her teams are able to accomplish here at the University of Georgia.โ