Katie Upham is the new head coach of the St. Francis Xavier University X-Women.
The Antigonish, NS, based school named Upham to guide the Atlantic University Sport squad after spending last season as lead assistant coach to Matthew Spencer.
St. Francis Xavier finished with a 13-7 record last season in the AUS.
The X-Women lost 72-52 in the AUS semifinal to eventual champion University of New Brunswick Reds.
Upham was not a stranger to the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association.
The North River, NS, product played 13 career MWBA games, all with the Halifax Thunder, where she scored 89 career points.
Upham started her USPORTS career with University of Calgary Dinos before finishing with two seasons with the X-Women.
In the small basketball world that we live in, Upham was a Calgary teammate of MWBA veterans Courtney Donaldson of the Lake City 56ers and Sandy Saunders of the Thunder.
– Katie Upham played for St. FX and was named head coach. (St. FX Athletics Photo)
