Colorado College Athletics

Katherine Auguste, who distinguished herself as an assistant coach at both the NCAA Division I and III levels, was named head coach of the Colorado College women's basketball team on May 24, 2016.

Auguste enters her 10th season leading the Tigers as the winningest coach in school history. She has 120 wins and an overall coaching record of 120-104. In the last five seasons, the Tigers have a 83-35 record. She has recruited and developed 11 players who earned 27 total all-conference honors, including McKenzee Gertz, who became Colorado College's first player to be named SCAC Player of the Year and a three-time first-team all-conference selection. In addition, Auguste coached Anna Fanelli, who led the NCAA D3 in assists her junior year and went on to earn WBCA All-America honorable mention honors that same season. 

Most recently, center Zoë Tomlinson became the second Tiger to earn both D3hoops and WBCA All-American honors as well as being named SCAC Player of the Year in 2024. In 2025, she was the first CC Tiger ever to win Offensive and Defensive POTY. She was named a finalist for the Josten's Trophy and was named a WBCA and D3Hoops.com All-American for the second consecutive season. Also in 2024, Healy Bledsoe was named SCAC Defensive Player of the Year, the first time in program history that CC has claimed both awards in the same year. 

During the 2024-25 season, Auguste led the Tigers to a program record 23 wins and made it to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history and the first time since 1990. The Tigers finished the year with a 23-4 record and won the Blue Division, claiming the first-ever regular-season conference title in team history.

Other notable accomplishments during Auguste's tenure include CC's first 20-win season since the 1980-81 season, defeating No. 1 and then-undefeated Trinity University (TX) on Feb. 5, 2023 at home and being ranked third in the region as well as receiving votes in national polls during the 2023-24 season.

After her first season at Colorado College, Auguste led the Tigers to three consecutive years with double-digit victories. During the 2020-21 season, CC posted a 7-3 record and a .700 winning percentage, its highest since 1980-81.

Before arriving at Colorado College, Auguste spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach at Division I Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y., where she directed the program's recruiting efforts and coached all-Patriot League selections Josie Stockhill and Carole Harris.
 
Auguste was recognized as part of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's inaugural "Thirty Under 30" class, which honors 30 up-and-coming coaches age 30 and under at all levels of the game. Each recipient displayed a commitment to community service, mentorship and impact on others, professional manner and attitude along with association involvement. She has been a presenter at the WBCA's "So You Want to be a Coach" program and currently serves on several national committees through the WBCA.
 
Prior to joining the Colgate program, Auguste was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Division III Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. During her four seasons at Emory, the Eagles posted a 69-34 record and program-high No. 7 national ranking in 2014. Emory advanced to the Sweet 16 of the 2013 NCAA Division III tournament after winning the program's first University Athletic Association championship.
 
Before her stint at Emory, Auguste spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Division III Illinois Wesleyan in Bloomington, Ill. She helped guide the Titans to a two-year record of 58-3 and an NCAA Elite Eight appearance in 2009. IWU claimed the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championship each season. Auguste was in charge of all facets of recruiting and worked with the forwards and post players while at IWU. She directed individual summer camps and the program's WBCA "Play4Kay" efforts.
 
In addition to her duties at IWU, Auguste also served as a compliance graduate assistant for two seasons across town at Illinois State. There, she was in charge of prospective student-athletes' initial eligibility and monitored official visits and NCAA-countable contact hours for every program.
 
On the court, the Geneseo, Ill., native played four seasons at North Central College, a Division III program in Naperville, Ill. She served as team captain for the 2007-08 season and was a CCIW all-academic selection multiple times.
 
Auguste earned a bachelor's degree in English and sport management from North Central in 2008 and her master's in sport management from Illinois State in 2010.

Katherine is married to CC women's basketball legend Melanie Auguste, who played from 2005-09 and was the recipient of the Jostens Award for Most Outstanding Player in Division III her senior year. That same year, Melanie was named a second-team All-American by D3Hoops.com and earned honorable-mention honors from the WBCA. She was also an All-American honorable mention selection and an All-SCAC first-team and All-West Region selection during the 2007-08 season. 
 
The Auguste family resides in Colorado Springs, Co. and Portland, Or. with their dog, Loyal.