Katie Schumacher-Cawley
Schumacher-Cawley in 2022 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Penn State |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Record | 84–19 (.816) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 10, 1980 Chicago, IL |
| Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University |
| Playing career | |
| 1998–2001 | Penn State (volleyball) |
| 2001–2002 | Penn State (basketball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2002 | Illinois (Volunteer Assistant) |
| 2003–2009 | UIC (Assistant) |
| 2009–2016 | UIC |
| 2017 | Penn |
| 2018–2021 | Penn State (Associate HC) |
| 2022–present | Penn State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 209–165 (.559) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA Division I Tournament Champions (2024) Big Ten Champions (2024) | |
| Awards | |
| Big Ten Coach of the Year (2024) Volleyball Magazine National Coach of the Year (2024) Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame (2008) Girls Catholic Athletic Conference Hall of Fame (2003) | |
Katie Anne Schumacher-Cawley (born March 10, 1980) is an American former volleyball and basketball player who is the head coach of the Penn State women's volleyball team. After serving as the associate head coach since 2018, she was named head coach on January 10, 2022, following Russ Rose's retirement from coaching.
In her third season as Penn State's head coach in 2024, Schumacher-Cawley made NCAA history by becoming the first female Division I women's volleyball coach to win an NCAA championship, the program's eighth title overall. The same season, she also led Penn State to the Big Ten Conference title, the program's first since 2017.