Katie Bam

University of Maryland Athletics

Title

Associate Head Coach
Email

ktod16@umd.edu
Twitter

@KatieODonnellFh
Graduating Year

2013
Major

3rd Year

Head coach Missy Meharg and the Maryland field hockey team announced the hiring of Terrapin great Katie Bam to the staff in January 2017 The two-time Olympian and four-time NFHCA All-American was hired as an assistant coach. After two seasons, Meharg promoted her to Associate Head Coach in January 2019.

Over Bam's time as a student-athlete and coach, the Terps won the 2008 and 2010 NCAA Championships, made five total NCAA title game appearances and won eight conference titles. In her Maryland playing career, Bam was a four-time First Team All-American, four-time ACC Player of the Year and won the Honda Sports Award twice.

"It's been a coaching honor to work alongside Katie for the past two seasons," Meharg said. "She is technically world-class, most specifically in goal scoring and counter defense in the front third of the field. She spent 12 years with our U.S. Women's National Team. Our No. 16, known as 'The Burglar' brought pure excitement in front of the goal cage.

"The cycle with Katie has been fun. From a Maryland recruit to an NCAA champion, All-American, Honda Award winner, a World Cup participant and a two-time Olympian to now working together as associate head coach brings the Maryland cycle full circle."

Over the past two seasons with Bam as an assistant coach, the Terrapins made back-to-back runs to the NCAA Championship game, picked up eight wins over top-five teams and won the 2018 Big Ten regular season and tournament championships.

"I am honored to be associate head coach of a program as high-caliber as the Maryland field hockey program," Bam said. "Missy has built this program on values of hard work, passion, grit and a love for each other and I am thrilled to continue to be a part of it.

"Since I came to College Park as a young freshman almost 12 years ago, this place has felt like home. This school has done so much for me and helped me chase my dreams. I can't wait to continue to help many young women do the same, on and off the field."

In her first year back in College Park, Bam helped lead the Terrapins to a remarkable run to the NCAA Championship game. After starting the year 6-5, the Terps won seven straight games, including four straight over top 25 teams, and 10 of 11 games to be one of the last two teams standing. They won at No. 2 Duke, to go to the Final Four, then beat No. 3 Michigan, 5-1 in the Semifinals, before falling to No. 1 Connecticut. The Maryland coaching staff was named NFHCA Mid Atlantic Region Staff of the Year.

Bam played for the Terrapins from 2007 through 2010, leading them to the 2008 and 2010 NCAA championships, as well as three ACC titles. A four-time NFHCA All-American, Bam was named ACC Player of the Year all four years of her career, and won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's top player twice.

"Coming back to Maryland feels so right,” Bam said. “I have so many great memories of my time as a Terp. Everyone at Maryland helped me reach the highest levels in the game and I can't wait to help the Terps achieve their best."

Bam holds Maryland career records of 99 goals, 306 points and 108 assists. Her 32 goals, 34 assists for 98 points in her senior season are program records as well.

In 2010, she was named Sportswoman of the Year by the Woman's Sports Foundation, an award previously won by Mia Hamm and Venus and Serena Williams.

She was the youngest player ever named to the U.S. Senior National Team at the age of 16 and earned over 200 caps in her career. Bam competed in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, helping Team USA to a fifth-place finish in Rio. She also helped Team USA to a fourth-place finish in the World Cup in 2014.

She helped lead Team USA to gold in the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games, the 2014 Champions Challenge in Scotland and the 2013 World League Round 2 Tournament in Brazil.

Bam started her coaching career at Maryland in 2012 as a student assistant coach. She helped the Terrapins to a record of 18-6 and the NCAA Final Four. As an assistant coach at Harvard, the helped lead the Crimson to the 2017 Ivy League title.

Bam earned her bachelor's degree in family science in 2013. Her husband, Marvin, is an assistant coach at Maryland.

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Katie Bam

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