The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
09.27.2013 | Track & Field / Cross Country
Head coach Mario Sategna completes his staff with the addition of Texas native Katherine Hoskins.
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Track and Field head coach Mario Sategna completed his staff Friday with the hiring of Katherine Hoskins as assistant coach.
"We as a staff are so excited about the addition of Katherine to the Texas Track family," Sategna said. "She will contribute in many different facets of the program, but as a Texas native will be tremendous in helping an already successful program reach new heights in attracting the best in the Lone Star State to its flagship university."
Prior to her arrival on the Forty Acres, Hoskins served as assistant coach for both the men's and women's teams at University of New Orleans during the 2012-13 academic year. Working under then UNO head coach and now UT assistant coach Ty Sevin, Hoskins mentored the Privateers in the sprints, hurdles and distance groups. She also played a key role in recruiting, helping build a 53-member incoming class at New Orleans in the first year of its newly reinstated track program.
Leading up to her time at UNO, Hoskins spent the 2011-12 year as a volunteer assistant at Texas A&M.
"It is a true honor and dream to be back in my home state to be a part of a very historical year for The University of Texas," Hoskins said. "I look forward to the history this program is looking to build on as a newly-combined program and the direction speaks volumes to the vision Coach Sategna and his staff have already laid down."
Before her coaching tenure, Hoskins was an accomplished athlete, earning NCCAA Indoor All-American in the distance medley relay in 2006 while competing for Dallas Baptist. That year, she also qualified for the NCCAA national meet in the 100m hurdles.
A native of Amarillo, Texas, Hoskins graduated from West Texas A&M in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in sports and exercise sciences with an emphasis in sports psychology. She then went on to earn her master's degree in sport management from Texas A&M in 2012.
