The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Coordinator of Player Development
Ketara Chapel enters her first season as Coordinator of Player Development for Texas Women's Basketball.
After helping build Mississippi State into a national contender as a player, Chapel has spent the past two seasons as a graduate assistant at her alma mater.
Chapel joined Video Coordinator Dominique Dillingham as part of the first recruiting class signed by Schaefer. As freshmen in 2013-14, they helped guide Mississippi State to the quarterfinals of the WNIT. The following year, they led the Bulldogs to the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2010.
After helping take Mississippi State to the Sweet 16 as a junior, Chapel led the Bulldogs to a thrilling win against Baylor that clinched the Oklahoma City Regional championship and the program’s first trip to the Final Four.
Playing in her home state of Texas, Chapel was a key part of MSU’s historic upset of top-ranked UConn that gave the Bulldogs a berth in the first of back-to-back national championship games.
The Temple, Texas, native and four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection was part of 111 victories in her four seasons in Starkville. During that time, she appeared in 142 games and started 61 contests, averaging 4.1 points and 2.8 rebounds per contest.
Chapel resides in Austin.
