Kathy Olivier

Born Katherine Ann Ricks in Los Angeles County, Olivier graduated from Valencia High School in Placentia, California in 1977. As Kathy Ricks, Olivier played collegiate basketball and tennis at Cal State Fullerton from 1977 to 1979 and UNLV basketball from 1979 to 1981. She was the leading scorer in both her seasons at Cal State Fullerton, averaging 15.6 points and 9.2 rebounds as a freshman and 19.3 points and 7.7 rebounds as a sophomore. At UNLV, Olivier earned honorable mention All-America honors in 1980 after a junior season averaging 16.3 points and 5.7 rebounds. In her fourth consecutive year as her team's leading scorer, Olivier averaged 20.2 points and 9.2 rebounds as a senior in 1980–81. ==Coaching career==

Assistant coach (1981–1993) Olivier began her coaching career in 1981 as a graduate assistant at UNLV, followed by a season as an assistant coach at UC Irvine in 1982–83. In 15 seasons at UCLA, Olivier went 232–208, with the program's first Pac-10 regular season title in 1999 and first Pac-10 Tournament title in 2006. UNLV (2008–2020) Returning to her alma mater, Olivier became women's basketball head coach at UNLV on April 22, 2008. After 12 years as UNLV head coach, Olivier resigned as head coach on March 6, 2020. ==Head coaching record==

Olivier has a daughter, Alexis, and coached her at UCLA from 2006 to 2008. She was previously married to chemical engineer Jim Olivier. ==References==