Women's Basketball
Tucker, Kate
Kate Tucker
- Title:
- Director of Operations
- Email:
- kate@GoCards.com
- Phone:
- 852-8355
Kate Tucker is in her 15th year at the University of Louisville and her ninth season as the women's basketball director of operations. She is primarily tasked with coordinating the team's travel and equipment needs in addition to team camps.
Tucker joined the Cardinals' staff after serving four years in the compliance office as the compliance coordinator. Tucker primarily assisted Louisville's student-athletes with financial aid needs in addition to coordinating all of their housing arrangements.
While with the compliance office, she oversaw the student-athlete opportunity fund, which includes insurance needs for student-athletes, along with monitoring student-athlete employment. The staff sponsor for SAAC (student-athlete advisory committee), Tucker's job also encompassed assisting with game-day operations, helping with rules education and interpretations
Prior to that position, Tucker worked from 2009-11 in the athletic ticket office, where she managed student tickets for football and men's and women's basketball. On game days, she assisted with ticket management.
Tucker first started working in Louisville athletics while in graduate school. She spent one year in the Cardinal Athletic Fund, the department's development arm, aiding with special events and annual fund events.
A Shelbyville, Ky., native, Tucker was a three-year letterwinner on the women's tennis team at Georgetown College. She was elected team captain as a junior and earned a spot on the all-conference academic team. She also was a member of the Sigma Kappa sorority.
Tucker, who resides in Shelbyville, graduated from Georgetown cum laude in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in communication. She earned her master's degree from Louisville in sport administration two years later in 2009. She is married to Jeremy Tucker and they have two sons, Joseph David (JD) and Jack.
Tucker joined the Cardinals' staff after serving four years in the compliance office as the compliance coordinator. Tucker primarily assisted Louisville's student-athletes with financial aid needs in addition to coordinating all of their housing arrangements.
While with the compliance office, she oversaw the student-athlete opportunity fund, which includes insurance needs for student-athletes, along with monitoring student-athlete employment. The staff sponsor for SAAC (student-athlete advisory committee), Tucker's job also encompassed assisting with game-day operations, helping with rules education and interpretations
Prior to that position, Tucker worked from 2009-11 in the athletic ticket office, where she managed student tickets for football and men's and women's basketball. On game days, she assisted with ticket management.
Tucker first started working in Louisville athletics while in graduate school. She spent one year in the Cardinal Athletic Fund, the department's development arm, aiding with special events and annual fund events.
A Shelbyville, Ky., native, Tucker was a three-year letterwinner on the women's tennis team at Georgetown College. She was elected team captain as a junior and earned a spot on the all-conference academic team. She also was a member of the Sigma Kappa sorority.
Tucker, who resides in Shelbyville, graduated from Georgetown cum laude in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in communication. She earned her master's degree from Louisville in sport administration two years later in 2009. She is married to Jeremy Tucker and they have two sons, Joseph David (JD) and Jack.
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