Kathy Olivier
- January 6, 2024
- Basketball Coach
Quick Facts
Full Name | Kathy Olivier |
Occupation | Basketball Coach |
Date Of Birth | Nov 6, 1959(1959-11-06) |
Age | 65 |
Birthplace | Los Angeles |
Country | United States |
Birth City | California |
Horoscope | Scorpio |
Kathy Olivier Biography
Name | Kathy Olivier |
Birthday | Nov 6 |
Birth Year | 1959 |
Place Of Birth | Los Angeles |
Home Town | California |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Scorpio |
Kathy Olivier is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Coach who was born on November 6, 1959 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Katherine Ann Olivier (nee Ricks born November 6 1959) is an American college basketball coach. She most recently was the head coach for women’s basketball at UNLV. The position was vacated on March 6, 2020.
Olivier transferred to the rival UCLA in the role of assistant coach to Billie Moore in 1986. In the seven seasons that he was with Olivier as the coach, UCLA had five winning seasons, and 2 NCAA Tournament appearances, including an appearance in the Sweet 16 in 1992.
Olivier has a daughter, Alexis, and coached her at UCLA from 2006 to 2008. She was previously married to chemical engineer Jim Olivier.
Returning to her alma mater, Olivier became women’s basketball head coach at
UNLV on April 22, 2008. After losing records for the first three seasons, UNLV
went 22–10 in 2011–12 with a second place finish in the Mountain West
Conference and WNIT appearance. Since the 2011–12 season, UNLV has always had
.500 or better records in Mountain West play, but UNLV’s next season with an
overall winning record was in 2015–16 with an 18–14 finish. In 2016–17, UNLV
had its second straight winning overall season at 22–11 (12–6 MW) and made the
WNIT for its second postseason appearance under Olivier.
After 12 years as the Rebels head coach, Olivier resigned as head coach.
From 1983 until 1986, Olivier worked as an assistant at USC Under Linda Sharp, including USC’s 1984 national championship team.
Kathy Olivier Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Basketball Coach |
House | Living in own house. |
Kathy Olivier is one of the richest Basketball Coach from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kathy Olivier 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
The birthplace of Katherine Ann Ricks in Los Angeles County, Olivier graduated from Valencia High School in Placentia, California in 1977. With the name Kathy Ricks, Olivier played tennis and basketball during her time at Cal State Fullerton from 1977 until 1979, as well as UNLV basketball in 1979 until 1981. She was the most prolific scoring player in both years in Cal State Fullerton, averaging 15.6 points and 9.2 rebound as a freshman , and 19.3 points as well as 7.7 rebound in her sophomore year. While at UNLV, Olivier earned honorable mention All-America distinction in the year 1980 after her junior season, where she averaged 16.3 scores and 5.7 rebound. In her fourth straight season as the team’s top scoring player, Olivier averaged 20.2 points and 9.2 rebounding in the 1980-81 season. Olivier was a graduate of UNLV at the end of 1981, with an education from physical education.
Olivier started her career as a coach in 1981 when she was an assistant coach at UNLV which was followed by an entire season as an assistant coach for UC Irvine in 1982-83.
Following Moore’s resignation, UCLA promoted Olivier to head coach on May 3,
- 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. UCLA made five NCAA Tournaments (1998–2000, 2004, 2006), with its most successful run being to the Sweet 16 in 1999. Following a 16–15 season, Olivier resigned from UCLA on March 11, 2008.
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