Beacon Sports Staff

With the 2016-17 basketball season only two weeks old, first year Head Coach Katie Bergeron has her Lady Seawolves primed for an outstanding season. The Lady Seawolves are undefeated after four games, averaging 59.8 points per game while allowing 47.4 points by their opponents.

Bergeron’s knowledge base in coaching is backed up with skillsets that enabled her to break the 1,000 point barrier while playing on the Bowdoin College ladies team from 2007-2011. Her on court abilities lead Katie to play professionally for three seasons in Europe, two for the Leeds Carnegie team in the United Kingdom, and one season with the Aabyhoj Club in Aarhus, Denmark.

In terms of building a solid coaching knowledge base Katie has seen time as an assistant coach at Emmanuel College, as head coach of the South Portland JV girls’ squad, and as an assistant on the South Portland High School varsity team. Bergeron also worked as a community coach developing a youth basketball program, while she was working on her Masters’ Degrees at Leeds Metropolitan University in 2013-14. Her masters’ degrees are in the areas of Sports Business and Sports Law and Society.  

Bergeron’s coaching style is high key as she never sits during the games and is constantly encouraging her athletes from the sideline. As stated in the SMCC Athletic Department’s press release when she was hired this past summer, Bergeron has “four core coaching beliefs: communication, trust, efficiency, and enthusiasm. I have a passion for coaching and leadership as well as empowering young women to become their best.”      

These qualities have made their presence felt on the court has the Lady Seawolves are playing with intensity on the defensive side of the court and working as a team on the offensive side.