Kathy Delaney-Smith

Head Women's Basketball Coach, Harvard

• Head Coach, Harvard Women’s Basketball, 38 Seasons | 11 Ivy League Titles • 3X Team USA Coach • MA Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame • NE Women’s Leadership Award for Sports

Kathy Delaney-Smith is an inspirational coach, leader, and advocate for gender equity. An extraordinarily successful high school coach with a 204-31 record, Kathy has helmed Harvard’s Women’s Basketball program for 38 seasons, developing championship teams and women who care, compete, and achieve. Her alumni make an impact as CEOs, Massachusetts’ Attorney General, and the Boston Celtics’ Director of Player Development, and more. Kathy has won a bevy of awards including the Gilda Radner Award for demonstrating hope and determination in facing cancer and the WBCA’s Carol Eckman Award for her exceptional sportsmanship, commitment to student-athletes, honesty, ethics, courage, and dedication to purpose.