About Coach Kath
Information. Instruction. Inspiration.
Coach Kathy Devaney
On an early Saturday morning in the spring of 1972, a scrappy tomboy lined up on the track of a nearby college for a 50-yard dash. She looked left, then right, then straight ahead at the ribbon stretched across the finish line. In that moment, she decided:
I will be first.
She never really looked back.
Coach Kathy Devaney built an award-winning career as a collegiate track & field athlete, earning conference titles, three-time All-American honors in the discus, and competing in three national championships. She went on to coach at California Polytechnic State University, where she helped develop 13 All-Americans and two national champions.
After eight years of collegiate coaching, KathyD devoted herself to raising her four children and coaching them in the sports they loved. For 38 years, she also coached young athletes at the youth and high school levels, helping hundreds pursue the highest level of competition their talent, effort, goals and family support would allow.
Now, KathyD has retired from coaching - and she’s full-court pressing on a new mission.
Through AthleticaUS, she is bringing her experience, perspective and hard-earned knowledge to student-athletes and families across the country. With classes, educational tools, presentations, online support and personalized 1:1 counseling, AthleticaUS helps families navigate an increasingly complicated college recruiting landscape with greater clarity, confidence and choice.
The need for informed guidance has never been greater. And KathyD is just getting started.
Voice. Choice. Fit.
Let’s Bring It In.
AthleticaUS.
What a Hero Looks Like:
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias was an American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball and track and field. There just wasn’t anything she couldn’t do. As a girl, growing up in the pre Title IX ‘70s, Kathy identified. She was a natural athlete who could swing the bat, throw the football, race on foot with th’best of th’boys.
Coach Kath wanted to be as good as Babe who won two gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Summer Olympics; then made an easy shift to professional golf. Once again a natural, Babe won 10 LPGA major championships. While Kathy never reached this level of athletic prowess, Babe has remained an inspiration for Kathy's entire life.
Women up against it, persevering. These are what heroes have looked like to Coach Kath. Babe, Wilma Rudolph, Wyomia Tyus.
Making waves and staking claim.
