Kat Crump - Soccer Coach - University of Georgia Athletics

Kat Crump

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
kcrump@sports.uga.edu

Kat Crump joined the Georgia staff in 2022, serving as a volunteer assistant coach in her first season before being promoted to assistant coach for the 2023 season.

Working primarily with the goalkeepers for her first two seasons, Georgia received its first NCAA Tournament bid since 2014 and hosted a home postseason match for the first time since 2007. The Bulldogs also upset Tennessee in the SEC Tournament, reaching the semifinals for the first time since 2010 before falling in penalties to eventual champion South Carolina.

During the season, Georgia went unbeaten on the road in conference play and finished the regular season with six straight results against league opponents, including the first three-game SEC shutout streak since 2010. The Bulldogs tied a program record with 12 shutouts during the year, all while tallying the second-lowest goals against average rate in program history. Goalkeeper Jordan Brown assumed the starting role late in the season and tallied a program-record .872 save percentage, earning a spot on the SEC All-Tournament Team. Fellow keeper Liz Beardsley allowed the third-fewest goals in a season in program history and accumulated an 0.89 goals against average.

In her second season, she helped lead Georgia to a 13-4-6 record and No. 13 final national ranking, the highest in program history. During the season, Georgia won its first SEC East Division title, followed by the first SEC Tournament championship in school history, before reaching the Round of 16 for only the second time in program history. Brown was named to the SEC All-Tournament Team after tallying 22 saves over three matches, including seven in a 1-0 shutout of No. 10 Arkansas in the final. For the year, the Bulldogs posted eight shutouts with Brown notching a .767 save percentage.

In her third season, she moved to coaching field players and continued the winning with an 8-7-6 record and third-consecutive NCAA Tournament home match. The Bulldogs again faced one of the nation's toughest schedules, headlined by a trip to eventual national champion North Carolina and a 1-1 tie at No. 1 Florida State, the program's first result against a top-ranked opponent. Brown posted one of the greatest seasons in program history, tallying 120 saves, the second-most of any keeper in program history and the most in the SEC. Brown and graduate midfielder Nicole Vernis were both named to the Second Team All-SEC and the United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Team.

Prior to joining the Georgia staff, Crump served as an assistant coach for four seasons at Furman. In the 2020-21 season, Crump coached goalkeeper Addison Corn to the United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Second Team and the Southern Conference All-Freshman Team as the Paladins finished 8-1-2 and reached the NCAA Tournament. The Paladins posted a winning record in each of her four seasons, with goalkeeper Kellsey Weaver also earning All-SoCon honors in 2019.

Prior to Furman, Crump served as an assistant coach at Jacksonville in 2017 and worked with the goalkeepers for Jacksonville Armada FC. The Huntsville, Alabama native played collegiately at Regis University in Denver, Colorado, starting 60 games in goal and posting 35 wins, a 1.15 goals against average, and 19 shutouts for the Rangers. She also coached with multiple club programs in the Denver area during her collegiate career. She graduated from Regis in 2017 with a degree in Health and Exercise Science.