Katharine Palmer joined Ohio Athletics in July 2023 as the associate director of sport operations. In this role, Palmer serves as the sport administrator for men’s basketball, women’s basketball and field hockey.
Palmer leads the sport operations unit at Ohio, overseeing internal scheduling and game contracts while assisting in event operations. Additionally, she acts as a liaison with the president’s office and coordinates postseason travel.
Palmer arrived in Athens after five years as the director of operations for the Charlotte men’s basketball program. She administered all off-the-court logistics for the 49ers including team travel, meals, coordinating recruiting visits, oversight of team budget as well as the organization of staff and team events. In 2022, she planned the team’s foreign tour to Costa Rica.
While at Charlotte, Palmer was selected for the prestigious Teamworks Basketball Leadership Committee in the summer of 2019.
Palmer spent 11 years as a member of the athletics department at the University of Virginia from 2007-2018, including six seasons with the men’s basketball program. In that role, she provided operational support and organized Tony Bennett’s basketball camp each summer. She also served as an important piece in recruiting efforts by creating and designing all materials. Additionally, Palmer assisted in coordinating travel arrangements during the postseason and contributed to the oversight of the program's newsletters and social media efforts.
Prior to joining the Cavaliers men’s basketball staff, Palmer spent five years as an assistant director of media relations at Virginia. She worked with the field hockey, swimming and diving and softball teams. She was named to Swimming World's honorable mention list three times for their annual SID of the Year award and led all publicity efforts for six Virginia student-athletes leading up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England.
Before her time at Virginia, Palmer spent two years working in the media relations office at the University of Wisconsin. She was the primary contact for women's soccer and assisted in publicity for the football and women's basketball programs.
A proud native of Defiance, Ohio, Palmer graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor's degree in communications in 2005. She worked four years in the athletics communications office as an undergraduate and interned for a semester with the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) in Colorado Springs, Colo., in 2003.
She is a member of the Women Leaders in College Sports national organization.
