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- Email:
- kupham@stfx.ca
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- Title:
- Head Coach, X-Women Basketball
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- Phone:
- 902-867-2253
Bio
Katie Upham was appointed Head Coach of the X-Women Basketball program in March, 2026 after assuming interim head coaching duties in December, 2025. A native of North River, N.S., Coach Upham previously served as X-Women lead assistant coach in 2025. She was an assistant coach for the X-Women during the 2024-25 season where she was also a part of the U SPORTS Female Coaching Apprentice Program and able to spend a week observing the NBA’s Utah Jazz and the University of Utah women’s basketball program. Upham is currently the head coach of the Basketball Nova Scotia U15 girls provincial team that will compete at the national championships in August, 2026.
Upham played two seasons for the X-Women from 2022-24 and was the team’s most valuable player in 2022-23. She holds the STFX record for most assists (11) in a single game. Prior to coming to STFX she competed with the University of Calgary Dinos, helping to lead that program to two U SPORTS Final 8 appearances. She holds a Kinesiology degree from Calgary and an Education degree from STFX.