CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball head coach Wes Moore announced the addition of former Lady Moc player Katie Galloway Burrows to his staff.
"I've never had a player crazy enough to come back," Moore said. "It's exciting. She comes from a coaching family. Her father is Coach Galloway, the original - Joe Galloway, the court is named for him over at Lookout Valley. Her sister Kristen is over there and coaching. She's been around the game for a long time and I think those experiences are good to have in your program."
Burrows played for Moore and the Lady Mocs from 2000-04 and was an all-conference and all-SoCon tournament performer at Chattanooga. During her tenure as a guard for UTC, the Lady Mocs won four straight Southern Conference regular season and tournament titles and posted an overall record of 102-23.
In the 2003-04 season, the lady Mocs posted the nation's longest active winning streak at 27 games culminating with UTC's NCAA first-round win over Rutgers. In that game, Burrows sank the most memorable shot in Chattanooga history nailing a 30-foot jumper from the right side that sparked a comeback that led to a 74-69 win over the Scarlet Knights.
Burrows earned a spot as one of Moore's Top 10 players in UTC's celebration of "Moore in McKenzie, a Decade of Dominance". She ranks in the top 10 in UTC history in 3-pointers made with 107 and 3-pointers attempted with 315.
"I'm excited," Burrows said of the opportunity. "I felt that the time was right now that we've been married a few months and we feel settled a little in that sense. It just felt like the right thing to do and it felt like the thing I needed to do."
For the last three years, Burrows has been a coach and teacher at Ringgold High School. She replaces Amanda Eaton-Burge who will leave UTC after two seasons to move closer to her family in West Virginia.
"Amanda did a great job for us, but due to some family needs, she made a decision to be closer to her family and I'm happy for her."
Burrows summer was cut short by a month with the new position and she will hit the road Tuesday with the Lady Mocs staff as they begin scouting players for the next year.
"July is a very critical month," Moore said. "With most players signing in the early period in November we have to make decisions then based on what we see in July. It will be very important for us to be out on the road and give us a chance to work and show her what we're looking for."
Burrows brother Keith Galloway is married to former UTC standout Jennifer Wilson and the pair coach the boy's and girl's basketball teams at Hardin Valley High School in Knoxville.
