The first call University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball coach Katie Burrows would make after any game was to her older sister, Kristen Clounch, to discuss the outcome and strategy and seek an honest critique. So when an assistant coach’s job opened on UTC’s staff, Burrows again made a call to her sister.
Clounch, who for more than two decades has coached numerous sports at Lookout Valley – the sisters’ high school alma mater – agreed she was ready for a new challenge and has accepted the offer to join the Mocs’ staff.
“She’s always at every one of our games, coaching from the stands, and she’s the person I’ve trusted to give me an honest opinion about how we’re playing,” Burrows said. “She knows me, knows our program and has experience working as someone who develops players at the high school and AAU level for many years.
“Honestly, I never thought this would be an option because she’s a lot like my dad in that she’s been connected to Lookout Valley for so long that I thought she wanted to stay in one place for her whole career.”
The sisters’ dad, Joe Galloway, spent 45 years as a coach and athletic administrator at Lookout Valley and another eight years on the Hamilton County school board.