LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WMDJ) — A former Prestonsburg High School standout is returning to Kentucky’s college basketball scene.
Bellarmine University announced Friday that Kaitlyn Keathley has joined the school’s women’s basketball program as director of basketball operations.
Keathley comes to Bellarmine after spending the 2025-26 season as an assistant coach at Division II Mississippi College. Before that, she served as an assistant coach at Cameron University in Oklahoma during the 2024-25 season.
A graduate of Morehead State University, Keathley earned both a bachelor’s degree in university studies and a master’s degree in sports management. She also previously worked at Morehead State as a graduate assistant in academic advising.
Before moving into coaching, Keathley played collegiate basketball at Presbyterian College in South Carolina from 2019 to 2021 before transferring to Morehead State for the 2021-22 season, where she earned recognition on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Keathley built an accomplished athletic career at Prestonsburg High School, where she was a four-year starter and three-time team captain. During her high school basketball career, she scored more than 1,400 points while adding more than 500 rebounds, 400 assists and 350 steals.
As a senior, she averaged 17.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game while earning third-team All-State honors, along with multiple all-region and all-district recognitions.
In addition to basketball, Keathley also found success in track and field and cross country, earning five regional championships and Academic All-State honors.
Bellarmine competes NCAA Division One in the ASUN Conference
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