Staff Directory
- Title:
- Graduate Assistant Coach
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- Phone:
- 325-0198
After helping build Mississippi State women’s basketball into a national contender as a player, Ketara Chapel returned to the Bulldogs looking to help continue the success in a new capacity.
Chapel is now in her second season as a graduate assistant coach for Vic Schaefer’s SEC Champion Bulldogs, where she will assist Schaefer and the Bulldog coaching staff in various day-to-day operations of the program both on and off the court.
Chapel joined Video Coordinator Dominique Dillingham as part of the first recruiting class signed by Schaefer. As freshmen in 2013-14, they joined Chinwe Okorie and Breanna Richardson in guiding Mississippi State to the quarterfinals of the WNIT. The following year, they led the Dawgs to the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2010.
After helping take State to the Sweet 16 as a junior, Chapel led the Bulldogs to a thrilling win against Baylor that clinched the Oklahoma City Regional championship and the program’s first trip to the Final Four.
Playing in her home state of Texas, Chapel was a key part of MSU’s historic upset of top-ranked UConn that gave the Bulldogs a berth in the first of back-to-back national championship games.
The Temple, Texas, native and four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection was part of 111 victories in her four seasons in Starkville. During that time, she appeared in 142 games and started 61 contests, averaging 4.1 points and 2.8 rebounds per contest.
