Indiana women’s basketball announce staff changes including elevating Ali Patberg into full-time assistant role

The Indiana women’s basketball program has announced a few staff changes following the 2023-24 season.

Indiana has elevated Ali Patberg into a full-time assistant coaching role while adding Keyanna Warthen as the team and recruitment coordinator.

Patberg was with Indiana women’s basketball for the past two years as the team and recruitment coordinator. Warthen, a former IU player herself, spent last year at Miami (Oh.) under former Indiana women’s basketball associate head coach Glenn Box.

Below is the full release.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana women’s basketball head coach Teri Moren has announced that Ali Patberg has been promoted to full-time assistant coach and Keyanna Warthen has been added to the program’s staff as a team and recruitment coordinator/assistant coach. 

“It is especially exciting to announce these additions to our staff in two program alums who were both instrumental in building culture and success that we’ve had at Indiana,” Moren said. “Ali has continued to thrive in her role on staff and has been an integral part of what Indiana women’s basketball has become. It’s such a joy to be able to bring Keyanna back home to Bloomington. She has had the opportunity to be a full-time assistant last year at Miami and will bring valuable experience for our student-athletes.”  

Patberg enters her third season with the Hoosiers, spending the two seasons as the team and recruitment coordinator while also taking on assistant coaching duties last season. She is influential in development of Indiana’s guards, including 2023-24 All-Big Ten selections Chloe Moore-McNeil and Yarden Garzon. The Hoosiers have continued to see success with Patberg on staff. In her two seasons, Indiana won its first Big Ten title in 40 years and are 54-10 in her time on the sideline. Other primary responsibilities for Patberg include recruiting, scouting, game planning and player development.

She wrapped up her career at IU as a four-time All-Big Ten honoree in 2021-22 as she led Indiana to back-to-back Sweet Sixteen appearances and three NCAA Tournaments. She finished ninth in all-time scoring at IU with 1,752 points, third in assists (527) and a career average of 14.2 points per game which ranked eight. She was a two-time Nancy Lieberman Award finalist and WBCA All-American honorable mention. Patberg was drafted 33rd overall in the 2022 WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever.

The Columbus, Ind. native also excelled in the classroom where she was a 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-American, four-time All-Big Ten selection and is a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar. She holds a pair of degrees from Indiana, a bachelor’s degree in finance from IU’s Kelley School of Business in May 2020 and a master’s degree in recreational administration in May 2022.

Warthen returns to Bloomington after spending a year at Miami (OH) as an assistant coach under former IU associate head coach Glenn Box. In her four seasons at Indiana, Warthen played in 116 career games and finished her career at the time as the all-time winningest player in school history where she collected 89 wins. The Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. native was part of three postseason appearances including two NCAA Tournament runs and a WNIT Championship. She was a member of the squad in 2021 when the Hoosiers advanced to its first ever Elite Eight. Warthen finished her playing career at Southern Methodist University for the 2021-22 campaign.

In her season with the RedHawks, Warthen helped secure one of the best defenses in the MAC, holding opponents to 60.4 points (third in MAC) and allowing a MAC low 38.1% field goal percentage to the opposition.

Warthen arrived in Miami after spending the 2022-23 as a graduate assistant with the women’s basketball program at Oklahoma State. While with the Cowgirls, she supervised off-season programs for current student athletes and played a vital role with OSU’s recruiting efforts. She also worked directly with head coach Jacie Hoyt to implement teaching and instructions for sport specific skills and strategy in practice. OSU went 21-12 in her season in Stillwater and securing an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Prior to joining OSU, Warthen served as a marketing intern with the Dallas Wings of the WNBA in 2022. While gaining marketing experience in a professional league setting, she added skills in social and digital content as well. She graduated from IU with a youth development degree in 2021 and completed her master’s degree in sports management from SMU in 2022.

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