Kym Royster - Women's Basketball Coach - Miami University RedHawks

Kym Royster

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
roystekd@miamioh.edu
Phone:
(513) 529-3300

Kym Royster begins her second year as an assistant coach with the women's basketball program.

In her first year, the RedHawks went 19-12 overall and 11-7 in MAC play, earning the No. 5 seed in the conference tournament and advanced to the WNIT for the first time since 2018-19. Miami added 10 wins to the previous season's output, matching a program record for biggest single-season turnaround in Miami women's basketball history. The wins weren't the only thing that improved in year two with the RedHawks Miami's offense jumped from a 53.9 average in year one to 66.5 points/game in 2024-25. While the offense made incredible strides, Miami's calling card was on the defensive end. The RedHawks surrendered a MAC best 59.1 points/game (66th nationally), while also leading the conference in steals and were second in turnovers forced per game.

Royster served as an AAU Basketball Coach with Ohio Impact in the Newark/Columbus, Ohio area from 2020-24. She worked with youth (8-17 years old), coordinating practice plans, tournament schedules and in-game coaching.

She also worked with the Candy Stripe Crew basketball camp from 2015-19, working directly with children and adults with physical and mental disabilities. She has also spent time with Camp Riley, Bradford Woods (2015-19) and Youth Basketball Elite Camps (2015-19).

Royster, a four-year letterwinner (2016-19) for the Indiana Hoosiers women’s basketball team, graduated from IU in 2019 with an applied health science degree. She signed a professional contract to play for Žabiny Brno in Brno, Czech Republic back in 2019 and concluded her professional career this past season in Serbia.