Kaitlynn Fratz is an assistant coach and defensive specialist for the University of Maryland women's basketball program in College Park, Maryland. A Maryland native, she was elevated to the assistant coach position in spring 2019 after serving as the team's interim assistant during the 2018-19 season, and she enters the 2026-27 season as her ninth year as a full-time assistant with the Terrapins.
Since joining Maryland's full-time coaching staff, Fratz has been part of a stretch that produced a 202-59 record through eight seasons, along with Big Ten regular-season championships in 2019, 2020, and 2021 and Big Ten Tournament titles in 2020 and 2021. Maryland also reached the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2025, and advanced to the Elite Eight in 2023. In 2020, she was recognized by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association as one of its Thirty Under 30 honorees.
