Ali Patberg - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory

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Ali Patberg

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
Phone:
(812) 855-3013

Ali Patberg is in her fourth season on staff with Indiana women’s basketball program in 2025-26.

Patberg just completed her first season as a full-time assistant in 2024-25, helping the Hoosiers its 10^th-straight 20-win season. With her instruction, three Hoosiers have gone on to collect five All-Big Ten honors in her time working with the program including three-straight All-Big Ten honors and a place on the All-Big Ten defensive team for Chloe Moore-McNeil.

The Hoosiers have made three NCAA Tournament appearances with her guidance, including a trip to the Sweet Sixteen in 2023-24 and a Big Ten regular season championship in 2022-23. Indiana also put up record setting shooting numbers in 2023-24, finishing No. 1 in the nation in field goal percentage and 3-point field goal percentage. She was promoted to assistant coach prior to the 2023-24 season where she also served as team & recruitment coordinator.

She wrapped up her career (2019-22) at IU as a four-time All-Big Ten honoree and 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 33^rd overall in the 2022 WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever.

In her final season in 2021-22, Patberg native averaged 11.6 points, 3.4 assists, 3.2 rebounds and shot 42.6 percent from the floor. She was one of three players all-time to earn four All-Big Ten honors in her Indiana career and started in 123 career games.

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.