Who is Flynn Clayman's wife? Meet Katie Clayman, assistant coach of High Point women's program

The 2025-26 basketball season has been a strong one for both of the High Point Panthers' programs.

The men's squad went 30-4, including 15-1 in conference play, winning the Big South title and earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament. Meanwhile, the women's team went 27-5, also securing the Big South title and earning a No. 15 seed in March Madness.

With both High Point squads reaching the NCAA Tournament, that's not the only connection between the two units — they're also both coached by members of the Clayman family.

Here's how High Point men's basketball coach Flynn Clayman's wife, Katie, also leads Panthers hoops. 

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Who is Flynn Clayman's wife?

Flynn Clayman's wife is Katie Clayman. She is an assistant coach for the High Point women's basketball team, while Flynn is the head coach of the men's Panthers team. The two have a 19-month old son named Quinn, per U.S. News.

Both Flynn and Katie Clayman helped guide their teams to an NCAA Tournament bid in 2025-26. And as Flynn's men's team upset No. 5 Wisconsin in the first round, Katie was in attendance in Portland, Oregon, to support — despite her own team beginning its March Madness run vs. Vanderbilt two days later across the country in Nashville, Tennessee.

High Point was one of 30 schools to have both its men's and women's squads make the 2026 NCAA Tournament, per News 6.

Katie Clayman was seen celebrating throughout the High Point men's team's upset over the Badgers, advancing to face Arkansas in the second round.

Both Katie and Flynn Clayman previously coached basketball at Southern Utah University before joining High Point.

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Who is Katie Clayman?

Katie Clayman is an assistant coach for the High Point women's basketball team. She is the husband of Flynn Clayman, the head coach of High Point men's basketball. The two have a young son named Quinn. 

Katie was hired in 2023 after a four-year stint at Southern Utah University, where she was an assistant coach and associate head coach. While coaching the Thunderbirds, they notched three consecutive winning seasons for the first time since 1993-96; they also made their NCAA Tournament debut in 2022-23.

Flynn Clayman also previously coached at Southern Utah for the men's basketball team, so the husband-wife coaching duo has a multi-school history. Flynn was a special assistant for the Thunderbirds from 2017-19, an assistant coach from 2019-22, and was promoted to associate head coach in 2022 before joining High Point as an associate head coach in 2023, when his wife was also joining thw women's team. By 2025, Flynn was promoted to full-time head coach for the Panthers' men's basketball team. 

Katie Clayman also had previous stints as an assistant coach at Division III school Willamette University, served as the head coach for the Willamette Valley Basketball 16U Club in the spring of 2019, spent 2016-17 as a graduate assistant at Clemson University, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Oregon in 2016, per her High Point introduction page.

While at Oregon, Clayman competed in both women's basketball and track and field. In 2015-16, she was a member of a Ducks team that reached the semifinals of the Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT).

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