University of Minnesota Athletics
Men's Basketball
Katsuma, Aaron
Aaron Katsuma
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- katsu009@umn.edu
Katsuma returned to his alma mater in April of 2025 after a two-year tenure at New Mexico and reconnects with Medved, working together for six seasons previously.
In his time with the Lobos, he helped them to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances, a Mountain West regular season title and a Mountain West Tournament championship. In the 2024-25 season, the Lobos went 17-3 in the league, led by three All-Mountain West Players, including the league’s player of the year Donovan Dent. New Mexico also earned a 2025 NCAA Tournament first-round win over Marquette. In the 2023-24 season, Katsuma helped the Lobos to a 26-10 record and their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2014. New Mexico had five all-conference players that season, including Dent and JT Toppin, who was also the Mountain West Co-Freshman of the Year.
Katsuma spent five seasons at Colorado State and one year with Medved at Drake in roles as the Director of Basketball Operations and Director of Recruiting. During his five seasons at Colorado State, Katsuma was part of a staff that led the Rams to two postseason appearances, including a NCAA bid in 2022. In 2022, he was honored with the Asian Coaches Association Coach of the Year award.
After serving as a manager at Minnesota while working on his undergraduate degree for four seasons from 2010-11 to 2013-14, Katsuma was a graduate manager for two seasons in 2014-15 and 2015-16 where he helped with scouting, academics and player development. Upon gaining his masters, he spent the 2016-17 season with the Golden Gophers as the Assistant Director of Player Personnel as the program won 24 games and reached the NCAA Tournament.
Katsuma graduated from Minnesota in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in sport management. He earned his master’s of education in applied kinesiology/sport and exercise science from Minnesota in 2016.
In his time with the Lobos, he helped them to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances, a Mountain West regular season title and a Mountain West Tournament championship. In the 2024-25 season, the Lobos went 17-3 in the league, led by three All-Mountain West Players, including the league’s player of the year Donovan Dent. New Mexico also earned a 2025 NCAA Tournament first-round win over Marquette. In the 2023-24 season, Katsuma helped the Lobos to a 26-10 record and their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2014. New Mexico had five all-conference players that season, including Dent and JT Toppin, who was also the Mountain West Co-Freshman of the Year.
Katsuma spent five seasons at Colorado State and one year with Medved at Drake in roles as the Director of Basketball Operations and Director of Recruiting. During his five seasons at Colorado State, Katsuma was part of a staff that led the Rams to two postseason appearances, including a NCAA bid in 2022. In 2022, he was honored with the Asian Coaches Association Coach of the Year award.
After serving as a manager at Minnesota while working on his undergraduate degree for four seasons from 2010-11 to 2013-14, Katsuma was a graduate manager for two seasons in 2014-15 and 2015-16 where he helped with scouting, academics and player development. Upon gaining his masters, he spent the 2016-17 season with the Golden Gophers as the Assistant Director of Player Personnel as the program won 24 games and reached the NCAA Tournament.
Katsuma graduated from Minnesota in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in sport management. He earned his master’s of education in applied kinesiology/sport and exercise science from Minnesota in 2016.
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