Kitty Harrison, an American college tennis coach who led the North Carolina Tar Heels women’s tennis team, died on March 27, 2026.
Katherine Gordon Harrison coached the Tar Heels from 1976 to 1998, and at the time of her retirement she was the most successful women’s tennis coach in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Born in Austin, Texas, in 1934, she took up tennis as a child and later studied classics at the University of Texas and the University of North Carolina before becoming certified as a tennis instructor.
Katherine Gordon Harrison (14 November 1934 – March 27, 2026) was an American college tennis coach who was the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels women’s tennis team from 1976 to 1998. At the time of her retirement, she was the most successful women’s tennis coach within the Atlantic Coast Conference.