Stephanie Gehlhausen '12 returned to the University of Southern Indiana Women's Basketball program as an assistant coach, starting her second stint and sixth overall season on the coaching staff ahead of the 2026-27 season.
Gehlhausen previously served on the coaching staff from 2011 through 2016 and helped lead the Screaming Eagles to 84 total wins and an NCAA II Tournament berth in 2014-15.
After her first coaching stint at USI, Gehlhausen served as associate head coach at Ashland University, where she helped lead the program to an undefeated 31-0 season in 2019-20 and earned the WBCA Division II National Assistant of the Year award. Gehlhausen went on to become head coach at Lander University from 2022-24, leading a double-digit turnaround in the win column. Plus, she coached the Peach Belt Conference’s 2023-24 Player of the Year and All-Region team member, as well as a Second-Team All-Peach Belt selection, while making it into the top 10 in every NCAA II Region Poll. Gehlhausen was also an assistant coach for Marshall University in 2024-25.
Gehlhausen is also a USI alumna and former Screaming Eagles player under Head Coach Rick Stein, playing two seasons from 2009-11. Gehlhausen played in 49 games during her two seasons in a USI uniform, helping the Eagles to an NCAA II Tournament berth in 2009-10. She earned Academic All-Great Lakes Valley Conference honors in 2010-11 after starting 20 games for the Screaming Eagles. A co-captain during her senior year, Gehlhausen was one of 11 USI student-athletes to earn the GLVC Council of Presidents Academic Excellence Award in 2010-11.
Prior to USI, Gehlhausen began her playing career at the University of Alabama-Huntsville.
A native of Newburgh, Indiana, and a graduate of Castle High School, Gehlhausen graduated from USI in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology.
