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Karen Preato
First Season: 2019-20 or earlier
Last Season: 2025-26
Total Games: 673
Crew Chief: 319 (47%)
U1: 288 (43%)
U2: 66 (10%)
Home Wins: 61%
Home Fouls: 15.6
Away Fouls: 15.8
Foul Diff: 0.2
Attendance: 2,560
| Games | Total | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | 2021-22 | 2020-21 | 2019-20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 673 | 109 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 87 | 74 | 105 |
| Crew Chief | 319 | 65 | 49 | 51 | 58 | 29 | 24 | 43 |
| U1 | 288 | 38 | 38 | 41 | 35 | 48 | 37 | 51 |
| U2 | 66 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 11 |
| NCAA Tournament | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| NIT Tournament | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pre/Mid-Season Tournament | 32 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| ACC | 163 | 29 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 20 |
| SEC | 118 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 23 |
| Big East | 103 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| American | 92 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 |
| A-10 | 53 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| CAA | 35 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Ivy | 27 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Am. East | 18 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| NEC | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Big South | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| MEAC | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Patriot | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Big 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| MAAC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Big 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ASUN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sun Belt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MAC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PAC 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| WCC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Big Sky | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | Crew Chief | U1 | U2 | Home | Away | Score | Fouls | Fee | Season $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-3-29 | Joseph Vaszily | Karen Preato | Fatou Cissoko-Stephens | UConn | Notre Dame | 70 - 52 | 18 - 18 | $3,600 | $356,850 |
| 2026-3-23 | Karen Preato | Gina Cross | Brandon Enterline | Louisville | Alabama | 69 - 68 | 10 - 21 | $3,800 | $353,250 |
| 2026-3-21 | Richard Waters | Karen Preato | Josh Howell | Louisville | Vermont | 72 - 52 | 11 - 13 | $3,800 | $349,450 |
| 2026-3-19 | Karen Preato | Linda Miles | Nicholas Cappel | George Mason | Quinnipiac | 64 - 71 | 14 - 17 | $2,900 | $345,650 |
| 2026-3-15 | Rod Creech | Karen Preato | Fatou Cissoko-Stephens | Charleston | Hofstra | 68 - 56 | 12 - 17 | $2,600 | $342,750 |
| 2026-3-14 | Karen Preato | Fatou Cissoko-Stephens | Ashlee Goode | Princeton | Harvard | 63 - 53 | 13 - 18 | $2,500 | $340,150 |
| 2026-3-13 | Karen Preato | Meadow Overstreet | Brandon Enterline | Stony Brook | Monmouth | 51 - 45 | 11 - 14 | $2,600 | $337,650 |
| 2026-3-12 | Maj Forsberg | Karen Preato | Pualani Spurlock | Tulsa | North Texas | 73 - 76 | 22 - 22 | $3,100 | $335,050 |
| 2026-3-11 | Karen Preato | Pualani Spurlock | Saif Echo | UTSA | Temple | 59 - 51 | 18 - 19 | $3,100 | $331,950 |
| 2026-3-10 | Karen Preato | Tiara Cruse | Kristen Bell | Charlotte | Florida Atlantic | 70 - 74 | 22 - 15 | $3,100 | $328,850 |
| 2026-3-9 | Karen Preato | Mark Resch | Krystle Apellaniz | Quinnipiac | Fairfield | 44 - 51 | 16 - 9 | $2,400 | $325,750 |
| 2026-3-8 | Maj Forsberg | Karen Preato | Katie Lukanich | Duke | Louisville | 70 - 65 | 13 - 20 | $3,800 | $323,350 |
| 2026-3-6 | Chuck Gonzalez | Karen Preato | Billy Smith | Louisville | Syracuse | 87 - 61 | 16 - 13 | $3,800 | $319,550 |
| 2026-3-5 | Karen Preato | Billy Smith | Saif Esho | Virginia Tech | Georgia Tech | 62 - 54 | 11 - 15 | $3,800 | $315,750 |
| 2026-3-4 | Angelica Suffren | Karen Preato | Mark Resch | California | Wake Forest | 75 - 52 | 17 - 13 | $3,800 | $311,950 |
| 2026-3-3 | Karen Preato | Fatou Cissoko-Stephens | Saif Esho | Charlotte | Rice | 56 - 63 | 20 - 12 | $3,100 | $308,150 |
| 2026-3-1 | Karen Preato | Fatou Cissoko-Stephens | Katie Lukanich | Louisville | Notre Dame | 62 - 65 | 16 - 16 | $3,800 | $305,050 |
| 2026-2-28 | Tom Danaher | Kevin Sparrock | Karen Preato | Harvard | Princeton | 49 - 62 | 22 - 13 | $2,500 | $301,250 |
| 2026-2-27 | Karen Preato | Shawn Goode | Lori Deutsch | Yale | Columbia | 47 - 68 | 14 - 18 | $2,500 | $298,750 |
| 2026-2-26 | Joseph Vaszily | Karen Preato | Ify Seales | Vanderbilt | Alabama | 85 - 60 | 19 - 22 | $3,900 | $296,250 |
| 2026-2-25 | Karen Preato | Billy Smith | John Capolino | UAB | Wichita State | 54 - 60 | 12 - 19 | $3,100 | $292,350 |
| 2026-2-24 | Joseph Vaszily | Karen Preato | Fatou Cissoko-Stephens | North Texas | UTSA | 87 - 63 | 21 - 19 | $3,100 | $289,250 |
| 2026-2-22 | Bruce Morris | Karen Preato | Saif Esho | Florida State | Stanford | 61 - 77 | 13 - 17 | $3,800 | $286,150 |
| 2026-2-21 | Karen Preato | Mark Resch | Saif Esho | South Florida | Florida Atlantic | 75 - 55 | 18 - 16 | $3,100 | $282,350 |
| 2026-2-20 | Rod Creech | Karen Preato | Krystle Apellaniz | William & Mary | Monmouth | 58 - 63 | 16 - 14 | $2,600 | $279,250 |
| 2026-2-19 | Karen Preato | Meadow Overstreet | Ashlee Goode | Virginia Tech | North Carolina | 63 - 66 | 18 - 18 | $3,800 | $276,650 |
| 2026-2-18 | Karen Preato | Pualani Spurlock | Fatou Cissoko-Stephens | Villanova | UConn | 69 - 83 | 15 - 15 | $3,600 | $272,850 |
| 2026-2-17 | Karen Preato | Brandon Enterline | Teresa Stuck | Charlotte | Temple | 54 - 58 | 21 - 20 | $3,100 | $269,250 |
| 2026-2-15 | Carla Fountain | Karen Preato | Mark Berger | Syracuse | Clemson | 68 - 64 | 18 - 19 | $3,800 | $266,150 |
| 2026-2-14 | Karen Preato | Katie Lukanich | Ashlee Goode | Georgetown | Providence | 54 - 59 | 15 - 12 | $3,600 | $262,350 |
| 2026-2-13 | Karen Preato | Mark Resch | Tasha Smith | Columbia | Princeton | 70 - 56 | 16 - 14 | $2,500 | $258,750 |
| 2026-2-12 | Karen Preato | Katie Lukanich | Ify Seales | Mississippi State | Georgia | 85 - 71 | 18 - 19 | $3,900 | $256,250 |
| 2026-2-11 | Karen Preato | Bryan Brunette | Dardan Maxhuni | Rhode Island | VCU | 85 - 42 | 11 - 16 | $2,900 | $252,350 |
| 2026-2-8 | Roy Gulbeyan | Karen Preato | Talisa Green | Florida | Arkansas | 75 - 69 | 19 - 20 | $3,900 | $249,450 |
| 2026-2-7 | Karen Preato | Jeffrey Smith | Kevin Fahy | Richmond | George Mason | 71 - 57 | 10 - 16 | $2,900 | $245,550 |
| 2026-2-6 | Karen Preato | Daniel Drake | Stephanie Barksdale | Towson | William & Mary | 51 - 52 | 11 - 14 | $2,600 | $242,650 |
| 2026-2-5 | Karen Preato | Tiara Cruse | Kristen Bell | Virginia | Miami | 67 - 56 | 14 - 19 | $3,800 | $240,050 |
| 2026-2-4 | Julie Krommenhoek | Karen Preato | Fatou Cissoko-Stephens | DePaul | UConn | 40 - 86 | 16 - 13 | $3,600 | $236,250 |
| 2026-2-2 | Felicia Grinter | Karen Preato | Demoya Pugh | Ole Miss | Auburn | 71 - 45 | 18 - 21 | $3,900 | $232,650 |
| 2026-2-1 | Karen Preato | Talisa Green | Ashlee Goode | Miami | Syracuse | 60 - 65 | 14 - 17 | $3,800 | $228,750 |
| 2026-1-31 | Karen Preato | Lori Deutsch | Alexis Perez | Pennsylvania | Columbia | 64 - 55 | 15 - 19 | $2,500 | $224,950 |
| 2026-1-30 | Karen Preato | Saif Esho | Joi Jefferson | Stony Brook | Hofstra | 52 - 49 | 15 - 16 | $2,600 | $222,450 |
| 2026-1-29 | Kevin Pethtel | Karen Preato | Timothy Greene | Oklahoma | Texas A&M | 85 - 58 | 16 - 18 | $3,900 | $219,850 |
| 2026-1-28 | Karen Preato | Pualani Spurlock | Katie Lukanich | Creighton | St. John's | 81 - 51 | 13 - 11 | $3,600 | $215,950 |
| 2026-1-24 | Karen Preato | Bryan Brunette | Whitney Armstrong | Duquesne | Saint Joseph's | 53 - 72 | 14 - 17 | $2,900 | $208,550 |
| 2026-1-24 | Karen Preato | Ryan Durham | Bobby Ray | Louisville | Boston College | 85 - 56 | 18 - 22 | $3,800 | $212,350 |
| 2026-1-22 | Joseph Vaszily | Karen Preato | Ify Seales | Texas A&M | LSU | 54 - 98 | 23 - 17 | $3,900 | $205,650 |
| 2026-1-21 | Karen Preato | Kylie Galloway | John Capolino | Colgate | American University | 41 - 44 | 10 - 8 | $2,250 | $201,750 |
| 2026-1-20 | Brenda Pantoja | Rod Creech | Karen Preato | Temple | South Florida | 86 - 83 | 16 - 21 | $3,100 | $199,500 |
| 2026-1-19 | Maj Forsberg | Karen Preato | Katie Lukanich | UConn | Notre Dame | 85 - 47 | 10 - 14 | $3,600 | $196,400 |
Showing 1-50 of 673 games
Tournament Games
| Tournament | Times Worked | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| NCAA Championship | 1 | 2020-21 |
| NCAA Elite 8 | 2 | 2024-25, 2025-26 |
| NCAA Sweet 16 | 2 | 2021-22, 2022-23 |
| NCAA Second Round | 6 | 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 |
| NCAA First Round | 7 | 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 |
| NIT | 5 | 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 |
| ACC | 4 | 2020-21, 2021-22 |
| ACC TOURNAMENT - 1st ROUND | 1 | 2019-20 |
| ACC TOURNAMENT - FINAL | 1 | 2019-20 |
| ACC TOURNAMENT - QUARTERFINAL | 1 | 2019-20 |
| ACC/Big Ten Challenge | 1 | 2022-23 |
| ACC/SEC Challenge presented by Dixie Ultra | 1 | 2023-24 |
| ACC/SEC Women's Challenge | 2 | 2025-26 |
| AIR FORCE RESERVE HALL OF FAME SHOWCASE PRES. BY CITI | 1 | 2019-20 |
| ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP - 1st ROUND | 1 | 2019-20 |
| Aflac Oui-Play | 1 | 2024-25 |
| Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Championship - 1st Round | 1 | 2021-22 |
| Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Championship - Final | 2 | 2020-21, 2021-22 |
| Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Championship - Quarterfinal | 2 | 2020-21, 2021-22 |
| Ally ACC | 12 | 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 |
| America East Playoffs - Final | 2 | 2021-22, 2023-24 |
| American Athletic Conference Championship - Final | 2 | 2022-23, 2023-24 |
| American Athletic Conference Championship - Quarterfinal | 3 | 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| American Athletic Conference Championship - Semifinal | 1 | 2024-25 |
| American Conference Championship - 1st Round | 1 | 2025-26 |
| American Conference Championship - 2nd Round | 1 | 2025-26 |
| American Conference Championship - Quarterfinal | 1 | 2025-26 |
| Atlantic 10 Championship - 1st Round | 1 | 2023-24 |
| Atlantic 10 Championship - Final | 1 | 2022-23 |
| BIG EAST TOURNAMENT - FINAL | 1 | 2019-20 |
| BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP - 1st ROUND | 1 | 2019-20 |
| BIG TEN/ACC CHALLENGE | 1 | 2019-20 |
| Bad Boy Mowers Women's Battle 4 Atlantis | 5 | 2021-22, 2024-25 |
| Bad Boy Mowers Women's Battle 4 Atlantis - Third Place Game | 1 | 2024-25 |
| Basketball Hall of Fame Revival Series | 1 | 2019-20 |
| Big 5 Classic - Campus Game | 1 | 2025-26 |
| Big East | 5 | 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Big Five Classic | 1 | 2024-25 |
| Big South Championship - 1st Round | 1 | 2021-22 |
| Big South Championship - Final | 1 | 2020-21 |
| Big Ten/ACC Challenge | 1 | 2021-22 |
| CAA Championship - 1st Round | 1 | 2024-25 |
| CAA Championship - 2nd Round | 1 | 2024-25 |
| CAA Championship - Final | 5 | 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 |
| CAA Championship - Quarterfinal | 2 | 2024-25, 2025-26 |
| CAROLINAS CHALLENGE | 1 | 2019-20 |
| Cavalier Classic | 2 | 2021-22, 2022-23 |
| Cayman Islands Classic | 2 | 2023-24 |
| Christmas City Classic | 1 | 2021-22 |
| DePaul MTE | 1 | 2025-26 |
| Hall of Fame Women's Showcase | 1 | 2023-24 |
| Hawk Classic | 1 | 2024-25 |
| Ivy League | 4 | 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 |
| JUNKANOO JAM - BIMINI DIVISION | 2 | 2019-20 |
| JUNKANOO JAM - JUNKANOO DIVISION | 1 | 2019-20 |
| Jimmy V Women's Classic Presented by Corona | 2 | 2020-21, 2021-22 |
| MAAC Championship - Final | 1 | 2025-26 |
| MAGGIE DIXON CLASSIC | 1 | 2019-20 |
| Oui-Play | 1 | 2025-26 |
| PLAY4KAY | 1 | 2019-20 |
| Paradise Jam - Harbor Division - Consolation | 1 | 2025-26 |
| Paradise Jam - Island Division | 2 | 2024-25, 2025-26 |
| Paradise Jam - Island Division - Championship | 1 | 2025-26 |
| Paradise Jam - Reef Division | 1 | 2024-25 |
| Play4Kay | 2 | 2020-21, 2025-26 |
| SEC | 5 | 2021-22, 2022-23, 2024-25 |
| SEC WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT - 2nd ROUND | 1 | 2019-20 |
| SEC WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT - SEMIFINAL | 1 | 2019-20 |
| SEC Women's | 2 | 2020-21 |
| SEC/ACC Challenge | 1 | 2024-25 |
| SEC/Big 12 Challenge | 1 | 2020-21 |
| Shamrock Classic | 1 | 2025-26 |
| TD Bank Classic | 1 | 2022-23 |
| WBIT - 1st Round | 2 | 2023-24, 2025-26 |
| WOMEN'S JIMMY V CLASSIC PRESENTED BY CORONA | 1 | 2019-20 |
| We Back Pat | 1 | 2022-23 |
Karen Preato Game Pace by Season
Total games worked across seasons, relative to each season's opening day
Estimated Salary Information
Salary estimates based on conference rates, tier level, and season adjustments. Rates vary by conference and year.
Career Summary
Current Tier: Tier 1
Career Total: $2,075,360
Total Games: 673
Avg per Game: $3,084
Highest Season: $356,850 (2025-26)
Season-by-Season Breakdown
| Season | Tier | Games | CC Games | U1/U2 Games | Total Earned | Avg per Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Tier 1 | 109 | 65 | 44 | $356,850 | $3,274 |
| 2024-25 | Tier 1 | 100 | 49 | 51 | $323,600 | $3,236 |
| 2023-24 | Tier 1 | 98 | 51 | 47 | $308,154 | $3,144 |
| 2022-23 | Tier 1 | 100 | 58 | 42 | $305,327 | $3,053 |
| 2021-22 | Tier 1 | 87 | 29 | 58 | $266,578 | $3,064 |
| 2020-21 | Tier 1 | 74 | 24 | 50 | $219,728 | $2,969 |
| 2019-20 | Tier 1 | 105 | 43 | 62 | $295,123 | $2,811 |
Karen Preato Salary Pace by Season
Estimated cumulative salary earned across seasons, relative to each season's opening day