Ashley Barlow

Biography

Ashley Barlow brings more than a decade of coaching experience to the Bearcats, including eight seasons as a longtime assistant under Katrina Merriweather. Barlow was promoted to Associate Coach in 2025-26 and works directly with the guards while serving as the team’s offensive coordinator. Barlow was selected by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association to participate in the 2026 WBCA Next Generation Institute — a high-level education program for experienced assistant coaches who aspire to become collegiate head coaches. Barlow helped guide the development of point guard Caliyah DeVillasee, who earned All-Big 12 Freshman Team honors after finishing with 106 assists in 2025-26. DeVillasee became just the fourth freshman in program history to surpass the 100-assist mark and the first since 2006-07, while recording the most assists by a Bearcat in a season since 2021-22 despite missing four games. In 2024-25, Barlow helped lead the team to its best winning percentage since 2019-20, including UC's highest non-conference winning percentage (.800, 8-2) since 2005-06 and its most conference victories (7) since 2019-20. She also played a pivotal role in the development of transfer point guard Tineya Hylton, who posted career-best numbers by surpassing her combined totals from three previous seasons, including 129 field goals and 109 free throws (up from 89 FG and 57 FT). In 2023-24, the Bearcats saw a five-win improvement from the season prior and their 14 wins were the most in a s