Catana Starks

Catana Starks
A smiling African-American woman with short curls
Catana Starks, from a 1998 newspaper
Born
Catana Rhoda Johnson

December 30, 1944
Mobile, Alabama, USA
DiedSeptember 6, 2020(2020-09-06) (aged 75)
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
OccupationAthletics coach
Years active1980-2000s
Known forGolf coach, Tennessee State University
Notable workFirst African-American woman to coach an all-men’s team at the collegiate level

Catana Rhoda Johnson Starks (December 30, 1944 – September 6, 2020) was an American athletics coach. She was the first African-American woman to coach a men's team at the collegiate level, when she coached the men's golf team at Tennessee State University from 1986 to 2005.