Director of Basketball Operations Terry Kix is in her seventh year with the Boilermakers. Prior to her tenure at Purdue, Kix spent 15 years as the head field hockey coach at the University of Maine. In her final three years at Maine, she also served as the senior women's administrator.

Kix's primary duties at Purdue include coordinating team travel, assisting with academic progress, community outreach and marketing and coordinating summer camps. For two years at Purdue, Kix served as the supervisory administrator for women's soccer and men's and women's swimming and diving.

As the head coach at Maine, Kix was named America East Coach of the Year four times, Northeast Region Coach of the Year and compiled a 174-109-5 record. Her field hockey team achieved the high team grade-point average five times while she was at the helm.

Kix was an outstanding student-athlete, honored as a two-time field hockey All-American at Connecticut. She won a national championship as a player in 1981 and again as an assistant coach in 1985 for the Huskies. Kix was selected as the 1985 Connecticut Female Athlete of the Year, and in 1984 was a finalist for college field hockey's top honor, the Broderick Award.