Kat Rafuse joined the Jumbos as assistant coach of men's and women's track & field in September 2024. After finishing her track career and the University of New Hampshire and graduating in 2014 with a degree in Estuarine & Freshwater Biology, Rafuse coached at Wayland High School in Massachusetts for five years (2014-19). During that time she earned a Master's degree in school counseling at Assumption University, where she would later coach for a season in 2020 until the pandemic. Rafuse holds USTFCCCA certificates in Sprint/Hurdle/Relay and Strength & Conditioning. She returns to coaching at Tufts, where she'll be focusing primarily on the short sprints and relays.