Krista Gerlich (born November 16, 1970, in Spearman, Texas) is an American college basketball coach.

She inherited a 28–4 Lone Star Champion Lady Buff program that lost in the South Central Region Tournament semifinals, including Lone Star player of the year Emily Brister.

Texas Tech announced the hiring of Gerlich to lead the Lady Raiders on August 18, 2020,[8] taking over following the scandal of the previous coach Marlene Stollings.

Conference tournament champion Krista is married to former Red Raider linebacker Bryan Gerlich.

Daughter Bryn Gerlich played basketball at Texas Tech after transferring from Oklahoma State.